Using a rubber sheet instead of the sulfur-capping in the compressive strength of concrete testing

Abstract

This research aims to study the using a rubber sheet instead of the sulfur-capping accordance with ASTM C 617 in the compressive strength of concrete testing. The three of the compressive strength of concrete i.e. 180, 240, and 320 ksc were the scope of study. The test results showed that the concrete with using a rubber sheet (fc '(3)) had higher compressive strength than the standard concrete with sulfur-capping (fc' (2)) at 7.7%. Therefore, the adjustment factor from using a rubber sheet instead of the sulfur-capping in the compressive strength of concrete testing was 0.923; the compressive strength of concrete is equivalent to the standard testing. The relationship of compressive strength of concrete between fc '(2) and fc' (3) is fc '(2) = 0.88 fc' (3) + 12.04 with a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.988.