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Figure 2.2 Slump test.

2.2 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH

Compressive strength/c depends upon water, the cement ratio and the quality
of the cure cycle. According to the ACI code, the compressive strength of
concrete J~ is obtained from the standard test cylinder 6 - in. ( 150 mm)
diameter by 12- in (300 mm) high measured at 7, 14 and 28 days of age before
testing. After 28 days of water curried or placed in a constant temperature
room to obtain 100 percent of humidity. Then, the preparation starts by
replacing the specimen on the MTS (Material test system), as shown in Fig.
2.3. In this test, the concrete is subjected to compressive stresses and not to
tensile stresses: therefore, a specimen is used to determine the concrete
compressive strength by many shapes such as: cylinder 150 x 300 mm (ACI
code), Prism 70x70x350 mm (France) and cube 150xl50xl50 mm
(Germany, Egypt, Great Britain).
Table 2.1 shows the value of compressive strength (Wayne State University-
Structure Lab.).