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AS 1012.8.4:2015
[Current]Methods of testing concrete, Method 8.4: Method for making and curing concrete — Drying shrinkage specimens prepared in the field or in the laboratory
This Standard sets out a method for preparing concrete drying shrinkage specimens. It provides for preparation of specimens in the laboratory or in the field, in which the nominal size of aggregate in the concrete, in accordance with AS2758.1, does not exceed 40mm.
Published: 19/06/2015
Pages: 9
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
1 Scope
2 Referenced documents
3 Definitions
4 Apparatus
4.1 Moulds
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Construction of the mould
4.2 Gauge studs
4.3 Length gauge
4.4 Tamping bar (hand compaction)
4.5 Vibrator
4.6 Mallet
4.7 Wooden float
5 Sampling and test specimens
5.1 General
5.2 Sampling
5.2.1 Field sampling
5.2.2 Laboratory sampling
5.3 Preparation of test specimens
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Size and shape of standard test specimens
5.3.3 Identification of specimens
6 Procedure
6.1 Measurement of consistence
6.2 Moulding specimens
6.2.1 Moulding procedure
6.2.2 Compaction by tamping
6.2.3 Compaction by vibration
6.2.4 Compaction of self-compacting concrete
6.3 Curing of specimens
6.3.1 Initial curing in moulds
6.3.1.1 General
6.3.1.2 Initial curing under standard conditions
6.3.1.3 Storage of specimens in the field
6.3.1.4 Non-compliance with initial curing conditions
6.3.1.5 Initial curing under non-standard conditions
6.3.2 Demoulding of specimens
6.3.2.1 General
6.3.2.2 Acceptance criteria
6.3.2.3 Identification of specimens
6.3.3 Standard moist curing
6.3.4 Transport of specimens to the measuring laboratory
6.3.4.1 Specimens transported from the field to the laboratory
6.3.4.2 Specimens transported from a storage laboratory to a testing laboratory
7 Records
8 Report
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Methods of testing concrete, Method 8.1: Method for making and curing concrete — Compression and indirect tensile test specimens
[Current]
Methods of testing concrete, Method 2: Preparing concrete mixes in the laboratory
[Current]
Methods of testing concrete, Method 13: Determination of the drying shrinkage of concrete for samples prepared in the field or in the laboratory
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