Stage Item Values Marks

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1 1.1 Characteristic strength ___30__ N/mm at ____28___days

1.2 Standard Deviation Proportion Defectives ____5_____%

____8__ N/mm2 or no data ______ N/mm2
(k= ___1.64__)

1.3 Margin __8x1.64_________ = __13.12____ N/mm2

1.4 Target Mean Strength ___30+13.12________ = __43.12_/ 47____

N/mm2
1.5 Cement type
1.6 Aggregate type: OPC / SRPC / RHPC
Coarse
Aggregate type: Fine Crushed / Uncrushed
Crushed / Uncrushed
1.7 Free water/cement ratio
__0.54__
1.8 Maximum free Use the lower value 0.54_
water/cement ratio _0.5___

2 2.1 Slump or Vebe time Slump ___30-60__mm or Vebe time 3-6 s

2.2 Maximum aggregate ___20___ mm
size
2.3 Free-water content _190___ kg/m3

3 3.1 Cement content __190/0.54___ = ___352__ kg/m3

3.2 Maximum cement ___-____ kg/m3
content
3.3 Minimum cement ______ kg/m3 Use cement
content content
Use 3.1, if < 3.2 352 kg/m3
Use 3.3, if ≥ 3.1

4 4.1 Relative density of

aggregate (SSD) __2.6__ known/assumed

4.2 Concrete density _2360___ kg/m3

4.3 Total aggregate content _2360-190-352 _ = _____1818____ kg/m3

5 5.1 Grading of fine Percentage passing 600 μm __45___%

aggregate
5.2 Proportion of fine ___33_____ %
aggregate

5.3 Fine aggregate content 1818x0.33 = 599 kg/m3

5.4 Coarse aggregate 1818-599 = 1219

kg/m3
content

Quantities Water Cement Fine Coarse Aggregate (kg)

(kg) (kg) aggregate 10mm 20m 40mm
 (kg) m
3
1m 190 352 599 221 332 639
(to nearest
5kg)

Trial mix volume = (0.10× 0.10 × 0.10)×15= 0.015m³

= 0.015 x15% = 0.0025m³
= 0.0025+0.015 = 0.01525
= (0.015 + 0.01525) m³
= 0.03025 m³

Per trial mix of

0.03025 m3 5.7 10.6 18.1 6.7 10 19.3