Title:
Re-Evaluating the Slump Test
Author(s):
Martin Mitteleacher
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
14
Issue:
10
Appears on pages(s):
53-56
Keywords:
air entrainment; batching; compressive strength; slump test; water-reducing admixtures; General
DOI:
Date:
10/1/1992
Abstract:
The comfortable relationship between slump and expected concrete ingredients has become tenuous with the introduction of air-entraining and water-reducing admixtures. The use of the slump test as a predictor of concrete strength needs to be re-evaluated.