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Basically,theresultsofcompressiontestcarriedoutbyusingcubesarehigherthanthatbycylinders.Incompressiontest,thefailuremodeisintheform
oftensilesplittinginducedbyuniaxialcompression.However,sincetheconcretesamplestendtoexpandlaterallyundercompression,thefriction
developedattheconcretemachineinterfacegeneratesforceswhichapparentlyincreasethecompressivestrengthofconcrete.However,whentheratio
ofheighttowidthofsampleincreases,theeffectofshearoncompressivestrengthbecomessmaller.Thisexplainswhytheresultsofcompressiontestby
cylindersarelowerthanthatofcubes.ReferenceismadetoLongmanScientificandTechnical(1987).

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FemiologbonyoSeptember16,2010at7:56am

Sir,irealyappreciatetheimportanceofthissite.Pls,iwanttoknowaboutthecubetesttodetermineconcretestrenght.Canyousendmethe
completeprocedurewithasample

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