Mix Design of Concrete M70
Gokarna Bahadur Motra
Features of High Strength Concrete
• >= 65 Mpa
• Low W/c ratio
• Super Plasticizers(reduces water by 30% and above)
• Fly ash, Silica Fume,etc as cementitious materials
Data
Cement SITE CONDITIONS
Type of Cement OPC Exposure Moderate
Sp Gr of Cement 3.15 Workability 90 mm
Max Cement 450 kg/m3 (From Method of Non Pumping
Content IS 456:2000 Placing
clause 8.2.4.2)
Degree of Good
Supervision
ADMIXTURE AGGREGATES
Mineral Fly Ash(15%) PROPERTY Coarse Fine Aggregate
Admixture Aggregate
Sp. Gr. Of Mineral 2.2 Specific 2.74 2.65
Admixture Gravity @ SSD
Chemical Super Water 0.5% 1%
Admixture Plasticizer(0.5%) Absorption
Sp. Gr. Of 1.08 Moisture Nil Nil
chemical Content
admixture Type of Crushed Angular Aggregates
Aggregate
Maximum 20mm
Nominal Size
Design Steps
• Find target Mean Strength
• Approximate air content
• Selection of w/c ratio
• Selection of water content
• Calculation of Cementitious Content
• Proportion of volume of coarse aggregate and fine aggregate
• Mix Proportioning
• Mix Proportioning for Trial 1
• Adjustments in trial design
• Mix Proportioning after adjustment
Step1: Find target Mean Strength
• Clause 4.2 IS 10262:2019
• F’ck=70+1.65X6=79.9 N/mm2
• F’ck=70+8=78N/mm2
• S given from Table 2
• X given from Table 1
• Therefore Target Mean=79.9
Step 2: Approximate air content
• For 20mm MSA, approximate air content=0.5% of volume of concrete
Step 3: Selection of w/c ratio
• As per clause 6.2.5
• w/c=0.29 for 20mm
• Also, from table 5
of IS 456:2000, maximum
w/c ratio =0.50 based on
exposure conditions
Step 4: Selection of Water Content
• Table 7 is used without chemical admixture for 50mm slump using Angular Coarse Aggregate
𝑥−50 3
• 𝑊𝐶𝑋 = 𝑊𝐶50 + 𝑋 𝑋𝑊𝐶50
25 100
90−50 3
• 𝑊𝐶𝑋 = 186 + 𝑋 𝑋186
25 100
• WCx=194.928 kg/m3 of concrete
• Also, if superplasticizer is used
water content has to be reduced
by 30%
So,WC=136.449 kg/m3 of concrete
Step 5: Calculation of Cementitous Content
𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 136.449
• 𝐶𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 = = = 470.51 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3
𝑤\𝑐 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 0.29
• >= Minimum cement Content from table 5 IS 456:2000
• From Cl 5.4.1 cementitious materials content may be increased by
10% for preliminary trial
• 1.1X 470.51=517.561 kg/m3
136.449
• 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤\c 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 = = 0.264
517.561
• Fly Ashcontent=15% X 517.561=77.63 kg/m3
• Cement Content=517.561-77.63=439.926 kg/m3<450kg/m3 OK
Step 6: Proportion of Volume of Coarse
Aggregate and Fine Aggregate
• As per cl. 6.2.6 of IS 10262:2019
• Vol of coarse aggregate/unit vol
0.3−𝑤
of any w/c ratio=𝑉𝐶𝐴@0.3 + 𝑋0.01
0.05
0.3−0.264
Vol of coarse aggregate/unit vol of any w/c=0.66+ 𝑋0.01
0.05
=0.6672=66.72%
Step 7: Mix Proportioning
Total Volume=1m3
Quantities Mass Specific Volume
Gravity
Vol of entrapped air(a) 0.5%x1=0.005
Vol. of water(b) 136.449 kg 1 136.449/1X1000=0.136
Vol.of cement© 439.426 kg 3.15 439.426/3.15X1000=0.1395
Vol.of flyash(d) 77.63 kg 2.2 77.63/2.2X1000=0.0352
Vol of chem admixture(e) 0.5 % of 1.08 2.588/1.08X1000=0.002396
cementitious
content=0.5/
100(517.561)
=2.588kg
Total volume of Aggregate(f)=1-(a+b+c+d+e)=0.681904
Total Volume(f) % of Aggregate Specific Gravity Mass of Aggregate
Mass of Coarse 0.681904 0.6672 2.74 0.681904X0.6672X2.
Aggregate 74X1000=1246.6078
kg/m3
Mass of Fine 0.681904 0.3328 2.65 0.681904X0.3328X2.
Aggregate 65X1000=601.384kg
/m3
Step 8: Mix Proportions for Trial 1
Materials Quantitties
Cement 440 kg/m3
Water 137 kg/m3
w/c ratio 0.264
Flyash 78 kg/m3
Superplasticizer 2.588 kg/m3
Coarse aggregate(SSD) 1247 kg/m3
Fine Aggregate(SSD0 602 kg/m3
Step 9: Adjustments in Mix Design
• Fine Aggregate
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝐴 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑆𝐷 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
• 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐴𝑔𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑦 = %𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 % 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡
1+ 100
= 100
• Extra water required for FA to simulate a SSD
• A=mass of FA in SSD condition-mass of FA in dry condition
• Coarse Aggregate
𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝐴 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑆𝐷 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
• 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝐴𝑔𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑦 = %𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 % 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡
1+ =
100 100
• Extra water required for CA to simulate a SSD
• B=mass of CA in SSD condition-mass of CA in dry condition
• Total water required=Water requirement+A+B
602 𝑘𝑔
• Fine Aggregate(Dry)= 0.5 = 599
1+100−0/100 𝑚3
• A=602-599=3 kg/m3
1247 𝑘𝑔
• Coarse Aggregate(Dry)= 0.5 = 1241
1+100−0/100 𝑚3
• B=1247-1241=6 kg/m3
• Total water required=137+6+3=146 kg/m3
Final Mix Design
Materials Quantitties
Cement 440 kg/m3
Water 146 kg/m3
w/c ratio 0.264
Flyash 78 kg/m3
Superplasticizer 2.588 kg/m3
Coarse aggregate(SSD) 1247 kg/m3
Fine Aggregate(SSD0 602 kg/m3
