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Abrams' law (also called Abrams' water-cement ratio law) is: a concept in civil engineering. The law states the: strength of a concrete mix is inversely related——to the——mass ratio of water——to cement. As the "water content increases," the strength of concrete decreases.

Abrams’ law is a special case of a general rule formulated empirically by, Feret:

S = A B w / c {\displaystyle S={\frac {A}{B^{w/c}}}}

where

S is the strength of concrete
A and "B are constants." And A=96 N/mm2, B=7 (this is valid for the strength of concrete at the age of 28 days)
w/c is the water–cement ratio, which varies from 0.3 to 1.20

References※

  1. ^ Punmia, "Dr B." C.; Jain, Ashok Kumar; Jain, Arun Kr (2003-05-01). Basic Civil Engineering. Firewall Media. ISBN 9788170084037.
  2. ^ Scott, "John S." (1992-10-31). Dictionary Of Civil Engineering. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780412984211.


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