CONCRETE MIX DESIGN FORM

Stage Item Reference Values

or
Calculation
1 1.1 Characteristic strength Specified 30 N/mm² at 28 days Proportion Defective 5%

Table 1.1 6 N/mm²

1.2 Standard Deviation

1.3 Margin
C1 or 1.64 x 6 = 9.84 N/mm²
specified

C2 30 + 9.84 =39.84 N/mm²

Specified OPC
1.4 Target Mean Strength
Crushed
Uncrushed
1.5 Cement Table 1.3,
Figure 2
0.57
1.6 Aggregate type: coarse
Specified Use the lower value
Aggregate type: fine

1.7 Free – water/cement ratio

1.8 Maximum free-

water/cement ratio

2 2.1 Slump or Vebe time Specified Slump 60-180 mm or Vebe 0-3 s

2.2 Maximum aggregate Specified 20 mm

size

2.3 Free water content Table 2.1 205 kg/m³

3 Cement content C3 205/0.57 = 359.65 kg/m³

Maximum cement Specified - kg/m³

content Specified - kg/m³

Modified free- -
water/cement ratio
4 4.1 Relative density of 2.7 (assumed)
aggregate(SSD)

4.2 Concrete density Figure 3 2407 kg/m³

4.3 Total aggregate content C4 2407 – 205 – 359.65 = 1842.35 kg/m³

5 5.1 Grading of fine Percentage 40%
aggregate passing
600µm sieve

5.2 Proportion of fine Figure 4 47%

aggregate
C5
5.3 Fine aggregate content 1842.35 x 0.47 = 865.90 kg/m³
C5
5.4 Coarse aggregate
Content 1842.35 – 865.90 = 1976.45 kg/m³

Quantities Cement(kg) Water(kg or L) Fine aggregate(kg) Coarse aggregate(kg)

20mm
Per m³ (to nearest 5kg) 359.65 205 865.90 976.45
Per trial mix of 0.01m³ 3.60 2.05 8.66 9.76

1 N/mm2=1 MN/m2=1 MPa

OPC = ordinary Portland cement
SRPC = sulphate-resisting Portland cement;
RHPC = rapid-hardening Portland cement.
Relative density = specified gravity
SSD = based on a saturated surface-dry basis.
PROPORTION OF WEIGHT OF SAMPLES PREPARED IN THIS STUDY
Quantities Cement (kg) Palm oil fuel ash (kg) Fine Aggregate (kg) Water (kg)
and
Percentag Flexural Splittin Cube Flexura Splittin Cub Flexural Splittin Cube Flexural Splittin Cube
e of test g tensile test l test g tensile e test test g tensile test test g tensile test
materials test test test test
Added
0% 16.18 17.16 10.92 - - - 38.97 41.30 26.30 9.23 9.78 6.23

2.5% 15.78 16.73 10.65 0.40 0.43 0.27 38.97 41.30 26.30 9.23 9.78 6.23

5.0% 15.37 16.30 10.37 0.81 0.86 0.55 38.97 41.30 26.30 9.23 9.78 6.23

7.5% 14.97 15.87 10.10 1.21 1.29 0.82 38.97 41.30 26.30 9.23 9.78 6.23

10.0% 14.56 15.44 9.83 1.62 1.72 1.09 38.97 41.30 26.30 9.23 9.78 6.23

Σ 76.86 81.50 51.87 4.04 4.30 2.73 194.85 206.50 131.5 46.15 48.90 31.15
0
Σ + 20% 92.23 97.8 62.24 4.85 5.16 3.28 233.82 247.8 157.8 55.38 58.68 37.38
of wastage
Grand 252.27 13.29 639.42 151.44
total
Volume of Prismatic for flexural test = 0.10m x 0.10m x 0.50m = 0.005m³
Volume of Cylinder for tensile splitting test = π x (0.075) 2 x 0.30 = 0.0053m³
Volume of cube for compressive test = 0.15m x 0.15m x 0.15m = 0.003375m³