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Characteristicstrengthofconcrete(h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete)isoneofthe
importantpropertiesofconcretewhichindeedunanimouslybydesignengineer
(h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_engineer)oranyotherpersoninvolvedinthe
constructionsector.

Thecompressivestrengthofconcreteisgivenintermsofthecharacteristiccompressive
strengthof150mmsizecubes(h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube)testedat28days(fck)as
perIndianStandards(ACIstandardsusecylinderofdiameter150mmandheight300mm).The
characteristicstrengthisdenedasthestrengthoftheconcretebelowwhichnotmorethan5%
ofthetestresultsareexpectedtofall.

Thisconceptassumesanormaldistribution
(h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution)ofthestrengthsofthesamplesof
concrete.

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NormalDistributioncurveontestspecimensfordeterminingcompressivestrength

Theabovesketchshowsanidealizeddistributionofthevaluesofcompressivestrengthfora
certainnumberoftestspecimens.Thehorizontalaxisrepresentsthevaluesofcompressive
strengthinMPa.Theverticalaxis(h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_coordinate_system)
representsthenumberoftestsamplesfora
particularcompressivestrength.Thisisalsotermedasfrequency.

Theaverageofthevaluesofcompressivestrength(meanstrength)fromthegraphis40MPa.
Thecharacteristicstrength(fck)isthevalueinthexaxisbelowwhich5%ofthetotalarea
underthecurvefalls.Fromthegraphwecanclearlysaythat30MPaisthecharacteristic
strengthofthegivenconcretemix(h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_concrete).Thevalue
offckislowerthanfcm(40MPameanstrength)by1.64,whereisthestandarddeviationof
thenormaldistribution.

Sowecansaythegivenconcretemixhasacharacteristicstrengthof30MPaoritisaM30
grademix.

MMix

*Note:Fora95%condencelevel(h p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condence_interval)k=1.64,
hencekvaluevariesonthecondenceleveloftheexperiment

Denition:

Characteristicstrengthofconcreteisthestrengthofconcretespecimenscastedandtestedas
pergivencodeofpracticeandcuredforaperiodof28days;95%oftestedcubesshouldnot
haveavaluelessthanthisvalue.

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