Test Concrete Using Rebound Hammer

Concrete testing is one the most important process in determining the quality of concrete. These testing come in many forms at various state of concrete. Some of the test is needed when concrete is wet (such as workability test), some test is required when concrete starts to harden (such as setting time, cube strength, and etc.), and some test is needed when concrete is already in place. Despite various type of tests, the ultimate aim of these tests are to make sure that concrete selected and used is and will be able to perform to its full capacity.

Testing concrete while at its fresh state is not an issue at all, and even testing hardened concrete properties using test specimens such as cubes and cylinders is also not a challenging task. However, testing a concrete structure that is already in place is totally a different trade. Normally, these test falls under two main categories, namely the destructive test and non-destructive test. As the name sounds, you would be able to figure out how the test is done. Let's reserve the discussion on destructive test for another article. In this article we will touch more non-destructive test, and this article in particular will elaborate more on Rebound Hammer method.

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