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 + 1.65σ
áStep 1 : selection of w/c from curves
áStep 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

áStep 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 Crushed 40
or Uncrushed 47
SRC

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI
 Equation for w/c curves
f = K1× K
w/c
2 where
A
f = Strength = w
(Abraham' s law) ;
B c
K 1 = A and K 2 = B -1

K 1 = [58.11 × ln f 0.5 − 60.47]

⎡ f 0.5 1 ⎤
K2 =⎢ − ⎥
⎣ 540.76 6371.84 ⎦
B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI
 DOE METHOD
™ water content determination
m.s.a Type Slump S 10-30 S 60-180
0-10 mm mm
20 mm U-Crshd 135 160 195
Crshd 170 190 225
40 mm U-Crshd 115 140 175
Crshd 155 175 205

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI
 DOE METHOD
áStep 4: Calculate cement content

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

¾In case of CA & FA are different
W=2/3Wf+1/3Wc

ƒ C=Max(W/ w/c*, C 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
áStep 4: Calculate total Aggregate content

™ Total aggregate content (Wagg)= Wet

density-C-W .

áStep 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
 DOE METHOD

% passing through 600

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

áStep 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

áStep 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

áStep 5 : Determination of FA

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI
 DOE METHOD
áStep 5: Calculate Fine Aggregate content

™ Fine aggregate content Fagg = pw× (Wagg)

kg/m3.
ápw is determined from graphs

- Cagg= Wagg-Fagg

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI
 DOE METHOD
áWhen 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.

áWater content is reduced depending on pf

- W'= W-ΔW

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI
 DOE METHOD
™ water content reduction

FA in Slump S 10-30 S 60-180

Cement 0-10 mm mm
(%)
10 5 5 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)
áW/C*=W'/ (C' +kF)

¾C'=[100-p]W' /[(100-0.7p)(W/C)*]
k=0.3

ƒ 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

áTotal aggregate content= Dwet - C‘-W'-F

¾Fine aggregate content is calculated

as before

B. Bhattacharjee
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, IIT DELHI
Summary
DOE method

Mix design with PFA

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