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DIN Standard On Formwork Pressures Updat
DIN Standard On Formwork Pressures Updat
DIN Standard On Formwork Pressures Updat
Formwork Pressures
Updated
Standard now addresses pressures exerted by self-consolidating concrete
The setting-bag test the bucket and placed on an insulated surface. The user
DIN 182185 allows the setting-bag test to be used to performs consistency tests by pressing a thumb into the
determine setting times for SCC, without the need for vertical surface of the sample (Fig. A). The depth of the
special equipment. The procedure is based on consistency resulting impression indicates the setting condition.
classes corresponding to the Atterberg limits for soils. Setting time tE is defined as 1.25 times the time from the
To conduct the test, about 8 L (0.2 ft3) of freshly mixed first addition of water during concrete production to the
concrete is placed in a polyethylene bag. The bag is time at which the concrete is dented less than 1 mm
then closed and placed in a bucket. Every 30 minutes (about 1/32 in.).
after filling, the consistency is evaluated. The setting
condition is characterized per Table A. Before the
concrete reaches the plastic consistency, the sample is
tested by manual scanning and penetration of the upper
layer of concrete. After the concrete reaches the plastic
(malleable) to stiff state, the sample is removed from
Table A:
Description of the setting condition of concrete using the
setting-bag procedure
Consistency Description
Fluid Spreading out in the bag
Soft No spreading, but swells when pressed
Plastic Malleable
Stiff Dented a maximum of 30 mm
Semisolid Dented a maximum of 10 mm
Set Dented less than 1.0 mm Fig. A: Setting bag test identification of setting. Final set has
been reached when the thumb can be pressed (with a force of
Note: The consistency classes correspond to the Atterberg limits about 50 N [10 lb]) into the bag less than 1 mm (about 1/32 in.)
used to characterize fine grained soils (1 mm = 0.039 in.) (after Reference 8)