Reject the cube specimen when you notice the following points

• If it has more slurry

• If it is porous or honeycomb

• If it is not in even shape

• If the weight of the concrete cube is below 7.5

Kg
 Acceptance criteria of concrete cube test result

+ +

Compressive strength
 Acceptance criteria of concrete cube test result

 The individual variation of the specimens should not be more than

+/- 15% of the average strength.

+ +

20 Mpa 25 Mpa 30 Mpa

Average compressive strength = 25 Mpa

𝟐𝟓 − 𝟐𝟎
𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏= × 𝟏𝟎𝟎=𝟐𝟎 %
𝟐𝟓
Acceptance criteria As per IS 456:2000, 2013 amendment
 Individual Results
For m25 grade concrete
Specimen-1 Specimen-2 Specimen-3 Average
Individual Test
28 25 22 25 ¿ 𝒇 𝒄𝒌 −𝟑 𝑵 /𝒎𝒎𝟐
Testing at 28 Days
Applicable for concrete > 30 cum

𝟐 𝟐
¿ 𝟐𝟖
𝒇 𝒄𝒌𝑵
+𝟑 𝑵 /𝒎𝒎
/𝒎𝒎

¿𝒇 𝒄𝒌 𝑵 /𝒎𝒎𝟐

𝟐
¿ 𝟐𝟐
𝒇 𝒄𝒌𝑵
−𝟑/𝒎𝒎
𝑵 /𝒎𝒎 𝟐
 Testing at 28 Days Applicable for concrete < 30 cum

For m25 grade concrete

Individual Test
¿ 𝒇 𝒄𝒌 −𝟐 𝑵 /𝒎𝒎𝟐
𝟐 𝟐
¿¿𝟐𝟕
𝒇 𝒄𝒌𝑵
+𝟐/𝒎𝒎
𝑵 /𝒎𝒎

¿𝒇 𝒄𝒌 𝑵 /𝒎𝒎𝟐

𝟐
¿ 𝟐𝟑
𝒇 𝒄𝒌𝑵
−𝟐/𝒎𝒎
𝑵 /𝒎𝒎 𝟐

Individual Results
Specimen-1 Specimen-2 Specimen-3 Average
27 25 23 25
 Target Mean Strength
𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉= 𝒇 𝒄𝒌 +𝟏 . 𝟔𝟓 × 𝝈

𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉=𝟐𝟓+𝟏 .𝟔𝟓 × 𝟒=𝟑𝟏 .𝟔 𝑵 /𝒎𝒎𝟐

𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉= 𝒇 𝒄𝒌 +𝟎 . 𝟖𝟐𝟓 × 𝝈=𝟐𝟓+𝟎 . 𝟖𝟐𝟓 𝒙 𝟒=𝟐𝟖 . 𝟑 𝑵 / 𝒎𝒎𝟐

𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉= 𝒇 𝒄𝒌 +𝟒=𝟐𝟓+𝟒=𝟐𝟗 𝑵 / 𝒎𝒎𝟐

Whichever is greater
 Concrete is accepted as m25 grade

𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉= 𝒇 𝒄𝒌 +𝟎 . 𝟖𝟐𝟓 × 𝝈=𝟐𝟓+𝟎 . 𝟖𝟐𝟓 𝒙 𝟒=𝟐𝟖 . 𝟑 𝑵 / 𝒎𝒎𝟐

𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉= 𝒇 𝒄𝒌 +𝟒=𝟐𝟓+𝟒=𝟐𝟗 𝑵 / 𝒎𝒎𝟐

Whichever is greater
 Concrete is accepted as m25 grade

Av=29.1

Av=30.8

Av=30.5

𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉= 𝒇 𝒄𝒌 +𝟎 . 𝟖𝟐𝟓 × 𝝈=𝟐𝟓+𝟎 . 𝟖𝟐𝟓 𝒙 𝟒=𝟐𝟖 . 𝟑 𝑵 / 𝒎𝒎𝟐

𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉= 𝒇 𝒄𝒌 +𝟑=𝟐𝟓+𝟑=𝟐𝟖 𝑵 / 𝒎𝒎𝟐

Whichever is greater