Table 1: CONCRETE MIX DESIGN FORM USING BRE METHOD

Reference or
Stage Item Values
calculation
1 1.1 Characteristic Strength Specified 25 N/mm2 at 28 days
Specified Proportion defective 5 %
1.2 Standard deviation Fig 3 N/mm2 or no data 8 N/mm2
1.3 Margin C1 (k= 1.64 ) 1.64 X 8 .= 13.12 N/mm2
or Specified N/mm2
1.4 Target mean strength C2 25 .+ 13.12 .= 38.12 N/mm2
1.5 Cement type Specified 42.5
1.6 Aggregate type: coarse Uncrushed
Aggregate type: fine Uncrushed
1.7 Free-water/cement ratio Table 2, Fig4 0.53
1.8 Maximum free
water/cement ratio Specified 0.5 Use lower value 0.5

2 2.1 Slump or V-B Specified Slump 30-60mm or Vebe time 3-6 s

2.2 Maximum aggregate size Specified 40 mm
2.3 Free-water content Table 3 160 kg/m3

3 3.1 Cement content C3 160 ./ 0.5 320 kg/m3

3.2 Maximum cement
Specified n/a kg/m3
content
3.2 Minimum cement
Specified 290 kg/m3
content
Use 3.1 if<3.2 320 kg/m3
Use 3.3 if>3.1

4 4.1 Relative density of

aggregate (SSD) 2.5
4.2 Concrete density Fig 5 2335 kg/m3
4.3 Total aggregate content C4 2335 .- 320 .- 160 1855 kg/m3

5.1 Grading of fine

5 %pass
aggregates
600m seive 90 %
5.2 Proportion of fine
Fig 6 21.25 %
aggregate
5.3 Fine aggregate content 1855 .X 0.2125 .= 394.19 kg/m3
C5
5.4 Coarse aggregates 1855 .- 394.19 .= 1460.81 kg/m3

There fore the quantities of the constituent materials per m 3 are:

Quantities Cement (kg) Water (kg/ltrs) Fine aggregates (kg) Coarse aggregates (kg)
Per m3 320 160 394.19 1460.81
Per trial mix of 0.08m3 25.6 12.8 31.535 116.87

Trial mix ratio 1 : 1.23 : 4.6

Fig3: Relationship between standard deviation and characteristic strength