CLIENT: TEFOMA SAMPLE ORIGIN: YAKHA BRICKS

PROJECT: MBUDZI INTERCHANGE DATE: 10.03.2023

CONCRETE PAVERS COMPRESSIVE TEST RESULTS

a) DRY SAMPLE
SAMPLE No. LENGTH(mm) WIDTH(mm) HIEGHT(mm) MASS(kg) DENSITY(kg/cm³ ) VOLUME(cm³) AREA(cm²) LOAD (KN) STRENGTH(Mpa) AVERAGE STRENGTH (Mpa)

P01 205 103 80 3.281 1.94234 1.6892 211.15 144 6.82

P02 206 104 80 3.293 1.92124 1.714 214.24 141 6.58 6.7
P03 208 104 80 3.321 1.91854 1.731 216.32 146 6.75

b) WET SAMPLE
P04 205 103 79 3.381 2.02688 1.6681 211.15 114 5.40
P05 209 105 82 3.507 1.94889 1.7995 219.45 122 5.56 5.4

P06 204 102 78 3.195 1.96855 1.6230 208.08 110 5.29

REMARKS: Minimum compressive strength requirement for Heavy Vehicular Paving Brick is 55Mpa for an individual brick and 68Mpa for an average of 5.

Checked by: T Shanduki

Approved by: Engineer P Mashumba

for BSC LABORATORY

Reference standards: -ASTM C902 Standard Specification for Pedestrian and Light Traffic Paving Brick
- ASTM C1272 Standard Specification for Heavy Vehicular Paving Brick