DETERMINING THE TENSILE SPLITTING STRENGTH OF CONCRETE BY TESTING REINFORCED SPECIMENS

DETERMING THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE BY MEANS OF A SPLITTING TEST IS TROUBLESOME IF THE SAMPLES TO BE TESTED ARE REINFORCED, FOR IT IS OFTEN NECESSARY TO CUT THEM DOWN IN ORDER TO OBTAIN UNREINFORCED SPECIMENS WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR TESTING. TESTS WERE PERFORMED ON CYLINDERS TO ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE INFLUENCING FACTORS. BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED NUMBER OF SPECIMENS TESTED, THE TESTS CONSIDERED HERE COULD NOT POSSIBLY AIM AT COMPRISING ALL CONCEIVABLE INFLUENCING FACTORS WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE IN SPLITTING TESTS ON UNREINFORCED SPECIMENS. ONLY A FEW INFLUENCING FACTORS COULD BE INVESTIGATED, AND SOME OF THESE ONLY ON A SPOT CHECK BASIS. BROADLY SPEAKING, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT IT APPEARS ESSENTIALLY POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE TENSILE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE FROM SPLITTING TESTS PERFORMED ON REINFORCED SPECIMENS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 32, No 8, PP 471-479, 6 FIG, 6 TAB, 4 REF
• Authors:
  • Kirtschig, K
• Publication Date: 1966-8

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Betonstein-zeitung, Weisbaden /Germany/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete tests; Reinforced concrete; Specimens; Tensile strength
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00212563
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 18 1994 12:00AM