Tensile Strength Conversion Sheet for Slab on Grade Fiber Dosage Calculations

Instructions: Select the desired Units of Measurement from the "pull-down" menu. input required data
Fill in the required information in the "yellow" shaded blocks. constants - change only if necessary
calculated data
Note: This spreadsheet is only valid for final dosage requirements
WWM and steel designs where the
thickness of the slab will support the
loading conditions and the steel is located Units of Measurement
in the top half of the slab only.
Metric Units

Required Information: Project Description: slab on grade construction

Reinforcing Details: #14/200 with slab thickness 150 mm

bar diameter 14.0000 mm* * - for information related to wire and bar sizings, please refer to chart on Tab 2 (tab below)
bar spacing 200.0 mm
Slab Thickness, t 150.0 mm Minimum requirements:
concrete compressive strength, f'c 40 MPa PCA (note: other documents may provide different minimums)
typical steel strength, fy 420 MPa Minimum % of reinforcing steel for shrinkage reinforcing 0.100
Q. is the steel ratio provided greater than the minimum? yes
Unit width of measure, b 1000 mm
Area of steel provided, As 769.690 mm2/m Estimated concrete flexural strength (change if necessary) 4.7
Steel reinforcing ratio, r 0.513 % Spread Tensile Strength provided by steel reinforcing, fwwm 1.9
Re3 value required to match spread tensile strength 59.2

Required Volume of TUF-STRAND SF to match: 5.2 kg/m3 ** ** - 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 465 m2 $ 3.15 / m2
Price of TUF-STRAND SF (installed)* $ 4.00 /kg 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 compressive strength of concrete, psi (Mpa)
fy yield strength of reinforcing steel, psi (Mpa)
As Area of steel per unit area* - Usually expressed per ft length if b is set to 12 in, in 2/ft (mm2/m)

t height (thickness) of cross section, in (mm)

b unit width of cross section* - Usually set to 12 in if steel is expressed in in 2/ft (1000 mm)

fwwm Spread tensile strength provided by steel reinforcing, psi (Mpa)

Re3 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

rements

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) Metric Units

Reinforcing Bars Reinforcing Bars

bar size bar diameter bar diameter bar size bar diameter bar diameter
(in) (mm) (mm) (in)
#3 (3/8") 0.375 9.5 10M 11.3 0.44
#4 (1/2") 0.5 12.7 15M 16.0 0.63
#5 (5/8") 0.625 15.9 20M 19.5 0.77
#6 (3/4") 0.75 19.1 25M 25.2 0.99

Welded Wire Mesh Welded Wire Mesh

wire size bar diameter bar diameter wire size bar diameter bar diameter
(in) (mm) (mm) (in)
W1.4 (10 Ga.) 0.134 3.40 MW 9.1 (W1.4) 3.40 0.134
W1.5 0.138 3.51 MW11.1 (W1.7) 3.76 0.148
W1.7 (9 Ga.) 0.148 3.76 MW 13.3 (W2.1) 3.80 0.150
W2.0 0.160 4.06 MW 16.0 (W2.5) 4.52 0.178
W2.1 (8 Ga.) 0.162 4.11 MW 18.7 (W2.9) 4.88 0.192
W2.5 (7 Ga.) 0.178 4.52 MW 19.2 (W3.0) 4.95 0.195
W2.9 (6 Ga.) 0.192 4.88 MW 22.6 (W3.5) 5.36 0.211
W3 0.195 4.95 MW 25.8 (W4.0) 5.74 0.226
5 Ga. 0.207 5.26 MW 28.9 (W4.5) 6.07 0.239
W3.5 0.211 5.36 MW 32.3 (W5.0) 6.40 0.252
W4 (4 Ga.) 0.226 5.74 MW35.5 (W5.5) 6.73 0.265
W4.5 0.239 6.07 MW 38.7 (W6.0) 7.01 0.276
3 Ga. 0.244 6.20 MW42.1 (W6.5) 7.32 0.288
W5.0 0.252 6.40 MW 45.2 (W7.0) 7.60 0.299
2 Ga. 0.263 6.68 MW 48.4 (W7.5) 7.85 0.309
W5.5 0.265 6.73 MW 51.6 (W8.0) 8.10 0.319
W6 .0 0.276 7.01
1 Ga. 0.283 7.19
W6.5 0.288 7.32
W7.0 0.299 7.59
W7.5 0.309 7.85
W8 .0 0.319 8.10
shaded blocks denote more common wire sizings