1 - AS 2073-1977 METHODS FOR THE TESTING OF EXPANDING ADMIXTURES FOR CONCRETE, MORTAR AND GROUT
4 - PREFACE
6 - CONTENTS
7 - 1 SCOPE.
7 - 2 DEFINITION.
7 - 3 SAMPLING.
7 - 4 EXTENT OF TESTING.
7 - 5 MATERIALS FOR GENERAL ACCEPTANCE TESTS.
7 - 5.1 General.
8 - 5.2 Cement.
8 - 5.3 Aggregate.
8 - 6 MATERIALS AND MIXES FOR TESTS FOR SPECIFIC USES.
8 - 6.1 Admixtures.
8 - 6.2 Premixed Materials.
8 - 6.3 Mixing Procedure.
8 - 7 NUMBER OF BATCHES AND SPECIMENS.
8 - 8 APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT.
8 - 8.1 General.
9 - 8.2 Cube Moulds.
9 - 8.3 Cylinder Moulds in Indirect Tensile Strength Test.
9 - 8.4 Volume Change Cylinders.
9 - 8.5 Clamps.
11 - 8.6 Tamping Rod.
11 - 8.7 Bleeding Tube.
11 - 8.8 Tremie.
11 - 8.9 Vertical Stand for Bleeding Test
11 - 8.10 Flow Cone.
11 - 8.11 Vertical Stand for Flow Cone.
11 - 8.12 Penetration-resistance Apparatus, Tamping Rod, Sieve, Pipette and the Containers
11 - 8.13 Storage Tank and Plunger for Volume Change Cylinders.
12 - 8.14 Air-content Apparatus.
16 - 9 TEST ROOM CONDITIONS.
16 - 10 TEST FOR COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE, MORTAR OR GROUT, WHICH HAS BEEN RESTRAINED DURING SETTING.
16 - 10.1 Making of Test Cubes.
17 - 10.2 Test Procedure.
17 - 11 TEST FOR INDIRECT TENSILE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE, MORTAR OR GROUT, WHICH HAS BEEN RESTRAINED DURING SETTING.
17 - 11.1 Making of Test Cylinders.
18 - 11.2 Test Procedure.
18 - 12 TEST FOR VOLUME CHANGE UNDER RESTRAINT.
18 - 12.1 Making of Test Cylinders.
21 - 12.2 Calculations.
22 - 13 TEST FOR BLEEDING OF CONCRETE.
22 - 14 TEST FOR BLEEDING OF MORTAR AND GROUT.
22 - 14.1 Equipment.
22 - 14.2 Test Procedure.
23 - 14.3 Calculations.
23 - 14.4 Report
23 - 15 TEST FOR TIME OF SETTING.
23 - 16 TEST FOR AIR CONTENT.
25 - 17 TEST FOR WORKABILITY.
25 - 17.1 Grouts.
25 - 17.2 Mortars and Stiff Grouts.
25 - 18 RECORDS.
27 - 19 REPORT.