a. Calculate the modulus of rupture for a 2.5 cm by 2.5 cm square concrete flexure beam with a span length of 45 cm if failure occurs 13 mm outside of the middle third at a load of 0.23 kN. [Ans: 6.05 MPa]  b. A splitting tensile test was performed on a standard cylinder (150 mm by 300 mm); the cylinder fractured at 222 kN. Calculate the splitting tensile strength and the approximate compressive strength of concrete. [Ans: 3.14 MPa; 69.4 MPa]  c. A concrete test cylinder (150 mm by 225 mm) fails at 500 kN in compression. Estimate the compressive strength of concrete. [Ans: 27.6 MPa]

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a. Calculate the modulus of rupture for a 2.5 cm by 2.5 cm square concrete flexure beam 
with a span length of 45 cm if failure occurs 13 mm outside of the middle third at a load 
of 0.23 kN. [Ans: 6.05 MPa] 

b. A splitting tensile test was performed on a standard cylinder (150 mm by 300 mm); the 
cylinder fractured at 222 kN. Calculate the splitting tensile strength and the approximate 
compressive strength of concrete. [Ans: 3.14 MPa; 69.4 MPa] 

c. A concrete test cylinder (150 mm by 225 mm) fails at 500 kN in compression. Estimate 
the compressive strength of concrete. [Ans: 27.6 MPa] 

 

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