SLOVENSKI STANDARD

SIST EN 12390-8:2019
01-oktober-2019

Nadomešča:
SIST EN 12390-8:2009

Preskušanje strjenega betona - 8. del: Globina vpijanja vode pod pritiskom

Testing hardened concrete - Part 8: Depth of penetration of water under pressure

Prüfung von Festbeton - Teil 8: Wassereindringtiefe unter Druck

Essai pour béton durci - Partie 8 : Profondeur de pénétration d'eau sous presssion
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Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12390-8:2019

ICS:
91.100.30 Beton in betonski izdelki Concrete and concrete
products

SIST EN 12390-8:2019 en,fr,de

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 12390-8

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM June 2019

ICS 91.100.30 Supersedes EN 12390-8:2009

English Version

Testing hardened concrete - Part 8: Depth of penetration

of water under pressure
Essais pour béton durci - Partie 8 : Profondeur de Prüfung von Festbeton - Teil 8: Wassereindringtiefe
pénétration d'eau sous pression unter Druck

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 29 April 2019.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
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United Kingdom.

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Contents Page
European foreword....................................................................................................................................................... 3
1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 5
3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 5
4 Principle ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
5 Apparatus........................................................................................................................................................... 5
6 Specimen ............................................................................................................................................................ 6
7 Procedure........................................................................................................................................................... 7
7.1 Preparation of the test specimen .............................................................................................................. 7
7.2 Application of water pressure .................................................................................................................... 7
7.3 Examination of specimen ............................................................................................................................. 7
8 Test result .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
9 Test report ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
10 Precision ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
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European foreword

This document (EN 12390-8:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 104 “Concrete
and related products”, the secretariat of which is held by SN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2019, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2019.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 12390-8:2009.

The standard has been restricted to tests on specimens cured in water.

This standard is one of a series on testing concrete.

EN 12390, Testing hardened concrete, consists of the following parts:

— Part 1: Shape, dimensions and other requirements of specimens and moulds;

— Part 2:Making and curing specimens for strength tests;

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— Part 3: Compressive strength of test specimens;

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— Part 4:Compressive strength – Specification for testing machines;

— Part 5: Flexural strength of test specimens;

— Part 6: Tensile splitting strength of test specimens;

— Part 7: Density of hardened concrete;

— Part 8: Depth of penetration of water under pressure;

— Part 11: Determination of the chloride resistance of concrete, unidirectional diffusion;

— Part 12: Determination of the potential carbonation resistance of concrete: Accelerated carbonation
method (in preparation);

— Part 13: Determination of secant modulus of elasticity in compression;

— Part 14: Semi-adiabatic method for the determination of heat released by concrete during its
hardening process;

— Part 15: Adiabatic method for the determination of heat released by concrete during its hardening
process;

— Part 16: Determination of the shrinkage of concrete (in preparation);

— Part 17: Determination of creep of concrete in compression (in preparation);

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— Part 18: Determination of the chloride migration coefficient (in preparation).

This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 12390 8:2009:

— editorial revision.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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1 Scope
This document specifies a method for determining the depth of penetration of water under pressure in
hardened concrete which has been water cured.

2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 12390-2, Testing hardened concrete — Part 2: Making and curing specimens for strength tests

3 Terms and definitions

No terms and definitions are listed in this document.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/

— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp

4 Principle
Water is applied under pressure to the surface of hardened concrete. The specimen is then split and the
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depth of penetration of the waterfront is measured.

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5 Apparatus
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The test specimen, of given dimensions, shall be placed in any suitable equipment in such a manner that
the water pressure can act on the test area and the pressure applied can be continuously indicated. An
example of a test arrangement is shown in Figure 1.
It is preferable that the apparatus should allow the other surfaces of the test specimen to be observed.
The water pressure may be applied to the surface of the test specimen either from the bottom, or the
top. A watertight seal shall be provided, made of rubber or other similar material.
The dimensions of a test area shall be approximately half of the length of the edge or diameter of the
test surface.

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Dimensions in millimetres

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Key
1 packing piece
2 sealing ring
3 screwed on plate
4 screw-threaded rod
5 water under pressure
6 screwed on plate

Figure 1 — Example of test arrangement

6 Specimen
The specimen shall be cubic, cylindrical or prismatic with the minimum dimension of the surface of the
specimen to be tested not less than 150 mm and no other dimension less than 100 mm.

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Smaller specimens can be tested. Their dimensions and test area shall be reported. Core specimens shall
be at least 95 mm in diameter.

7 Procedure
7.1 Preparation of the test specimen

Immediately after the specimen is de-moulded, roughen the surface to be exposed to water pressure,
with a wire brush and cure the specimen under water in accordance with the procedures given in
EN 12390-2.
7.2 Application of water pressure

The test shall be started when the specimen is at least 28 days old. Do not apply the water pressure to a
trowelled surface of a specimen. Place the specimen in the apparatus and apply a water pressure of
(500 ± 50) kPa for (72 ± 2) h. During the test, periodically observe the appearance of the surfaces of the
test specimen not exposed to the water pressure to note the presence of water. If leakage is observed
then consider the validity of the result and record the fact.
NOTE Tap water can be used.

7.3 Examination of specimen

After the pressure has been applied for the specified time, remove the specimen from the apparatus.
Wipe the face on which the water pressure was applied to remove excess water. Split the specimen in
half, perpendicularly to the face on which the water pressure was applied. When splitting the specimen,
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and during the examination, place the face of the specimen exposed to the water pressure on the
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bottom. As soon as the split face has dried to such an extent that the water penetration front can be
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clearly seen, mark the water front on the specimen. Measure the maximum depth of penetration under
the test area and record it to the nearest mm.

8 Test result
The maximum depth of penetration, expressed in mm, is the test result.

9 Test report
The report shall include:
a) reference to this standard;

b) identification of the test specimen;

c) date of start of the test;

d) description of the specimen (shape and dimensions);

e) direction of application of water pressure with respect to the casting direction;

f) maximum depth of penetration, in mm;

g) any leakage and consideration of the validity of the result; (if appropriate);

h) any deviation from the standard test method;