RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHODS OF TEST FOR CONCRETE - PART 4 - SURFACE HARDNESS METHODS

THE PURPOSE OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IS: (1) TO DESCRIBE BRIEFLY THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF HARDNESS MEASURING DEVICES, (2) TO INDICATE THE AREAS OF POSSIBLE APPLICATION, (3) TO SPECIFY THE CONDITIONS OF CONCRETE AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF TEST WHICH INFLUENCE THE INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS AND TO GIVE A QUANTITATIVE INDICATION OF THE MAGNITUDE OF POSSIBLE ERRORS, (4) TO STANDARDISE THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROCEDURE OF CALIBRATION, (5) TO GIVE THE METHOD OF TESTING IN SITU, AND (6) TO RECOMMEND THE LAYOUT OF THE TEST REPORT. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION

  LONDON,    
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: bs4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calibration; Concrete; Field tests; Hardness tests; Measuring instruments; Nondestructive tests; Specifications
• Old TRIS Terms: Insitu methods
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217411
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 25 1972 12:00AM