RCC CONCRETE MIX DESIGN

Reference Standards - IS 10262:2019, IS 456:2000, SP-23

Client MP Jal Nigam
Consultant TUV SUD
Contractor M/s Larson and Toubro

1 Design Stipulation :
a. Charectristic Stregth of Concrete (fck) : 30 Mpa
b. Maximum Size of Aggregate (MSA) : 20 mm
c. Minimum Cement Content (including mineral admixture) : 300 kg (As per IS 456: 2000, Table 5)
d. Mineral Admixture, if any : 0 kg
e. Maximum Cement Content (excluding mineral admixture) : 450 kg (As per IS 456: 2000, Table 5)
f. Exposure Condition : Severe (As per IS 456:2000, Table 3)
g. Workability required at the time of placement : 50-100 mm slump
i. Method of Placing : chute and manual
j. Degree of Quality Control : Good
k. Standard Deviation (S) : 6.5 (Assumed as per IS 10262:2019, Table 2)
l. Any Other Specific Requirement : -
m. Material Details :
Ingredients Type Source / Make Remarks
Cement OPC-43 Birla uttam -
Water Drinking Water Borewell -
Coarse Aggregate Crushed and Angular Tirupati Crusher Nalkheda -
Fine Aggregate River Sand Hoshangabad -
Chemical Admixture - - -

2 Material Test Data :

Ingredients Details Specific Gravity Water Absorption Remarks

Cement Confirming to IS 269 3.15 -
Mineral Admixture - - -
20 mm Aggregate Confirming to IS 383 2.89 1.25 For other tests
data, refer
10 mm Aggregate Confirming to IS 383 2.85 1.27
attached test
Fine Aggregate Confirming to IS 383 2.62 2.96 reports.
Chemical Admixture Confirming to IS 9103 1.21 -
Water Confirming to IS 456 1.00 -

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3 Target Mean Strength of Concrete for Mix Proportioning (fck') : (IS 10262:2019, Clause No. 4.2)

fck' = fck + 1.65 x S

Considering,
fck' = 30 + 1.65 x 6.5
Standard Deviation:
fck' = 40.725 N/mm2

Considering, fck' = fck + X

Factor based on
fck' = 30 + 6.50
grade of concrete,
Table 1 : fck' = 36.50 N/mm2

Considering higher value from above calculations (fck') = 40.73 N/mm2

4 Selection of Water - Cement (or, Cementitious) Ratio, W/C : (IS 10262:2019, Clause No. 5.1)

Maximum Water-Cement Ratio for Durability Requirement : 0.42 As per fig. 1 of IS 10262:2019
Water-Cement Ratio for Target Mean Strength : 0.45 As per IS 456: 2000, Table 5
Adopt Lower Water-Cement Ratio from above : 0.42
Here, we are taking : 0.40 (Based on trials done)
Check: Here w/c ratio : 0.40 < 0.420 HENCE O.K.

4 Estimation of Air Content : (IS 10262:2019, Clause No. 5.2)

Nominal Maximum Size of Aggregate (MSA) : 20 mm As per fig. 1 of IS 10262:2019
Hence, Entrapped Air, as percentage of volume of concrete : 1.00 % As per IS 10262: 2019, Table 3

5 Selection & Adujstment of Water content & Admixture content : (IS 10262:2019, Clause No. 5.3)

Maximum Water Content for Nominal MSA 20mm : 186 kg (for 50mm slump) As per IS 10262:2019, Table 4
Adjustments for Workability Requirement : 11.16 kg (for 100mm slump) As per IS 10262:2019, Clause No. 5.3
(Total 6% water increased for slump requirement of
50-100mm)
Hence, Total Water Content : 197.16 kg
As water reducing Admixture is used, water content can be reduced up to 30 %.
Hence, arrived water content : 197 kg (Here, 0.00% water reduction is done.)
% by weight of total Cementitious
Admixture : 0
(Cement + mineral admixture, if any)
Total Water content : 158 (Based on several trials)
6 Cementitious Content : (IS 10262:2019, Clause No. 5.4)
Total Cementitious Content : 395 kg (Based on several trials)
Cement Content : 395 kg
Check: The selected cementitious content is more than the specified minimum cementitious content & cement content is less than maximum cement
content given in above design stipulation.
HENCE O.K.

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7 Selection & Adjustments of Coarse Aggregate : (IS 10262:2019, Clause No. 5.5 & Table 5)

Volume of CA for volume of Total Aggregate : 0.62 (for 20mm agg. & zone 2 sand, W/C - 0.5)
Adjustment for change in shape of aggregate : 0.00
Adjustment for change in zone of fine aggregate : 0.00
For Water-Cement Ratio = 0.45 : 0.63 (volume of CA is increase rate of +/- 0.01 for every +/- 0.05 change
in W/C Ratio)
For Pumpable Cocrete : 0.630 (Aggregate volume decreased 0% for pumpable concrete)
CA of total aggregate by absolute volume : 63.0 %
Here, we are adopting CA of total aggregate : 59.0 % (Based on several trials done)
Hence, volume of FA of total aggregate : 41.0 %
8 Combination of Different Coarse Aggregate Fractions & Estimation of Fine Aggregate Proportion : As per IS 10262:2019, Clause No. 5.6

Required 20mm aggregate content of total CA : 60 %

Required 10mm aggregate content of total CA : 40 %

11 The Mix Proportion for 1m3 volume of concrete :

Vol.of Cement : 0.125 m3

Vol.of mineral admixture : 0.000 m3
Vol. of Water : 0.197 m3
Vol. of admixture : 0.000 m3
Volume A (vol. of cement + fly ash + water + admixture) : 0.323 m3
Therefore,
Vol.of All In Aggregate (1-A) : 0.677 m3
Vol. of Coarse Aggregate : 0.400 m3
Vol. of Fine Aggregate : 0.278 m3
Therefore,
20.0 mm Aggregate : 693.1 kg
10.0 mm Aggregate : 455.6 kg
Fine Aggregate : 727.7 kg

Final Proportion (For material in S.S.D. condition) - For 1m3 Concrete : -

Cement : 395 kg CA = 59.0 % vol. of total vol. Aggregate
Fly Ash : 0 kg FA = 41.0 % vol. of total vol. Aggregate
Water : 158 kg W/C Ratio = 0.40
Admixture : 0 kg Admixture = 0.00 % by weight of cementitious material
20mm Agg : 693.1 kg 20 mm = 60.0 % vol. of total vol. of CA
10mm Agg : 455.6 kg 10 mm = 40.0 % vol. of total vol. of CA
Fine Aggregate : 727.7 kg
Total : 2429.4 kg/m3

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Notes:
1 The mix design is based on the samples of the material & the materials were tested as per relevant Indian Standard.
2 Admiture Dosage can be adjust at site as per requirement for workability, depends upon the site environment conditions. But it should not be more than
2.00% in any case.

3 Coarse Aggregate & Fine Aggregate ratio can be adjusted according to its actual grading at the time of mix production, subjected to confirming the
requirements of Table 7 & Table 10, IS 383:2016.

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