. (GUIDE TO EVALUATION OF STRENGTH TEST RESULTS OF CONCRETE (AC! 214R-11)
6x 12:in, (150 x 300 mm) eylinders. The control standards are,
therefore, applicable to specimens of this size that have been
tested at 28 days. These standards may be applicable with
minor differences to other cylinder sizes, such as 4 x 8 in.
(100 x 200 mm), as recognized in ASTM C31/C31M,
‘The overall and within-batch coefficient of variation for
4.x 8 in, (100 x 200 mm) cylinders was found to be slightly
higher compared with 6 x 12 in, (150 x 300 mm) cylinders for
the same concrete mixture (Detwiler et al, 2005; ASTM
‘C39/C39M). Therefore, to reduce the variation of test results
from 4 x 8 in, (100 x 200 mm cylinders, the average strength of
atleast three 4x 8 in, (100 x 200 mm) eylinders should be used
to determine compressive stength, as requited by ACI 318.
As ameasure of the within-batch error, some international
specifiers find averaged pair differences vp to 145 psi (1 MPa)
representative of “good” control, and accept differences up
to 290 psi (2 MPa) as “acceptable” control (Day 2006).
‘Because the pair differences represent the range of two-cylinder
tests, the standard deviations at thee levels can be estinated by