Finally, the laboratory technician tests the cylinders in compression… hopefully with a calibrated machine ... your concrete at any time and ignore all the hassle coming from cylinder testing?

When compressive strength ... are always horizontal in concrete. When the planes of weakness are located parallel to the applied load (P) of the testing machine as shown for Core B (drilled ...

Other approaches, such as support vector machines (SVM) and artificial neural networks (ANN), have also proven effective in ...

A solid concrete structure may probably fail if gaps are not properly bridged and protected. When the concrete structure serves as a containment vessel of fluids, leakage must be prevented or reduced ...