Purpose: -

Determine the flow of the fresh concrete.

Note: it’s not applicable to self-compacting concrete, foamed concrete or no-
fines concrete, nor to concrete with maximum aggregate size exceeding 63
mm.
Instruments: -
• Apparatus and tools:
1. Flow table (700 ± 2) mm * (700 ± 2) mm.
2. Flat metal surface of the table with minimum thickness of 2 mm.
3. Flow table top shall have a mass of (16 ± 0.5) kg.
4. The table should have the central circle equal to 210 ± 1 mm on it.
5. The fall height of the table top measured at the center line of the top
plate shall be limited to (40 ± 1) mm.
6. The bottom face of the tamping rod equal to (40 ± 1) * (40 ± 1) mm.

Procedure: -
1. Prepare an appropriate sample of concrete with volume equal to mould
size.
2. Fill the mould with concrete in two equal layers using the scoop,
leveling each layer by tamping lightly ten time with the compacting
bar.
3. After waiting 3 sec. from striking off the concrete, raise the mould
vertically by the handles, over the period of 1 sec. to 3 sec.
4. Stabilize the flow table by standing on the toe board at the front of the
table and slowly raise the table top till it reaches the upper stop in such
a manner that the table top does not impact hard against the upper stop.
Allow the table top to fall freely to the lower stop, repeat this cycle to
give a total of 15 drops, each cycle tacking between 1 sec. and 3 sec.
5. With the rule measure the maximum dimension of the concrete spread
in the two directions, d1 and d2.
 Workability Tests 2 nd
Stage A

Note: after 15 cycles, if spread is not stabilized, wait until stabilization

before measuring and record time between the end of the cycles and
measurement. This time shall be mentioned in repo

Results: -
• This experiment depends on British Standard BS EN 12350-5:2009.
• There is no comparison.
• The result shall be reported to the nearest 10 mm.

• f = d1+d2
2
• d1: Maximum dimension of the concrete spread, parallel to one table
edge.
• d2: Maximum dimension of the concrete spread, parallel to the other table
edge.
Group w/c Water f (mm)
G1 0.45 2063 355
G2 0.52 2234 440
G3 0.56 2406 425
3
Volume = 0.0043 𝑚
1:1.5:2.5:0.45
1 = 0.65 (x+ 1.5x+ 2.5x) ⟹ x = 0.3077
Cement = x ∗ V ∗ ρ = 0.3077 ∗ 0.0043∗ 1400∗ 103 = 4298 g
Sand = x ∗ 1.5 ∗ V ∗ ρ = 0.3077 ∗ 2 ∗ 0.0043∗ 1800 ∗ 103 = 8289 g
Gravel = x ∗ 2.5 ∗ V ∗ ρ = 0.3077 ∗ 4 ∗ 0.0043∗ 1700 ∗ 103
= 13048 g
𝑤
𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 = × 𝐶𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡
𝑐
Group 1 Calculation

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 Workability Tests 2 nd
Stage A

d1 + d 2
f=
2

f= = 355 𝑚𝑚

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