M30 Grade Concrete Mix Design with Fly Ash – IS10262

I. STIPULATIONS FOR PROPORTIONING OF M30 GRADE CONCRETE

This section deals with conditions and requirements of the concrete to be made.

A Grade Designation M30

B Type of Cement OPC 53

C Type of Admixture Fly Ash

Maximum Nominal
D 20mm
Size of Aggregate

E Minimum Cement Content 320kg Table 5-IS456

F Maximum Cement Content 450kg As per code

Partial replacement
G 30% as per requirement
of cement by Fly Ash

H Maximum W/C ratio 0.45 Table 5-IS456

I Workability 100mm

Polycarboxylate
J Chemical Admixture Use any brand
Superplasticizers

II. TEST DATA FOR MATERIALS

Materials should be tested in the laboratory as per tests given in the codebook. The
material property will be used in the design process and to check the quality of the
material with the help of codebook standards.

Confirming to
A Cement Used OPC 53
IS8112

B Specific Gravity of Cement 3.15 Test – IS: 2720 

C Mineral Admixture Fly Ash Confirming to IS12089

D Specific Gravity of Fly Ash 2.90

E Chemical Admixture @0.6% IS9103 

F Specific Gravity of Test – IS 2386

Coarse Aggregate 2.74

 Fine Aggregate 2.74

Admixture PCE based 1.12

G Water Absorption Test – IS 2386

Coarse aggregate 0.5 %

Fine aggregate  1%

H Sieve Analysis Test – IS 2386

Confirming to
Coarse aggregate
Table 2-IS383

Confirming to
Fine aggregate  Zone II
Table 4-IS383

III. TARGET STRENGTH FOR MIX PROPORTIONS OF M30 GRADE CONCRETE

Strength of the concrete may deviate slightly depends on the quality of the material,
method of mixing and construction practices. Hence target strength (F ck) should be
higher than the required strength of the concrete (f ck). Value of standard deviation(s)
for different grade of concrete is given in Table 1 of IS456.

Fck = fck+1.65s “S” from Table1-IS10262

Fck = 30+(1.65 x 5)

Fck = 38.25 N/mm2

IV. SELECTION OF WATER-CEMENT RATIO

The maximum water-cement ratio for different grade of concrete is given in Table 5-
IS456. You can reduce the water-cement ratio based on your requirements. Water-
cement ratio directly affects the strength of the concrete.

Maximum W/C ratio =0.45 Table 5-IS456

Adopted W/C ratio =0.45

V. SELECTION OF WATER CONTENT

Table 2-IS1026
Maximum Water Content =186 L
for 25 to 50mm slump range

Above water-content is for 25 to 50mm slump but the slump we require is 100mm.
hence we need to increase the water content to get the required slump for good
workability. Clause 4.2 of IS1026 suggests an increase of 3% of water content from
its original value for every increase of 25mm. Here we have a 50mm increase in the
water content hence we have to increase the water content by 6 %.

Water-content for 100mm Slump =186+(0.06*186)

=197.16 L

Since superplasticizers are used water content can be reduced to get good strength
of concrete. Percentage of reduction of water depends on the type of
superplasticizers used in the concrete.

Percentage of Reduction in water content =20%

Water content requirement after SP =198 – (0.20*198)

=157.73

Adopted Water Content  =160 L

VI. CALCULATION OF CEMENT AND FLYASH CONTENT

Adopted Water Cement Ratio =0.45

Total Cementitious (Cement +Flyash) requirement = Water Content / WaterCement ratio

=160/0.45

=355.55 kg

Since Fly ash is used the amount of Cementitious content (Cement+Fly ash) shall be
increased to get good workability and strength. the percentage of increase
depending on experience and research. Here we increased the cementitious content
by 1.1 %.

Final Cementitious
= 356*1.1
Content (Cement+ Fly ash )

=391.6 kg

Minimum Cement Content

=320kg Table 5-IS456
required for ‘severe’ exposure

Adopted Cementious content =391.6 kg > 320kg

Fly ash content requirement = 391.6 * 0.30 30% replacement

= 117.48 ~ 118 kg
 Cement Content requirement =Cementious content – Fly ash

=391.6-117.48

= 274.12 ~ 274 kg

Calculation of Super Plasticiers @ 0.6 percent to the mass of cementitious content =

391.6*(0.6/100) = 2.35 kg

VII COARSE AND FINE AGGREGATE

The coarse aggregate ratio are given in table 3 but its should be adjusted based on
water-cement ratio based on experience.

Table3-IS10262
Coarse Aggregate ratio =0.62
(For W/C =0.5)

Coarse Aggregate ratio

=0.63
for 0.45 w/c ratio

Final Fine Aggregate ratio =0.37 (1-0.63) = 0.37

VIII MIX CALCULATIONS OF M30 GRADE CONCRETE

A Volume of Concrete = 1 cu.m

B Volume of Cement = Cement weight/(S.G*1000)

= 274/(3.15*1000)

= 0.086 cu.m

C Total Volume of Fly ash = Fly ash weight /(S.G*1000)

= 118/(2.9*1000)

= 0.041 cu.m

D Volume of Water = Water /(S.G*1000)

= 160/(1*1000)

= 0.160 cu.m

E Volume of Superplasticizers = S.P/(S.G*1000)

= 2.35/(1.12*1000)

= 0.002 cu.m
 F Total Aggregates requirement = A – (B+C+D+E)

= 1 -(0.086 +0.041+0.160+0.002)

=0.71 cu.m

G Coarse Aggregate (C.A) = F * C.A ratio * S.G * 1000

= 0.71*0.63 *2.74 *1000

= 1225 kg

I Fine Aggregate (F.A) = F * F.A ratio * S.G * 1000

= 720 kg

Cement Fly ash Sand Aggregate Water and Superplasticizer needed for M30 grade
concrete

S.No. MATERIALS QUANTITY

1 Cement 274 kg

2 Flyash 118 kg

3 Fine Aggregate 720 kg

4 Coarse Aggregate (20mm) 1225 kg

5 WATER 160 L

6 SuperPlasticizer 2L

Mix Ratio of M30 Grade concrete by weight with fly ash admixture is Cement :
Flyash: F.A : C.A : Water = 1: 0.43 : 2.6 : 4.47: 0.58