Tensile Strength Conversion Sheet for Slab on Grade Fiber Dosage Calculations

Instructions: Select the desired Units of Measurement from the "pull-down" menu. Fill in the required information in the "yellow" shaded blocks. Note: This spreadsheet is only valid for WWM and steel designs where the thickness of the slab will support the loading conditions and the steel is located in the top half of the slab only.

input required data constants - change only if necessary calculated data final dosage requirements Units of Measurement

Required Information:

Project Description: slab on grade construction Reinforcing Details: W2.9 WWM on 4" slab mid depth

bar diameter bar spacing Slab Thickness, t concrete compressive strength, f'c typical steel strength, fy Unit width of measure, b Area of steel provided, As Steel reinforcing ratio, r

0.1920 mm* 6.0 mm 4.0 mm 4000 MPa 60000 MPa 1000 mm 4.825 mm2/m 0.121 %

* - for information related to wire and bar sizings, please refer to chart on Tab 2 (tab below) Minimum requirements: PCA (note: other documents may provide different minimums) Minimum % of reinforcing steel for shrinkage reinforcing Q. is the steel ratio provided greater than the minimum? Estimated concrete flexural strength (change if necessary) Spread Tensile Strength provided by steel reinforcing, fwwm Re3 value required to match spread tensile strength 0.100 yes 47.4 62.9 198.9

Required Volume of TUF-STRAND SF to match:

17.6 kg/m3

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** - Conversion of fiber dosage from required performance established from ASTM C 1018 testing

Estimated cost of TUF-STRAND SF solution Cost Estimator: Area of slab Price of TUF-STRAND SF (installed)* $ 465 m2 4.00 /kg $ 0.28 / m2 compare this price to the fully installed WWM or steel option

NOTICE: Be sure that all manual entries are in the correct units and values as this will have a significant impact on the final dosage and cost.

The value of the TUF-STRAND SF dosage may be adjusted if necessary (depending upon the mixing, safety and performance requirements). This spreadsheet is only valid to calculated dosage rates up to 11.5 lbs/yd. NOTE: The solutions provided are to be treated as a recommendation only. - For more information, please contact The Euclid Chemical Company at 1-800-321-7628. Notations: f'c fy As t b fwwm Re3 compressive strength of concrete, psi (Mpa) yield strength of reinforcing steel, psi (Mpa) Area of steel per unit area* - Usually expressed per ft length if b is set to 12 in, in2/ft (mm2/m) height (thickness) of cross section, in (mm) unit width of cross section* - Usually set to 12 in if steel is expressed in in2/ft (1000 mm) Spread tensile strength provided by steel reinforcing, psi (Mpa) Post-crack performance as percentage of flexural strength for fiber reinforced concrete

ASTM C 1018 - Flexural Toughness of Fiber Reinforced Concrete (using beam under third point loading)

age Calculations

e only if necessary

n Tab 2 (tab below)

MPa MPa %

from required ASTM C 1018 testing

M or steel option

WWM and Reinforcing Bar Size Chart

Input the corresponding value of "bar diameter" into the appropriate shaded box on the slab design page. Converted Values are shown for each chart (Imperial vs metric) Imperial Units (US) Reinforcing Bars bar size #3 (3/8") #4 (1/2") #5 (5/8") #6 (3/4") Welded Wire Mesh wire size W1.4 (10 Ga.) W1.5 W1.7 (9 Ga.) W2.0 W2.1 (8 Ga.) W2.5 (7 Ga.) W2.9 (6 Ga.) W3 5 Ga. W3.5 W4 (4 Ga.) W4.5 3 Ga. W5.0 2 Ga. W5.5 W6 .0 1 Ga. W6.5 W7.0 W7.5 W8 .0 bar diameter bar diameter (in) 0.134 0.138 0.148 0.160 0.162 0.178 0.192 0.195 0.207 0.211 0.226 0.239 0.244 0.252 0.263 0.265 0.276 0.283 0.288 0.299 0.309 0.319 (mm) 3.40 3.51 3.76 4.06 4.11 4.52 4.88 4.95 5.26 5.36 5.74 6.07 6.20 6.40 6.68 6.73 7.01 7.19 7.32 7.59 7.85 8.10 MW 9.1 (W1.4) MW11.1 (W1.7) MW 13.3 (W2.1) MW 16.0 (W2.5) MW 18.7 (W2.9) MW 19.2 (W3.0) MW 22.6 (W3.5) MW 25.8 (W4.0) MW 28.9 (W4.5) MW 32.3 (W5.0) MW35.5 (W5.5) MW 38.7 (W6.0) MW42.1 (W6.5) MW 45.2 (W7.0) MW 48.4 (W7.5) MW 51.6 (W8.0) bar diameter bar diameter (in) 0.375 0.5 0.625 0.75 (mm) 9.5 12.7 15.9 19.1 10M 15M 20M 25M Welded Wire Mesh wire size bar diameter bar diameter (mm) 3.40 3.76 3.80 4.52 4.88 4.95 5.36 5.74 6.07 6.40 6.73 7.01 7.32 7.60 7.85 8.10 (in) 0.134 0.148 0.150 0.178 0.192 0.195 0.211 0.226 0.239 0.252 0.265 0.276 0.288 0.299 0.309 0.319 Metric Units Reinforcing Bars bar size bar diameter bar diameter (mm) 11.3 16.0 19.5 25.2 (in) 0.44 0.63 0.77 0.99

shaded blocks denote more common wire sizings