STUDY ON DIFFERENT TESTS FOR CEMENT

AND AGGREGATES

15CE410-MINI PROJECT-II
REPORT

Submitted by

R.AJAY RAGAVAN (151CE105)

RT.KEERTHI SARAN (151CE138)

J.KARNAN (151CE133)

M.KISHOR SRINIVAS (151CE142)

S.POOVASANTHAN (151CE164)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
SATHYAMANGALAM-638401

APRIL 2017
 15CE410-MINI PROJECT-II REPORT

Submitted by

R.AJAY RAGAVAN (151CE105)

RT.KEERTHI SARAN (151CE138)

J.KARNAN (151CE133)

M.KISHOR SRINIVAS (151CE142)

S.POOVASANTHAN (151CE164)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
(An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
SATHYAMANGALAM-638401

APRIL 2017
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CERTIFIED THAT THIS PROJECT REPORT STUDY ON DIFFERENT
TESTS FOR CEMENT AND AGGREGATES IS THE BONAFIDE
WORK OF M.KISHOR SRINIVAS (151CE142) CARRIED OUT THE MINI
PROJECT WORK UNDER MY SUPERVISION.

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ABSTRACT

IS CODES FOR THE EXPERIMENTS 24

1. PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

OF FINE AGGREGATE 2

2. SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SAND 3

3. BULKING OF SAND 4

4. BULK DENSITY OF SAND 6

5. SIEVE ANALYSIS OF COARSE AGGREGATE 8

6. BULK DENSITY OF COARSE AGGREGATE 10

7. DETERMINATION OF FLAKINESS INDEX 12

8. DETERMINATION OF ELONGATION INDEX 14
9. DETERMINATION OF ABRASION VALUE 16

10. DETERMINATION OF CRUSHING STRENGTH 17

11. IMPACT TEST ON COARSE AGGREGATE 19

12. DETERMINATION OF FINENESS OF CEMENT

BY DRY SIEVING 21
13. DETERMINATION OF
SETTING TIME OF STANDARD CEMENT
PASTE 22