%0 Journal Article %T The importance of plane end-bearing surfaces when measuring the strengths of concrete core specimens %A T Bugai %A D Kruger %A R G D Rankine %J Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering %D 2012 %I South African Institution of Civil Engineering %X The importance of plane end-bearing surfaces in the preparation of concrete core specimens for compressive strength testing is demonstrated by means of physical tests. %K compressive strength %K concrete cores %K plane end-bearing surfaces %U http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1021-20192012000200015