ASSIGNMENT 1

Concrete mix proportion design | Building Materials | Dr.Hamed Benisi

Submission deadline: 16 December 2020

1) Assume a 1:3:5 cement - sand - stone concrete mix by volume using naturally moist
aggregates and adding 62 liters of water. What will the basic strength and the volume of
mix be if 2 bags of cement are used. Additional assumptions:
Moisture content of sand: 4%
Moisture content of stones: 1.5%
Bulk density of the sand: 1400 kg/m³
Bulk density of the stones: 1600 kg/m³
Solid density of aggregate materials: 2650 kg/m³
Solid density of cement: 3100 kg/m³
Density of water: 1000 kg/m³

a) Calculate the volume of the aggregate in the mix.

b) Calculate the weight of the aggregates.
c) Calculate the amount of water contained in the aggregate
d) Adjust amounts in the batch for water contents in aggregate.
e) Calculate water- cement ratio and cement - aggregate ratio.
 2) The design strength grade of reinforced concrete beams of a project (not suffer from snow)
is C25, and the slump is required to be 30-50 mm (the concrete is stirred and vibrated by
machine), and there is no historical materials concerning this project. All the raw materials
used are as follows:
Cement: ordinary cement, the strength grade of 42.5 (the measured strength of 48.0 MPa),
density ρc = 3.10g/cm3;
Crushed stone: continuous gradation of 5 20 mm, ρ g = 2700kg/m3, and the water content is
l.5%;
Sand: medium sand Mx=2.6, ρ s = 2650 kg/m3, and the water content is 3%;
Water: tap water.
Try to calculate:
a) The consumptions of all the materials used in l m3concrete;
b) The construction mix proportion of concrete;
c) If two bags are needed by mixer for each mixing, what are the consumptions of the other
materials?