ACI Mix Design (NAE)

INPUT CALCULATED VALUES

Required Strength (MPa) = 20 Required Slump, mm = 50 Table 1

Given Slump, (mm) = 75 Selected Slump, mm = 75

Type of Structure = Mass Concrete Amount of water, (Kg/m ) =3

205 Table 2

Max Size of Aggregate, (mm) = 19 W/C Ratio = 0.69 Table 3

Fmmeness Modulus of Sand = 2.9 Amount of Cement, (Kg/m3) = 297.100

Rodded Density Coarse Aggregate weight, (Kg/m3) = 1566 Volume of Coarse Aggreagte, (m3) = 0.610 Table 4

Moisture Absorbtion For Coarse Aggregates, (%) = 0.39 Dry Weight of Coarse Aggregate, (Kg/m ) = 3
955.260

Moisture Absorbtion For Fine Aggregates, (%) = 2.88 SSD Weight of Coarse Aggregate, (Kg/m ) = 3
958.986

Availble Moisture in Fine Aggregates, (%) = 2 Volume of Cement , (Per m3) = 0.094

Availble Moisture in Coarse Aggregates, (%) = 0 Volume of Water , (Per m ) = 3

0.205

Specific Gravity of Fine Aggregate = 2.63 Volume of Voids (Per m3) = 0.020

Specific Gravity of Coarse Aggregate = 2.67 Volume of Coarse Aggregate, (Per m3) = 0.359

Specific Gravity of Cement = 3.15 Volume of Fine Aggregate, (Per m3) = 0.322

Unit Weight og water, (Kg/m3) = 1000 SSD Weight of Fine Aggregate, (Kg/m3) = 845.576

Water Adjustment
Moisture Availble Weight (Kg/m3)
Aggregate
Absorbtion Moisture Saturated Surface Dry (SSD) Dry Field

Coarse 0.0039 0 959 955 955

Fine 0.0288 0.02 846 822 838

Correction of water

From Coarse Aggregate = -3.73 Kg

From Fine Aggregate = -7.23 Kg Extra Water = 10.96 Kg

Corrected Water = 194.04 Kg

Results
Fine Coarse
For One m3 of Concrete : Cement
Aggregate Aggregate

Amount of Cement = 297.10 Kg Ratio . 1 2.82 3.22

Amount of Fine Aggregate = 838.34 Kg

Amount of Coarse Aggregate = 955.26 Kg W/C Ratio . 0.65

Amount of Water = 194.04 Kg

TRIAL MIX
3 Number of Cylinders :
Amount of Cement = 23.78 Kg Enter Number of Cylinder = 3
Amount of Fine Aggregate = 67.11 Kg Dry to wet Conversion factor = 1.2
Amount of Coarse Aggregate = 76.47 Kg
Amount of Water = 15.53 Kg
182.90 Kg
Table 1 Recommended Slumps For
Various Types of Construction
Slump (in)
Type of Construction
Max Min
Reinforced Footings 75 25

Plain Footings 75 25

Pavement and Slab 75 25

Mass Concrete 50 25

Building Column 100 25

Beams 100 25

Reinforced Walls 100 25

 Table 2 Approximate Mixing Water and Air Content Requirements
for Different Slumps and Nominal Maximum Sizes of Aggregates]

Water (kg/m3) of concrete for indicated nominal maximum sizes of aggregate)

Non Air Entrained Concrete
Max Size of Aggregate, mm
Slump (mm) 9.5 12.5 19 25 37.5 50 75 100
25 207 199 190 179 166 154 154 113
50 207 199 190 179 166 154 154 113
75 228 216 205 193 181 169 169 125
100 228 216 205 193 181 169 169 125
150 243 228 216 202 190 178 178 --------
175 243 228 216 202 190 178 178 --------

Amount of
3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0.3 0.2
Entrapped Air(%)
Table 3 Relationship Between Water/Cement Ratio
and Compressive Strength of Concrete

Water/Cement Ratio by Weight

CompressiveStrengh
At 28 days (Mpa) Nonair-entrained Air-entrained
Concrete Concrete

40 0.42 --

35 0.47 0.39

30 0.54 0.45

25 0.61 0.52

20 0.69 0.6

15 0.79 0.7
 Table 4 Volume of Coarse Aggregate
per Unit of Volume of Concrete
Finness Modulus of Sand
Max Size of
Aggregate, mm 2.40 2.50 2.60 2.70 2.80 2.90 3.00 3.10

9.5 0.5 0.49 0.48 0.47 0.46 0.45 0.44 0.43

12.5 0.59 0.58 0.57 0.56 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.52

19 0.66 0.65 0.64 0.63 0.62 0.61 0.6 0.59

25 0.71 0.7 0.69 0.68 0.67 0.66 0.65 0.64

37.5 0.75 0.74 0.73 0.72 0.71 0.7 0.69 0.68

50 0.78 0.77 0.76 0.75 0.74 0.73 0.72 0.71

75 0.82 0.81 0.8 0.79 0.78 0.77 0.76 0.75

100 0.87 0.86 0.85 0.84 0.83 0.82 0.81 0.8