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Test Procedures for Cementitious Samples in the Coventry University JL Laboratories.

Wet mix testing

Slump, Compaction Index, flow table, VB test, ICAR Rheometer, grout viscometer, flow trough.

For self-compacting concrete: Slump flow, L box, V funnel.

Strength Tests with Hydraulic machines and Mechanical test machines

Cubes (50mm and 100mm), cylinder splitting, beam bending, elastic modulus and Poisson’s ratio with strain gauges, core cutting and testing.

Transport measurements

High Pressure permeability, diffusion cells, Rapid Chloride Permeability, water absorption

Corrosion tests

Rest potential, linear polarisation, concrete resistivity.

Exposure tests

Freeze-thaw, sulphate attack, expansion

Chemical Testing

Pore fluid expression

Non-Destructive tests

Ultrasound, Rebound hammers, pull-out tests, ISAT, Figg

Porosity test

Helium pyconometer

Tests available in other departments

ICP chemical analysis, Scanning electron microscope, Particle sizer, Thermogravimetric balance