Concrete Method Of Concrete

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Concrete is considered as the most widely used and versatile material of construction all over the world. In recent years, concrete technology has made significant advances which have resulted in economical improvements in strength of concretes. This economic development depends upon the intelligent use of locally available materials. One of the important ingredients of conventional concrete is natural sand or river sand, which is expensive and scarce. In India, the conventional concrete is produced by using natural sand obtained from riverbeds as fine aggregate. However, due to the increased use of concrete in almost all types of construction works, the demand of natural or river sand has been increased. To meet this demand of construction
Water: Chloride free water is used for mixing the concrete in which is potable and is free from injurious amounts of oils, acids, alkalis, salts, sugar, organic materials or other substances that may be deleterious to concrete or steel. Figure.4 (RO plant) Figure.5 (Using Chloride free water from Tin)
TESTING PROCEDURE
This project entailed subjecting the designed concrete mixes to a series of tests to evaluate the strength, and other properties. For this project, it was important to monitor the strength development with time to adequately evaluate the strength of each concrete mix. For each test, either 3 samples from each mix were tested at each curing age, and the average values were used for analysis. The following sections present the procedures used for the various tests.
i) Compressive Strength Test:
One of the most important properties of concrete is the measurement of its ability to withstand compressive loads.. The compression tests performed in this project were completed in accordance with IS standard 516 “Methods of Tests for Strength of Concrete”. The apparatus used to determine the compressive strength of concrete in this project was a testing

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