concrete cube of 15x15x15 is used for
A metre cube of concrete is a volume of concrete which is equivalent to the volume of a cube each of whose sides are 1 metre long.
blocks of what size
15^3
Basically, the force supplied by a concrete compression machine is a definite value. For normal concrete strength application, say below 50MPa, the stress produced by a 150mmx150mmx150mm cube is sufficient for the machine to crush the concrete sample. However, if the designed concrete strength is 100MPa, under the same force (about 2,000kN) supplied by the machine, the stress under a 150mmx150mmx150mm cube is not sufficient to crush the concrete cube. Therefore, 100mmx100mmx100mm concrete cubes are used instead to increase the applied stress to crush the concrete cubes. For normal concrete strength, the cube size of 150mmx150mmx150mm is already sufficient for the crushing strength of the machine.
The standard for concrete cube testing is to put the cube under increased pressure. The pressure is increased until the cube breaks and determines the cubes compression strength.
Cylindrical strength = 85% of Cube strength.
It depends on the size of the unspecified cube size, and what and how they are to be used? More information is needed.
The concrete that gives a compressive strength of 40 N/mm2 when its cube is tested.
It could be 3^3*5^3.
Concrete has a density of approx. 2400 kg/m3 . A cube of concrete 150mm3 is 0.15m3.As such it's mass is 2400 x 0.15 = 360 kg.It's weight is 360 x 9.81 = 3531.6 Newtons.
3375. (15x15x15)
C25 concrete is a concrete having compressive strength of 25MPa when tested at the 28th day after casting. The specimen can be cube(150x150x150) or cylindrical(125mm by 250mm high). The cube strength has 0.8 times that of cylindrical specimen due to shape factor.