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TENSILE STRENGTH OF HARDEN

CONCRETE

Objective:
To calculate the tensile strength of the cylinder.

Introduction :

Cracking occur when contractions due to chemical

activity, drying, shrinkage, or a decrease in
temperature are restrained direct tensile test are
seldom used, but splitting tensile strength is
determined by applying increasing compressive load
on cylinder placed on their sides and compressed
until splitting occur. Tensile strength is then
calculated from the maximum load and the known
dimension.

Standard :
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ASTM Designation : C 496 –71

Apparatus :
• Testing machine.
• Compacting bar.
• Bearing strips.
• Cylinder mould (15 diameter &30 height).
Calculation :

Sample no.
1 2 3
Sample type
cylinder cylinder cylinder
Specimen
diameter
mm 150 150 150
Sample’s
length
mm 300 300 300
x-section area
=(πLD) 1413.72 1413.72 1413.72
cm2
Maximum
load
Kg 12640.16 12844.04 10805.30
Splitting
tensile
Kg/cm2 17.88 18.18 15.28
strength
Ave .splitting tensile strength =17.11
(T/C) = 0.1 ~ (17.11/169.45) = 0.1 CORRECT .

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 Discussion and conclusion :

We know now that the splitting strength is much less

than the compressive strength for the same concrete
sample.
And the tensile strength is calculated from the
maximum load and the known dimension, when we
apply the load continuously and without shock, at a
constant rate with in range 100-200 PSI splitting
tensile stress until failure of the specimen.

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