Civil Engineering Nov 2020 Review Innovations Construction 2

PROBLEM 1 PROBLEM 2 Practice Problems:

It is required to produce 25 cu. m of A concrete mixture is specified as 1:2:4 by Practice Problem 1

concrete of 1: 2.5 : 5 mix with the following loose volume with 25 liters of water per bag
A concrete mix design consists of the
data. Assume 1 bag of cement = 0.028 cu. of cement to produce a satisfactory
following proportions: cement = 42 kg,
m. Use 26 liters of water per bag of cement. mixture. It is required to produce 1.5 m3 of
sand = 95 kg, gravel = 130 kg gravel, and
Determine the following: concrete assuming 1 bag of cement has a
water = 26 kg. The specific gravity of
theoretical volume of 0.0283 m3
UNIT cement is 3.10, sand is 2.65, and gravel is
Material SPGR 2.50. Moisture content is 3% for sand and
WEIGHT Material SPGR % Voids
5% for gravel. For a total concrete volume
Cement 3.1 1506 kg/m3
Cement 3.1 51.5 of 5 cu.m, determine the following:
Sand 2.65 1680 kg/m3
Sand 2.62 38
Gravel 2.5 1525m3 [Solution can be found at Microsoft Teams
Gravel 2.66 36 file folder]

1. The number of bags of cement

1. The number of bags of cement
2. The quantity of sand required (cu.m)
3. The quantity of gravel required (cu.m)
4. The quantity of water in liters
1. Determine the number of bags of cement
required.
2. Determine the total weight of sand in kg.
3. Determine the total volume of gravel in m3
4. Determine the total quantity of water in
liters.
2. The total weight of sand assuming
SSD conditions.
3. The ideal quantity of water assuming
SSD conditions.
4. The actual weight of the gravel
5. The actual volume of water needed

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Civil Engineering Nov 2020 Review Innovations Construction 2
Practice Problem 2

Air-entrained concrete is specified in the

design of a slab – on grade. f’c = 35 is
required at 28 days age. Targeted slump is
75mm and the nominal maximum size of
coarse aggregates to be used is 25 mm.
Cement has a sp. gr. of 3.0 and sand has a
rodded (or oven-dry) sp.gr. of 2.64. Gravel
has a sp.gr. of 2.68, rodded (oven-dry)
bulk density of 1600 kg/m3, and bulk
volume of 0.67 m3. Moisture content will
be neglected. To attain the desired slump
and compressive strength, the
recommended water content is 135 kg/
m3 and the mix must be designed for a
water – cement ratio of 0.31. Assume that
the target air content is 8% and no
correction for effects of moisture content
will be undertaken. For a trial mix of 1.0
m3 , determine the following:

[Solution can be found at Microsoft Teams

file folder]

1. The volume of gravel required.

2. The volume of water to be placed on
the mix.
3. The density of the concrete.
4. The concrete mix proportion.

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