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Concrete Mix Design - M 20 Grade of Concrete: 1. Requirements

The document provides a concrete mix design for M20 grade concrete. It specifies the requirements including a minimum compressive strength of 20 N/sq mm and moderate exposure conditions. It describes the materials used - cement, coarse aggregate, and fine aggregate. It outlines the process to determine the water content, cement content, sand percentage, and coarse and fine aggregate contents. The final mix proportions are 360 kg/cum of cement, 584 kg/cum of fine aggregate, and 1223.8 kg/cum of coarse aggregate with a water-cement ratio of 0.5.

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Concrete Mix Design - M 20 Grade of Concrete: 1. Requirements

The document provides a concrete mix design for M20 grade concrete. It specifies the requirements including a minimum compressive strength of 20 N/sq mm and moderate exposure conditions. It describes the materials used - cement, coarse aggregate, and fine aggregate. It outlines the process to determine the water content, cement content, sand percentage, and coarse and fine aggregate contents. The final mix proportions are 360 kg/cum of cement, 584 kg/cum of fine aggregate, and 1223.8 kg/cum of coarse aggregate with a water-cement ratio of 0.5.

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Concrete Mix Design M 20 Grade Of Concrete


1. REQUIREMENT S a) Specif ied minimum strength = 20 N/Sq mm b) Durability requirements i) Exposure Moderate ii) Minimum Cement Content = 300 Kgs/cum c) Cement (Ref er Table No. 5 of IS:456-2000) i) Make Chetak (Birla) ii) Type OPC iii) Grade 43 d) Workability i) compacting f actor = 0.7 e) Degree of quality control Good 2. T EST DATA FOR MAT ERIALS SUPPLIED a) CEMENT i) Specif ic gravity = 3.05 ii) Avg. comp. strength 7 days = 46.5 more than 33.0 OK 28 days = 55.0 more than 43.0 OK b) COARSE AGGREGAT E i) 20mm Graded Type Crushed stone aggregate Specif ic gravity = 2.68 Water absorption = 1.46 Free (surf ace) moisture = 0 c) FINE AGGREGAT E (Coarse sand) i) Type Natural (Ghaggar) Specif ic gravity = 2.6 Water absorption = 0.5 Free (surf ace) moisture = 1.4 3. TARGET MEAN ST RENGT H (T MS) a) Statistical constant K = 1.65 b) Standard deviation S = 4.6 T hus, T MS = 27.59 N/Sqmm 4. SELECT ION OF W/C RAT IO a) As required f or T MS = 0.5 b) As required f or Moderate Exposure = 0.55 Assume W/c ratio of 0.5 5. DET ERMINAT ION OF WAT ER & SAND CONT ENT For W/C = 0.6 C.F. = 0.8 Max. Agg. Size of 20 mm

a) Water content = 186 Kg/cum b) Sand as percentage of total aggregate by absolute volume = 35 % T hus, Net water content = 180.42 Kg/cum Net sand percentage = 33 % 6. DET ERMINAT ION OF CEMENT CONT ENT W/c ratio = 0.5 Water content = 180.42 Kg/cum T hus, Cement content = 360.84 Kg/cum Adequate f or moderate exposure Say 360 Kg/cum 7. DET ERMINAT ION OF COARSE AND FINE AGGREGAT E CONT ENT Assume entrapped air as 2 % T hus, 0.98 cum = [180.42+360/3.05 + {1/0.33}*{f a/2.6}]/1000 & 0.98 cum = [180.42+360/3.05 + {1/0.67}*{Ca/2.68}]/1000 Hence, f a = 584 Kg/cum Ca = 1223.8 Kg/cum T he f inal mix proportions of M-20 grade of concrete become:Note: 1 T he above recommended mix design must be verif ied, by actual cube tests. 2 T he mix design is based on the quality and grading of the materials actually supplied, by the client. Any variation in quality and gradation will result in changes in the mix design. T his mix design was submitted by a regular contributor to this site. We are thankf ul to him f or his excellent service.

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