CEL 774 CONSTRUCTION PRACTISES

Mix design of Concrete:

British (DOE) method
B. Bhattacharjee
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
IIT DELHI
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

General Outline
The DOE method
Mix design with Fly ash

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD
f m =f ck + 1.65
Step 1 : selection of w/c from curves
Step 2: Estimate water content based on
slump/Ve-be time, m.s.a and shape of
aggregate
zStep 3: Calculate cement content
Step 4: Wet density of concrete & total
aggregate content
B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD
Step 5 : Determination of FA based on
m.s.a and w/c and grading zone of sand
from curves
Apparently most logical way of choosing w/c
Takes shape of aggregate in to account
A mix design procedure with FA is also
available

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD
w/c determination

28 days compressive
strength
OPC
or
SRC

Crushed

40

Uncrushed

47

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

Equation for w/c curves

f = K1 K

w/c

where

f = Strength

K 1 = A and K

A
w

(Abraham'

B c
= B -1

K 1 = [58.11 ln f 0.5 60.47]

K2

1
f 0.5
=

540.76 6371.84

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

s law) ;

DOE METHOD
water content determination
m.s.a
20 mm

40 mm

Type

Slump
0-10
U-Crshd 135

S 10-30
mm
160

S 60-180
mm
195

Crshd

170

190

225

U-Crshd 115

140

175

Crshd

175

205

155

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD
Step 4: Calculate cement content

w/c*= Min (w/ccurve, w/cdurability) .

In case of CA
W=2/3Wf+1/3Wc

C=Max(W/ w/c*, C

&

FA

are

different

durability).

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD

PStep 4: Wet density (Dwet) of concrete

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD
Step 4: Calculate total Aggregate content

Total

aggregate
density-C-W .

content

(Wagg)=

Step 5 : Determination of FA based on

m.s.a and w/c and grading zone of sand
from curves

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

Wet

DOE METHOD

% passing through 600

Micron sieve
1 15
2 40
3 60
4 80
5 100

Step 5 : Determination of FA
B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD

% passing through 600

Micron sieve
1 15
2 40
3 60
4 80
5 100

Step 5 : Determination of FA
B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD

% passing through 600

Micron sieve
1 15
2 40
3 60
4 80
5 100

Step 5 : Determination of FA
B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD
Step 5: Calculate Fine Aggregate content

Fine aggregate content Fagg = pw (Wagg)

kg/m3.
pw is determined from graphs
- Cagg= Wagg-Fagg

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD
When fly ash (PFA) is used in the mix
control mix proportions are calculated as
usual
Total percentage of PFA (pf) is fixed as
specified/desired.
Water content is reduced depending on pf
- W'= W-W

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD
water content reduction
FA in
Slump
Cement 0-10
(%)
10
5

S 10-30
mm

S 60-180
mm

10

20

10

10

15

40

20

20

25

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD
Cement and FA contents
p=F/(C'+F)100; F=pC'/(100-p)
W/C*=W'/ (C' +kF)
C'=[100-p]W' /[(100-0.7p)(W/C)*]
k=0.3
For durability max W/(C+F) with
max p =25% or as per IS 1489 Part I
B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

DOE METHOD
Wet density is assumed same as control mix

Total aggregate content= Dwet - C-W'-F

Fine aggregate content is calculated
as before

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

Summary
DOE method
Mix design with PFA

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI

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