02.2.2 Apparatus & Equipment Used in Testing of Concrete (II) Materials

Question 1

Apparatus and Equipments Used in Testing of Concrete Materials

Answer 1

• Core Drill
• Extruder
• Portable Rock Shear Box Assembly
• Climactic Chamber
• Geologic Hammer
• Compression Testing Machine
• Flexural Testing Machine
• Compressometer
• Drum Type Mixer
• Slump Cone
• VeBe Consistometer
• Compacting Factor Apparatus
• K-Slump Tester
• Flow Table
• Kelly Ball Apparatus
• Concrete Workability Meter
• Plasticity Meter
• Concrete Penetrometer
• Air Entrainment Meter
• Unit Weight Measure
• Joisel Apparatus
• RAM (Rapid Analysis Machine)
• Concrete Moulding
• Vibrating Tables
• Specimen Grinding Machine
• Curing Tanks
• Specimen Cutting Machine
• Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Tester
• Automatic Concrete Water Permeability Apparatus
• Hydraulic Press
• Rapid Chloride Ion Penetration Meter

Question 2

The ________ ___________ ______ (also known as plastometer) is designed to test concrete for dynamic workability

Answer 2

Concrete Wokability Meter

Question 3

__________ _____ is used for quick and easy measurement of the pasliticity of mixtures especially concrete, and so to detect rapidly any excess of water

Answer 3

Plasticity Meter

Question 4

__________ _____’s measuring system is related to the shear strength applied by a three blade threads to the mixture under test

Answer 4

Plasticity Meter

Question 5

________ ____________ is used to determine the setting time of the mortar fraction in concrete mixer with the slump greater than zero by testing mortar received from mix

Answer 5

Concrete Penetrometer

Question 6

___ ___________ _____ records directly the percentage of air enclosed in freshly mixed concrete by operating according to the air pressure principle

Answer 6

Air Entrainment Meter

Question 7

____ ______ _______ is used to determine the weight per cubic meter of freshly mixed and compacted concrete

Answer 7

Unit Weight Measure

Question 8

______ _________ is used to separate the various elements of the fresh concrete such as cement, sand, aggregates

Answer 8

Joisel Apparatus

Question 9

___ (_____ ________ _______) is used for the determination of cement content in fresh concrete, coarse and fine aggregates, fly ash and GGBF slag content can also be determined

Answer 9

RAM (Rapid Analysis Machine)

Question 10

________ ________ is used in moulding

Answer 10

Concrete Moulding

Question 11

_________ ______ is used for the compaction of concrete specimens in laboratory

Answer 11

Vibrating Tables

Question 12

________ ________ _______ is designed to grind and polish cubic and cylindrical specimen of concrete, rocks, and natural stones

Answer 12

Specimen Grinding Machine

Question 13

______ _____ are used for curing concrete specimens

Answer 13

Curing Tanks

Question 14

________ _______ _______ is used to cut concrete specimens and any type of construction materials like blocks, tiles, pipes, rocks cores etc.

Answer 14

Specimen Cutting Machine

Question 15

__________ _____ ________ ______ is to measure materials’ characteristics by using ultrasonic pulses

Answer 15

Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Tester

Question 16

_________ ________ _____ ___________ _________ is designed to carry out water permeability test on cubic concrete specimens max

Answer 16

Automatic Concrete Water Permeability Apparatus

Question 17

_________ _____ is a device using a hydraulic cylinder to generate a compressive force

Answer 17

Hydraulic Press

Question 18

_____ ________ ___ ___________ _____ is like water permeability test, this is also one of the test to determine the durability of concrete

Answer 18

Rapid Chloride Ion Penetration Meter