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CIV-T-QAC-00144
Project Code CON070-01 C32/40 Concrete
REHABILITATION OF G-SECTION Date 14-03-2017
KPA G-SECTION MATERIALS LAB Max Aggregates 20mm

Class 32/40 MPa Cement Type CEM I 42.5 N

Charact. Strength 1.3 (28d) 52 MPa Source of Course Aggregates Mwache / Jaribuni
Max. Nominal Agg. Size 20 mm Source of fine aggregates Malindi
Max. Cement Content 480 Kg/m3 Admixture Type X-Mix WRA
Min. Cement Content 400 Kg/m3 Maximum w/c 0.5
Target Slump 10030 mm Use in the works Batching plant trial mix

CALCULATION

Cement (Kg/m3) 440 Av. Spec. Grav. of Agg. (g/cm3) 2.686

w/c 0.5 Total Aggregates (Kg) 1705
Free water (L) 220 Theor. Density of Mix (g/cm3) 2.388
Air (%) 1.1 Aggregate Cement Ratio 3.875
Admixture (%) 1.6 Specific Gravity of cement (g/cm3) 3.06

AGGREGATE PROPORTION BY WEIGHT FOR 1m3 OF CONCRETE (BS 882:1992)

Sieve 20 10 6 Mix Specification

50
37.5 100 100
25 100 100
20 94.1 97.9 95 100
14 41.6 100 81.5
10 1.1 91.1 74.4
5 12.3 100 51.9 35 55
2.0 1.0 97.5 41.7
0.6 66.7 27.4 10 35
0.3 17.4 8.9
0.15 3.1 1.1 0 8

Size (mm) % Sp. Grav. Kg Abs.

Micro Fibres 0.29 0.91 5 0.0
20 34.5 2.706 590 0.7
10 17.3 2.666 295 1.0
River Sand 48 2.619 820 0.6

CONCRETE PROPORTIONS FOR 1m3 OF CONCRETE

Micro Fibres 20mm 10mm River Sand Cement Water Admixture

kg kg kg kg kg L L
5 590 295 820 440 213 7.04
Slump At
Water Used 15 45 Conc. Temp C Date of Batching
Actual w/c 30 60 Air Temp. C Time of Batching

CONCRETE PROPORTIONS PER TRIAL MIX

Micro Fibres 20mm 10mm River Sand Cement Water Admixture

kg kg kg kg kg L L
0.14 15.93 7.97 22.14 11.88 5.75 0.19