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Compressive strenght of concrete

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1.General aspects
Compressive strength purpose
Quality control of concrete works execution Quality control in production Obtaining other mechanical properties The characteristic strength of concrete is that value of the material for which out of the results obtained only a maximum of 5% are smaller.

- notation of characteristic(k) compressive strenght(f) of concrete(c) Concrete class examples


Normal strenght concrete
8 12 16 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 10 15 20 25 30 37 45 50 55 60

High strenght concrete


55 60 70 80 90 100 67 75 85 95 105 115

*Concrete class is based on the concrete characteristic strengths determined on samples at 28 days.

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2.1. Obtaining the compressive strength on samples

CUBE
Tolerances d = 0.5 % d1 = 1.0 % Smoothness 0.0006d mm Perpendicularity 0.5 mm

CYLINDER
Tolerances d = 0.5 % Smoothness 0.0006d mm Perpendicularity 0.5 mm Generatrix liniarity 0.2 mm

PRISM
Tolerances d = 0.5 % d1 = 1.0 % Perpendicularity 0.5 mm Generatrix liniarity 0.2 mm

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2.2 Testing equipment


Hydraulic press comand panel electric engine guiding frame with 2 columns hydraulic cylinder with a piston steel plates

2.3. Testing procedure


a) Tolerance checking

b) Placing the samples

Compressive strenght of concrete


c) Application of the force

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0.2 1 MPa/s
Satisfactory failure

Fmax

d) Checking of the failure mode for the cube

Dissatisfactory failure

Satisfactory failure

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Dissatisfactory failure

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e) Expressing the results

F - force - sample cross-sectional area f) Testing report dimensions and state of the sample testing date maximum failure load and compressive strength failure mode any modification from the standardized procedure mass and apparent density of the sample preserving conditions

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3. Factors influencing the compressive strength of the samples 3.1. Testing procedure
With contact forces (with friction)

Without contact forces (without friction)

With contact forces

Without contact forces

fc1 > fc2


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3.2. The speed on applying the force

3.3. Shape of the sample

fcub > fcil > fprism 3.4. Dimension of the sample

fc100 > fc200 > fc300


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Failure - cube ( compression without friction)

Failure - prism (compression without friction)


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Failure -cube (compression with friction)

Failure - cube-compression with metal rectangular plate

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