Concrete, cements, mortars > Hardened concrete testing
List of testings and relevant standards
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Mechanical testings
| Cube compressive strength
|
SN EN 12390-3 |
| Cylinder compressive strength
|
SN EN 12390-3, SN EN 12504-1 |
| Flexural strength
|
SN EN 12390-5 |
| Direct tensile strength
|
SN EN 12390-6 |
| Brazilian test | UNI 6135,DIN 1048-2 |
| Pull out, horizontal surfaces
|
SN EN 1542 |
| Pull out, vertical surfaces
|
ZTV-SIB 90 |
| Static secant elastic modulus | UNI 6556 |
| Static elastic modulus
|
SIA 262/1 (G) |
| Abrasion resistance | SN EN 13892-3 |
| Rebound index
|
SN EN 12504-2 |
| Pendolum rebound value | -- |
| Early strength development of shotcrete | Direttive Austriache |
| Flexural strength under controlled deformation of fiber reinforced concrete | ASTM C1018, Direttive Rilem, Progetto di norma CNR |
| Point load strength of fiber reinforced concrete
|
SIA 162/6 |
Physical testings
| Apparent density | SN EN 12390-7 |
| Geometrical density | SN EN 12390-7 |
| Water impermeability under pressure
|
SN EN 12390-8, DIN 1048-5 |
| Water impermeability under pressure
|
ISO DIS 7031 |
| Permeability coefficient to water (Darcy) | -- |
| Permeability coefficient to gas | -- |
| Freeze-Thaw resistance of concrete with salts
|
SIA 262/1 (C) |
| Shrinkage
|
SIA 262/1 (F) |
| Viscosity | SIA 262/1 (F) |
| Porosity (quick testing) | Direttive EMPA |
| Capillarity
|
SIA 262/1 (A) |
| Chloride ions penetration coefficient
|
SIA 262/1 (B) |
| Sulphate resistance
|
SIA 262/1 (D) |
| Freeze-Thaw resistance without salts | SIA 162/1 (8) |
| Pore distance index | SIA 162/1 (6) |
| Petrographic examination | -- |
| Accelerated carbon dioxide exposure testing | -- |
Chemical testings
| Sulphates content | -- |
| Chlorides content (photometric method) | -- |
| Chlorides content (titration method)
|
SIA 162/2 |
| Carbonation depth | SIA 162/3 |
| pH value | -- |
| OPC type I content | -- |
Batching plants
| Calibration of weighing scales
|
SN EN 206, ASPCP, cap. 3 |
| Determination of yield
|
-- |
| On site qualification of concrete mixtures | SN EN 206 |
| Conformity certification of plants | SN EN 206 |
Destructive and non-destructive testings on concrete structures
| Horizontal / vertical coring (Ø 50 mm, H < 250 mm)
|
SN EN 12504-1 |
| Horizontal / vertical coring (Ø tra 50 e 100 mm, H < 250 mm)
|
SN EN 12504-1 |
| Horizontal / vertical coring (Ø > 100 mm, H < 250 mm)
|
SN EN 12504-1 |
| Concrete dust samplings | -- |
| Sample description and photographs | -- |
| Rebards depth determination | -- |
| Heat development of concrete pours (thermocouples) | -- |
| Electric potential of rebars | -- |
| Water content on site | SIA 252-G3 |
| Water content in the laboratory | -- |
| Infiltration rate (Karsten) | -- |
| Structural deformations measurements of concrete structures | -- |
| Structural deformations measurements of concrete structures, periodical testings | -- |
