Accession Number:

AD0752808

Title:

Concrete Mixer Performance Mattress Casting Fields Caruthersville, Missouri, and Richardson Landing, Tennessee,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MISS

Personal Author(s):

• Saucier,K. L.
• Stewart,F. S.

Report Date:

1964-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

The effectiveness of two concrete mixers in mixing concrete for use in the casting of mattresses was evaluated. One of the mixers was of the turbine type mixing 3-12 cu yd, and the other was of the stationary-drum type mixing 61.6 cu ft. A concrete mixture of medium consistency approximately 3-in. slump with nominal 1-12-in. maximum size natural aggregate, which was being used to cast articulated concrete mattresses, was used in the evaluation. The following tests were made on samples representing three portions of the mixture and the results were compared with Corps of Engineers test criteria coarse aggregate content, unit weight of air-free mortar, and moisture and cement content of the mortar fraction.

Descriptors:

• *MACHINES
• *CONCRETE
• MIXTURES
• CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
• MOISTURE
• CEMENTS
• SAMPLING
• MISSOURI
• TENNESSEE

Subject Categories:

• Construction Equipment, Materials and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE