ASTM C803/C803M-97e1

Standard Test Method for Penetration Resistance of Hardened Concrete

SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the resistance of hardened concrete to penetration by either a steel probe or pin.
1.2 The values stated in either SI or inch-pound units shall be regarded separately as standard. The values in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used independently of the other, without combining values in any way.  
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific hazard statements, see Section 6.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Nov-1999
• ICS: 91.100.30 - Concrete and concrete products
• Technical Committee: C09 - Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
• Drafting Committee: C09.64 - Nondestructive and In-Place Testing

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM C803/C803M-03 - Standard Test Method for Penetration Resistance of Hardened Concrete
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1074-19e1 - Standard Practice for Estimating Concrete Strength by the Maturity Method
• Effective Date: 10-Nov-1999
• Referred By: ASTM C856/C856M-20 - Standard Practice for Petrographic Examination of Hardened Concrete
• Effective Date: 10-Nov-1999

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 803/C 803M – 97
Standard Test Method for
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Penetration Resistance of Hardened Concrete
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 803/C 803M; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year
of original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.
A superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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e NOTE—Paragraph 1.2 was editorially updated in November 1999.
1. Scope concrete in structures.
4.2 This test method may be used to estimate in-place
1.1 This test method covers the determination of the resis-
strength, provided that a relationship has been experimentally
tance of hardened concrete to penetration by either a steel
established between penetration resistance and concrete
probe or pin.
strength. Such a relationship must be established for a given
1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
test apparatus (see also 8.1.5), using similar concrete materials
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
and mixture proportions as in the structure. Use the procedures
each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
and statistical methods in ACI 228.1R for developing and using
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining
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the strength relationship.
values from the two systems may result in nonconformance
with the standard.
NOTE 1— Since penetration results may be affected by the nature of the
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the formed surfaces (for example, wooden forms versus steel forms), corre-
lation testing should be performed on specimens with formed surfaces
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
similar to those to be used during construction. Additional information on
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
the factors affecting penetration test results and summaries of past
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
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research are available.
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific hazard
4.3 Steel probes are driven with a high-energy, powder-
statements, see Section 6.
actuated driver, and probes may penetrate some aggregate
2. Referenced Documents
particles. Probe penetration resistance is affected by concrete
strength as well as the nature of the coarse aggregate. Steel pins
2.1 ASTM Standards:
are smaller in size than probes and are driven by a low energy,
C 670 Practice for Preparing Precision and Bias Statements
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spring-actuated driver. Pins are intended to penetrate the
for Test Methods for Construction Materials
mortar fraction only; therefore, a test in which a pin strikes a
2.2 ANSI Standard: .
coarse aggregate particle is disregarded.
A10.3 Safety Requirements for Powder Actuated Fastening
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4.4 This test method results in surface damage to the
Systems
concrete, which may require repair in exposed architectural
3. Summary of Test Method
finishes.
3.1 A driver delivers a known amount of energy to either a
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5. Apparatus
steel probe or pin. The penetration resistance of the concrete is
5.1 Resistance Testing With Probes:
determined by measuring either the exposed lengths of probes
5.1.1 Driver Unit—The driver unit shall be capable of
which have been driven into the concrete or by measuring the
driving the probe into the concrete with an accurately con-
depth of the hole created by the penetration of the pins into the
trolled amount of energy so that the probe will remain firmly
concrete.
embedded. The driver unit shall incorporate features to prevent
4. Significance and Use
firing when not properly placed in the positioning device on the
concrete surface.
4.1 This test method may be used to assess the uniformity of
concrete and to delineate zones of poor quality or deteriorated
NOTE 2—A powder-actuated device has been successfully used.
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C-9 on Concrete
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ACI 228.1R-95, “In-Place Methods to Estimate Concrete Strength,” Report of
and Concrete Aggregates and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C09.64 on
ACI Committee 228 on Nondestructive Testing, American Concrete Institute,
Nondestructive and In-Place Testing.
Current edition approved June 10, 1997. Published June 1998. Originally Farmington Hills, MI.
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published as C 803 – 75 T. Last previous edition C 803 – 96. Malhotra, V. M., and Carette, G. G., “Penetration Resistance Methods,”
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.02. Chapter 2 in Handbook on Nondestructive Testing of Concrete, Malhotra, V. M., and
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Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., 13th Carino, N. J., eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1991, pp. 19–38.
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