APARNA ENTERPRISES LIMITED.

VIDYA NAGAR CROSS(BANGALORE)

CONCRETE MIX PROPOTIONING
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DATE :07.03.2018
CLIENT :L&T Construction
SITE ADDRESS :New Airport

A-1 STIPULATIONS FOR PROPOTIONING

a) Grade designation(M) : 25
b) Type of cement : (ACC) OPC 53 grade conforming to IS 12269
c) Type of GGBS : GGBS Conforming IS 12089
d) Maximum nominal size of aggregate : 20.0 mm
e) Minimum cement content (kg/m³) : 340 (As Per Morth 5th Revision)
f) Maximum water-cement ratio : 0.45 (As Per Morth 5th Revision)
g) Workability : 110(±25mm) slump
h) Exposure condition : Moderate
i) Method of concrete placing : Pump/Dump
j) Degree of supervision : Good
k) Type of aggregate : Crushed angular aggregate
l) Maximum cement content (kg/m³) : 450 (As Per Morth 5th Revision)
m) Chemical admixture type : Superplasticizer (CBS Cflow 151)

A-2 TEST DATA FOR MATERIALS

a) Cement used : (ACC) OPC 53 grade conforming to IS 12269
b) Specific gravity of cement : 3.15
c) GGBS : Conforming to IS 12089 (JSW Bellary)
d) Specific gravity of GGBS : 2.86
e) Chemical admixture : Superplasticizer conforming to IS 9103
f) Specific gravity of:
1) Coarse aggregate : 2.630
2) Fine aggregate : 2.54
g) Water absorption
1) Coarse aggregate(20mm/12.5mm) : 0.37% / 0.60%
2) Fine aggregate(M.sand) : 3.84%
h) Free(surface)moisture:
1) Coarse aggregate : Nil(absorbed moisture also nil)
2) Fine aggregate : Nil(absorbed moisture also nil)
i) Sieve analysis
1) Coarse aggregate

Analysis of Coarse % of different Fractions IS 383

IS Sieve Aggregate Fraction in
% passing (Table-2)
Sizes mm
I II Combined limits
I II 60% 40% 100%
20mm 95.32 100.00 57.19 40.00 97.19 95-100
10mm 3.32 80.44 1.99 32.18 34.17 25-55
4.75mm 0.36 2.26 0.22 0.90 1.12 0-10
2.36mm 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

2) Fine aggregate

IS 383
IS Sieve
% passing (Table-4)
Sizes mm
limits
10mm 100 100
4.75mm 96.28 90-100
2.36mm 82.34 75-100
1.18mm 59.48 55-90
600µ 43.26 35-59
300µ 22.78 8.-30
150µ 13.92 0-10

Fine aggregate confirming to grading zone II of Table-4 IS 383

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A-3 TARGET STRENGTH FOR MIX PROPOTIONING
As Per Morth Table (1700-5) Current Margin Strength = 11 Mpa
The Target 28 Days Compressive Strength M-25 Grade Concrete is 36 Mpa.(As per Morth 5th Revision)

A-4 SELECTION OF WATER-CEMENT RATIO

From Table 1700-2 of Morth 5th Revision Maximum
0.45
Water Cement Ratio

A-5 SELECTION OF WATER CONTENT

From Table 2 of IS 10262-2009,maximum water content for 20mm aggragate : 186 litre ( for 25 to 50 mm slump range)
Estimated water content for 100mm slump(186+186x6%) : 197 litre
As superplasticizer is used,the water content can be redused up 20 percent and above.
Based on trials with superplasticizer water content reduction of 17.77 percent has been achived
Hence,the arrived water content = 162 litre

A-6 CALCULATION OF CEMENT AND GGBS CONTENT

cement content = 327 kg/m³

From Table 1700-2 Morth 5 Revision, Minimum Cement
th

content for "Moderate" exposure condition = 340 kg/m³

Now,to propotion a mix containing GGBS the following steps are suggested:
a) Decide the percentage ggbs to be used based on project requirement and quality of materials
b) In certain situations increase in cementitious material content may be warranted.The decision on increase in
cementitious material content and its percentage may be based on experience and trial(see note).
Note: This illustrative example is with increase of 10 percent cementitious material content
Cementitious material content(cementx1.10) = 360
Water content = 162
So,Water - cement ratio(water/cementitious content) = 0.45
GGBS @ 30.0% of total cementitious material content = 108
Cement (OPC) = 252
A-7 PROPOTION OF VOLUME OF COARSE AGGREGATE AND FINE AGGREGATE CONTENT
From Table 3 of IS 10262-2009 volume of coarse aggragate corresponding to 20mm size aggregate and fine aggragate
(Zone II) for water-cement ratio of 0.50 = 0.62

In the present case water-cement ratio is 0.45.Therefore,volume of coarse aggregate is required to be increased to
decrease the fine aggregate content.As the water-cement ratio is lower by 0.05,the propotion of volume of coarse aggregate
is increased by 0.010(at the rate of -/+0.01 for every ±0.05 change in water-cement ratio).Therefore,corrected propotion of
volume of coarse aggregate for the water-cement ratio of 0.45=0.630.
(Note-In case the coarse aggregate is not angular one,then also volume of coarse aggregate may be required to increased
suitably,based on experience.)
For pumpable concrete these values should be redused by 10 percent.
Therefore,volume of coarse aggregate(Ca) = 0.5670
Volume of fine aggregate(Fa) content =1-Ca= 0.4330
A-8 MIX CALCULATIONS
The mix calculations per unit volume of concrete shall be as follows: Page 3 of 3
a) Volume of concrete = 1 m³

b) Volume of cement Mass of cement 1

= x
Specific gravity of cement 1000

252 1
= x
3.15 1000

= 0.0800 m³

c) Volume of GGBS Mass of ggbs 1

= x
Specific gravity of ggbs 1000

108 1
= x
2.86 1000

= 0.03776 m³

d) Volume of water Mass of water 1

= x
Specific gravity of water 1000

162 1
= x
1 1000

= 0.162 m³

e) Volume of chemical admixture Mass of admixture 1

= x
(superplasticizer)(@ 0.5 percent Specific gravity of admixture 1000
by mass of cementitious material)
1.80 1
= x
1.100 1000

= 0.0016 m³

f) Volume of all in aggregate = (a-(b+c+d))

= 0.7185 m³

g) Mass of coarse aggregate(ca) = f x Volume of ca x Specific gravity of ca x 1000

= 1071 Kgs

h) Mass of fine aggregate(fa) = f x Volume of fa x Specific gravity of fa x 1000

= 790 Kgs

A-9 M-25 MIX PROPOTIONS

Cement = 252
GGBS = 108
20.0mm = 643
12.5mm = 429
R.Sand = 0
M.Sand = 790
Water = 162
Admixture = 1.80
Density = 2386
W/c ratio = 0.45

Note:1)Aggregate should be used in saturated surface dry condition.If otherwise, when computing the requirement of mixing
water,allowance shall be made for the free(surface) moisture contributed by the fine and coarse aggregates.On the other
hand,if the aggregates are dry,the amount of mixing water should be increased by an amount equal to the moisture likely
to be absorbed by the aggregates.Necessary adjustments are also required to be made in mass of aggregates.The surface
water and percent water absorption of aggregates shall be determined according to IS 2386

APARNA QA/QC CLIENT QA/QC

 After
As per
Assumed Cementiti increase
code Maximum Maximum Arrived % of
Sd as per Target ous 10 % Admixtu
Grade (M) minimum free w/c cement Adopt w/c ratio Water Cement Fly ash admixtur
IS 10262- strength content Cementiti re
cement ratio content content e
2009 (C+F) ous
content
content

25 340 0.45 450 11.0 0.50 36.00 162 327 360 252 108 0.50 1.799985

Specific gravities Avg Specific gravities of Ca and Fa

Cement Fly Ash Robo sand M. sand 20 mm 10 mm Admixture water Ca Fa
3.15 2.86 2.54 2.54 2.64 2.62 1.10 1.00 2.63 2.54

Sieve analysis
1)Coarse aggregate 2) Fine aggregate(CRF) R/Sand
IS 383 IS Sieve IS 383 Decrease
Analysis of Coarse IS Sieve % %
% of different Fractions (Table-4) Sizes (Table-4) (0.01)
Aggregate Fraction in IS 383 (Table-2) Sizes mm passing passing
IS Sieve Sizes mm limits mm limits w/c ratio
% passing limits
I II Combined 10mm 100 100 10mm 100 100 0.55
I II 60% 40% 100% 4.75mm 96.28 90-100 4.75mm 95.39 90-100 0.54
20mm 95.32 100.00 57.19 40.00 97.19 95-100 2.36mm 82.34 75-100 2.36mm 80.93 75-100 0.53
10mm 3.32 80.44 1.99 32.176 34.17 25-55 1.18mm 59.48 55-90 1.18mm 66.60 55-90 0.52
4.75mm 0.36 2.26 0.22 0.904 1.12 0-10 600µ 43.26 35-59 600µ 39.81 35-59 0.51
2.36mm 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 300µ 22.78 8.-30 300µ 16.14 8.-30 0.50
150µ 13.92 0-10 150µ 4.92 0-10 0.49
0.48
Total Percentgae 1000 Change calculation before starting(step-2) 0.47
0.46
Percentgae of Ca- 0.57 Percentgae of Fa- 0.43 cement 252 0.45
20mm 60% Crf 0% Fly ash 108 0.44
10mm 40% M.sand 100% w/c ratio 0.50 0.43
water 162 0.42
AWC 0.8223 0.41
Estimeted water for 100mm slump 197 Litre Mix Propotions BWC 82.23 0.40
water content redused % 17.77 Cement 252 WCR 17.77 0.39
Balance water content % 82.23 GGBS 108 Ca 0.630 0.38
Actual water content 0.8223 Litre 20mm 643 0.37
Arrived water content 162 Litre 10mm 429 Change calculation before starting(step-1) 0.36
crf 0 Calculation of cement and fly ash 0.35
M.sand 790 cementitious content 327.27
MIX CALCULATIONS water 162 add 10% extra 360
Volume of concrete 1 m³ admixture 1.80 % of GGBS 108
Volume of cement 0.0800 m³ Density 2386 actual cement content 252
Volume of Fly ash 0.0378 w/c ratio 0.45 w/c ratio 0.50
Volume of water 0.1621 m³ Water 162
Volume of admixture 0.0016 m³ w/c ratio(after incre 0.45
Volume of all in aggregate 0.7185 m³
Mass of coase aggregate(ca) 1071 m³
Mass of fine aggregate(fa) 790 m³
Add Ca
(0.002)

0.610
0.612
0.614
0.616
0.618
0.620
0.622
0.624
0.626
0.628
0.630
0.632
0.634
0.636
0.638
0.640
0.642
0.644
0.646
0.648
0.650