Specifies methods for testing fresh and hardened concrete — slump, compaction factor, compressive strength, tensile strength, flexural strength.
Paraphrased for working engineers, not a verbatim reproduction of the standard. For compliance documentation, tender submissions, or any use requiring the exact clause text, refer to the official IS 516:1959 document published by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) — this summary is an interpretation aid, not a substitute for it.