Reducing the Specimen Size of Concrete Flexural Strength Test for Safety and Ease of Handling : [techbrief]

Details

• Creators:
  Tanesi, Jussara ; Leavitt, James A. ; Ardani, Ahmad
• Corporate Creators:
  SES Group and Associates
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Flexural strength
  • Modulus of rupture
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HRT-17-119
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Research, Development, and Technology
• Abstract:
  This TechBrief provides an executive summary of a study that was conducted by the Federal Highway Administration’s Concrete Laboratory at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) related to miniaturization of flexural strength test specimen size. The study was conducted in two separate phases; the first examined the feasibility of miniaturizing modulus of rupture (MR) specimen size, with the main goal of making the test safer and easier to conduct simply through reduction in geometry and associated mass. The second phase of the study commenced as a collaborative effort with ASTM and 22 laboratories in conducting a comprehensive interlaboratory study to determine the test precision.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37698/dot_37698_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 521.03 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e8575ecd60949b2da88fc158ead6be87a47edc0e1446330ff548bc920266f50f65697540a1dd7421c127b7e73010b235e6b1bfde9e6e3ac0c05d756a9264938d