JUNEL V.

VILLARIN
BS ARCH 3
BT 4 ( ACTIVITY 2 – MIDTERM )

PROBLEM EXERCISE
FROM THE FOLLOWING FIGURE, SOLVE FOR THE QUANTITY OF CEMENT, SAND
AND GRAVEL BY THE VOLUME METHOD USING (a) CLASS “A” CONCRETE.
(b) CLASS B CONCRETE.

SOLUTION:
CONVERT ALL MEASUREMENTS FROM INCHES TO METERS
SOLVE FOR THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE COLUMNS.

a.) AREA : ( 0.2032 x 0.3048 ) + ( 0.254 x 0.508 ) = 0.191 sq. m

b.) AREA : ( 0.3048 x 0.6096 ) + ( 0.254 x 0.254 ) = 0.2503 sq. m

FIND THE VOLUME OF SQUARE COLUMNS.

a.) V = ( 0.191 x 13 )( 6 ) = 14.898 cu. m

b.) V = ( 0.2503 x 16 )( 8 ) = 32.038 cu. m

REFER TO TABLE 1-2 (40 kg )

a.) CLASS A CONCRETE
CEMENT : 14.898 x 9.0 = 134.082 SAY 135 BAGS
SAND : 14.898 x 0.50 = 7.449 SAY 7.5 cu. m
GRAVEL : 14.898 x 1.0 = 14.898 SAY 15 cu. m

b.) CLASS B CONCRETE

CEMENT : 32.038 x 7.5 = 240.285 SAY 241 BAGS
SAND : 32.038 x 0.50 = 16.019 SAY 16.1 cu. m
GRAVEL : 32.038 x 1.0 = 32.038 SAY 32.1 cu. m