Himatayan Institute of Science & Technology (HIST) Naya Baneshwor-10 1858 100.HIS-C.1858 1858 ‘ é ¢ BEG356CI CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY Course Manual Third Year Second Semester Prepared By bebruary 2009Pore Ree eee are eee LQ Concrete Composition Aygrouate and their pradation Auuseuate isan inert material (chemicals inactive) such as pebbles, gravel, broken stones sand fT sexbiiy’to selent five percent of the volume of hardened mas B other antificial eval concrete consists of 3 pyrevates The remaining percent consisis of hardened cement poeta uncombined water and-air voids : Y d+ Coarse aygrevate uni is called as coarse aggregate Coarse aggregates ivy use im concrete for la and important, construct cup of a egate is separatel weighed according to grade charts and then: combine -denseh packed concrete. Vie particle size of aggregates are properiy graded. Use of onerete: The cement fills up the air unids of “fine, {the cement sand mortar dlls up the aiz voids of the coarse aggregates < bso types of g for coarse aggre + sinuls Sire Single size coarse ayoregaies (ungraded) use mim and {9 mn care given in Table: i (left poriony.for any one sios shal also be in accordance with 7 . Mo. Sisk igeaded coarse aggregates). 49 mm. 20 mn hed augrevates Tite ura ded limits tor raged, PETS 107 ue ue cts Table | F irieht portion)Fable 1 Grading limits for coarse aggregates (18: 383 - 1970) x" for single size aggreyato ofa | Percentage passing forgaded | nomi I size aggregate ofa nominal size | em 40 P20 Trem 25 | Tomm | 40mm [0mm | Ye Ta Saw 1 oom {mm 1 wy | mm | ee yo : (amet | tna Ee eee ~ 100 - i = ~ | ete Saas i oo 7 100 [io 1 (Tem) 030 | |) aS 100 Wom 0a9 ates which pass throwsh 1S sieve 4.75 num.is called fine ayer ate In the ates. As per IS standard. most of the natural sands in India have been divided auing. zones. of sand with grading characteristic have been presented in orkability and uniformity of concrete are considerably affected tthe svadling © tine 4 so standards have been dev eloped in Nepal in connection to aysregates eases Wve hi available they siecd not be separated into fine and coarse. but necessary |e 1 akin the erading by the addiion.of single-sized aggrevates As per 1S. 383 — 2 Shall be in gecocdance with Table 13