M40 Mix Design Trial

Required target strength (40+1.65*5.0) 48 N/mm2

Required Water-Cement Ratio as per IRC44 (Table-9) 0.36

Water required as per TBCL 144 Kg/m3

Cementitious Required 401 Kg

To proportion a mix contain fly ash the following steps are suggested:

i 18% fly ash

Increase in cementitious material content by 10% of the total cementitious

ii material to account for fly ash reactivity

Therefore cementitious material 441 Kg/m3

Now corrected W/cementitious ratio 0.33

Fly ash at 18% of cementitious material 79 Kg/m3

Therefor, Final cement Qty. 362 Kg

Volume of cement 0.1148578 m3

Volume of fly ash 0.0315159 m3

Volume of water 0.1444 m3

Volume of admixture 0.0028581 m3

Volume of all in aggregate 0.7063682 m3

Volume of coarse aggregate/unit for zone-II fine aggregate & 20mm

coarse aggregate As per table-3 of IS 10262 -Volume of coarse
aggregate/unit volume of total aggregate for W/C 0.50=0.65

Then for W/C 0.33 Volume of coarse aggregate/unit volume 0.684 m3

Volume of fine aggregate 0.316 m3

Mass of coarse aggregate 1440 Kg

10mm 576 Kg

25mm 864 Kg

Mass of fine aggregate 587 Kg

Final mix proportion

Cement 362 Kg.

Fly ash 79 Kg.

Sand 587 Kg.

10mm 576 Kg.

25mm 864 Kg.

 Admixture 3.53 Kg.

Water 144 Kg.

Final mix weight 2616 Kg.

 M40 Mix Design Trial

Required target strength (40+1.65*5.0) 48 N/mm2

Required Water-Cement Ratio as per IRC44 (Table-9) 0.36

Water required as per code for 50 mm slump 140 Kg/m3

Cementitious Required 389 Kg

To proportion a mix contain fly ash the following steps are suggested:

i 18% fly ash

Increase in cementitious material content by 10% of the total cementitious

ii material to account for fly ash reactivity

Therefore cementitious material 428 Kg/m3

Now corrected W/cementitious ratio 0.33

Fly ash at 18% of cementitious material 77 Kg/m3

Therefor, Final cement Qty. 351 Kg

Absolute voulame of concrete=(1-Air volume) 0.991 m3

Volume of cement 0.1113183 m3

Volume of fly ash 0.0305446 m3

Volume of water 0.13995 m3

Volume of admixture 0.00277 m3

Volume of all in aggregate 0.706 m3

Volume of coarse aggregate/unit for zone-II fine aggregate & 20mm

coarse aggregate As per table-3 of IS 10262 -Volume of coarse
aggregate/unit volume of total aggregate for W/C 0.50=0.65

Then for W/C 0.33 Volume of coarse aggregate/unit volume 0.684 m3

Volume of fine aggregate 0.316 m3

Mass of coarse aggregate 1440 Kg

10mm 576 Kg

31.5mm 864 Kg

Mass of fine aggregate 587 Kg

Final mix proportion

Cement 351 Kg.

Fly ash 77 Kg.

Sand 587 Kg.

10mm 576 Kg.

 31.5mm 864 Kg.

Admixture 3.42 Kg.

Water 140 Kg.

Final mix weight 2598 Kg.

 Sub angular Super plasticiser

165.5 155.5 15.55 139.95

 M40 Mix Design Trial

Required target strength (40+1.65*5.0) 48 N/mm2

Required Water-Cement Ratio as per IRC44 (Table-9) 0.36

Water required as per TBCL 150 Kg/m3

Cementitious Required 417 Kg

To proportion a mix contain fly ash the following steps are suggested:

i 18% fly ash

Increase in cementitious material content by 10% of the total cementitious

ii material to account for fly ash reactivity

Therefore cementitious material 458 Kg/m3

Now corrected W/cementitious ratio 0.33

Fly ash at 18% of cementitious material 83 Kg/m3

Therefor, Final cement Qty. 376 Kg

Volume of cement 0.1193122 m3

Volume of fly ash 0.0327381 m3

Volume of water 0.15 m3

Volume of admixture 0.002969 m3

Volume of all in aggregate 0.6949808 m3

Volume of coarse aggregate/unit for zone-II fine aggregate & 20mm

coarse aggregate As per table-3 of IS 10262 -Volume of coarse
aggregate/unit volume of total aggregate for W/C 0.50=0.65

Then for W/C 0.33 Volume of coarse aggregate/unit volume 0.684 m3

Volume of fine aggregate 0.316 m3

Mass of coarse aggregate 1417 Kg

10mm 567 Kg

25mm 850 Kg

Mass of fine aggregate 578 Kg

Final mix proportion

Cement 376 Kg.

Fly ash 83 Kg.

Sand 578 Kg.

10mm 567 Kg.

25mm 850 Kg.

 Admixture 3.67 Kg.

Water 150 Kg.

Final mix weight 2606 Kg.

 M40 Mix Design Trial

Required target strength (40+1.65*5.0) 48 N/mm2

Required Water-Cement Ratio as per IRC44 (Table-9) 0.36

Water required as per TBCL 159 Kg/m3

Cementitious Required 442 Kg

To proportion a mix contain fly ash the following steps are suggested:

i 18% fly ash

Increase in cementitious material content by 10% of the total cementitious

ii material to account for fly ash reactivity

Therefore cementitious material 486 Kg/m3

Now corrected W/cementitious ratio 0.33

Fly ash at 18% of cementitious material 87 Kg/m3

Therefor, Final cement Qty. 398 Kg

Volume of cement 0.1264709 m3

Volume of fly ash 0.0347024 m3

Volume of water 0.159 m3

Volume of admixture 0.0031471 m3

Volume of all in aggregate 0.6766796 m3

Volume of coarse aggregate/unit for zone-II fine aggregate & 20mm

coarse aggregate As per table-3 of IS 10262 -Volume of coarse
aggregate/unit volume of total aggregate for W/C 0.50=0.65

Then for W/C 0.33 Volume of coarse aggregate/unit volume 0.684 m3

Volume of fine aggregate 0.316 m3

Mass of coarse aggregate 1379 Kg

10mm 552 Kg

25mm 828 Kg

Mass of fine aggregate 562 Kg

Final mix proportion

Cement 398 Kg.

Fly ash 87 Kg.

Sand 562 Kg.

10mm 552 Kg.

25mm 828 Kg.

 Admixture 3.89 Kg.

Water 159 Kg.

Final mix weight 2590 Kg.

 TBCL

48

0.38 0.36

159 159

418 442

460 420

0.35

46 40

414 380

0.1315038 0.1206349206

0.0182644 0.0158730159

0.159 0.159

0.0029815 0.0027206478

0.6882504 0.7017714157

0.68 0.678

0.32 0.322

1395 1418

558 567

837 851

579 594
With Mositure Corrected
correction
414 380 380 380

46 40 40 40

579 729 594 724

558 530 567 554

837 732 851 790

3.68 3.36 3.36 3.36

159 100 159 100

2597 2514 2595 2591

 Sand moisture 5

10mm moisture 1.5

25mm moisture 2

Moisture Correction

Final Sand Wt. 624 Kg.

Final 10mm 576 Kg.

Final 25mm 868 Kg.

Final Water

Sand 21.097726
 10 mm 5.6942343

25mm 12.795013

Total water 119