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Table 4 Mortar test plan.

From: Laboratory Investigation into the Flexural Behavior of Embedded Concrete Sleepers in Two-Stage Concrete with Preplaced Ballast Aggregate

Parameters

Test type

Compressive strength (ASTM C109/C109M, 2013)

Flexural strength (ASTM C78/C78M, 2018; ASTM C348, 2014)

Fluidity test (ACI304.1-R-92, 1997)

Cement content (kg/m3)

750

800

850

750

800

850

Age (day)

Number of constructed specimens

Number of tests on fresh mortar

 

w/c

0.35

0.4

0.35

0.4

0.35

0.4

0.35

0.4

0.35

0.4

0.35

0.4

1

3

3

2

3

4

3

Impossible

4

Impossible

3

3

4

3

4

3

4

4

4

4

28

3

3

3

4

3

3