I am Ivan Loo Jien Hoeng, the slump and cube process had give a good experience as I do not have such experience on construction materials before and I feel interesting on doing this both test using my hand. I also learn how to communicate with different member in my group.
For slump test, we learn how the water affect the strength and slumpness on the concrete.Different level water will have different slumpness on the concrete.At the end, I understand the water is a key factor on formation of good concrete.
For cube test, it basically known as Compression Test. For this test, we learn the strength of the concrete affected by the number of days because as the more day it take, the gap between the fine and coarse aggregates will fully filled completely and thus result a stronger shear strength concrete. As we know the 28th day cube is much stronger than the 7th day cube.The maximum strength of the concrete will attained within the 28th days.
In conclusion, I had a wonderful experience and it give me a broaden picture regarding the properties of various construction materials.