Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Concrete Mix Design Sira Huliyar DRN 15.11.2019
Concrete Mix Design Sira Huliyar DRN 15.11.2019
1) Characteristic compressive strength of 150 mm cube required in the field at 28-days, f ck : 20 N/mm2 Table 2, IS 456 : 2000
2) Condition of concrete exposure : Mild Table 3, IS 456 : 2000
3) Degree of workability/Consistency required : 25-50 mm
4) Limitation of maximum free water - cement ratio : 0.550 Table 5, IS 456 : 2000
5) Limitation of minimum cement content : 300 Kg/m3 Table 5 & 6, IS 456 : 2000
6) Maximum nominal size of aggregates to be used : 20 mm
7) Degree of quality control expected : Good Appendix A, IS 10262 : 1982
1) Cement used :
2) Specific gravity
Cement : 3.15
Coarse aggregate : 2.85
Fine aggregate : 2.65
3) Water absorption Test method, IS 2386 : 1963
Coarse aggregate : 0.5 %
Fine aggregate : 1 %
4) Free moisture content Test method, IS 2386 : 1963
Coarse aggregate : Nil %
Fine aggregate : 3 %
5) Sieve analysis Test method, IS 2386 : 1963
Coarse aggregate type : Granite
mm d/s : 20 Table 2 of IS 383 1970
mm d/s : 10
Fine aggregate(sand) : II Zone Table 4 of IS 383 1970
6) Standard deviation S : 4 N/mm2
7) Accepted proportion of low result as in 1 in 20 t : 1.65 Table 2 of IS 10262
8) Target mean strength in compression f target = f ck + (t*s) : 26.6 N/mm2
9) Selection of Water-Cement Ratio : 0.550
10) Selection of water content and fine to total aggregate ratio per cubic metre of concrete Table 4 of IS 10262 : 1982
For the desired workability, the quantity of mixing water per unit volume of concrete and the ratio of fine : 186 Kg/m3
aggregate to total aggregate by absolute volume are to be estimated for 20 mm nominal maximum size of
aggregate.
Similarly from the same table as referred to above, sand as a % of total aggregate to absolute volume for : 35 %
concrete grade up to M-35.
11) Adjustment of Values in water content and sand % for other conditions : As below in table
Adjustment required
Change in condition stipulated
Water content (%) Sand in total aggregate (%)
For sand conforming to grading Zone - II of table 4 of IS 383 : 1970 0 0.0
Increase or decrease in the value of compacting factor by 0.1 3.0 x ( 0.90 - 0.9 ) = 0.00 0
Each 0.05 increase or decrease in free water-cement ratio 0 1.0 x ( 0.55 - 0.55 ) = 0.00
For rounded aggregates 0 0
Page 1/3
Mix Design For M - 20
References : IS 10262 : 1982, SP 23 : 1982, IS 383 : 1970 , IS 456 : 2000
Therefore,
required sand content as % of total aggregate by absolute volume : 35 - 0.0 = 35.0
required water content : 186 + 0 - 0 = 186.0
Fine aggreagte c fa 1
fa : v = { w + + } x
Sc P x Sfa 1000
338.2 fa 1
0.98 = { 186.0 + + } x
3.15 0.350 x 2.65 1000
fa : 636.86 Kg/m3
Coarse aggreagte c ca 1
ca : v = { w + + } x
Sc (1-p) x Sca 1000
338.2 ca 1
0.98 = { 186.0 + + } x
3.15 0.650 x 2.9 1000
ca : 1272.00 Kg/m3
Mix proportion then becomes ;
Water (kg) Cement (kg) Fine aggreagte (kg) Coarse aggreagte (kg)
186.00 338.18 636.86 1272.00
or 0.550 1.000 1.883 3.761
Page 2/3
Mix Design For M - 20
References : IS 10262 : 1982, SP 23 : 1982, IS 383 : 1970 , IS 456 : 2000
Therefore, the actual quantities (Field correction) of different constitutes required for the mix are ;
Page 3/3