GRADING CURVES: 20 mm Maximum Aggregate size :( Road Note No.-4 RRL, U.

K) Percentage Passing Sieves(IS) Curve(4) Curve(3) Curve(2) Curve(1) 0.1 5 1.5 0 0 0 0. 3 12 5 3 2 0.6 27 21 14 9 1.2 34 28 21 16 2.4 42 35 28 23 4.8 48 42 35 30 10 75 65 55 45 20 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 40 10 0 75 100 100 100

Grading Curves
120

100

100

100 100

100

100

80
75

% Passing

65

60
55 48 45

40
34 27 28 21 16 9

42 35 28 23

42 35 30

20
12 5 3 0

21 14

2 0

IS Sieve Sizes
Curve(4) Curve(3) Curve(2) Curve(1)

GRADING CURVES: 30 mm Maximum Aggregate size :(Derived from Road Note No.-4 RRL, U.K)

Percentage Passing Sieves(IS) Curve(4) Curve(3) Curve(2) Curve(1) 0.1 5 3.5 1 0 0 0.3 13. 5 8 5 2.5 0.6 25 19 13 8 1.2 32 26 19 14 2.4 40 33 26. 5 20. 5 4.8 47. 5 41 33. 5 27 10 67. 5 58. 5 49. 5 40. 5 20 87. 5 83. 5 79. 5 75 40 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 75 100 100 100

120

Grading Curves

100
88

100

100 100

100

80
% Passing
68

83.5 79.5 75

60
48

58.5 49.5 41 33 26 19 14 4 8 5 2.5 13 8 19 14 26.5 20.5 33.5 27 40.5

40
32 25

40

20

1 0

IS Sieves 3
Curve(4) Curve(3) Curve(2) Curve(1)

Grading Curves
120

100

100 100

100

100

80
75

% Passing

67

60

60

59

GRADING CURVES: 52 50 40 mm Maximum Aggregate size :( Road Note No.-4 RRL, U.K) 47 Percentage Passing 44 Sieves(IS) 0.1 0. 40 0.6 1.2 2.4 4.8 40 10 20 40 75 38 5 3 36 Curve(4) 10 5 15 23 30 38 47 32 60 75 100 31 0 30 Curve(3) 10 25 2 1123 17 24 24 31 40 24 52 67 0 20 Curve(2) 10 18 32 0 7 17 12 17 17 25 44 59 0 15 12 12 Curve(1) 10 11 0 3 7 12 18 24 36 50 0 7 7
0
5 2 0

100 100

IS 4 Sieves
Curve(4) Curve(3) Curve(2) Curve(1)

Mix-Design (IS-METHOD) Design stipulations: 1) Characteristic Compressive Strength (fck) : 2) Maximum size of Aggregates (MSA) : 3) Degree of workability: a) Compacting Factor : b) Slump : 4) Degree of Quality control : 5) Type of Exposure : B) Test Data for Materials: 1) Cement Used-------- Type :
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Grade Date of Manufacture

: :

2) Specific gravity of Coarse Aggregate : 3) Specific Gravity of Fine Aggregate : 4) Water absorption of Coarse Aggregate : 5) Water absorption of Fine Aggregate : 6) Free surface Moisture of Coarse Aggregate : 7) Free surface Moisture of fine Aggregate : 6) Sieve Analysis: Grading of Coarse aggregate : Grading of fine aggregate : C) Target Mean Strength of concrete (Fm=fck + k.S): Where k=1.65 & S=Standard deviation D) Selection of Water-Cement ratio : E) Selection of water & sand Content : Sand Content as per Table 42 of IS : Water Content as per Table 42 of IS : Change in Condition (if any) (See Table 44) i) For decrease in w/c ratio by ______________________ ii) For increase in compacting Factor by________________ iii) For sand conforming to zone (III/IV) _________________________________ Total: Required sand content:Required water content:F) Determination of Cement Content: Water-Cement ratio Selected: Water = Lits. Cement=---------= kg/Cum. Cement as per the durability requirement: G) Determination of Coarse & Fine aggregate:
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Adjustment required in Water content (%) % Sand in total Aggregate

Amount of entrapped Air=

V= (w + C/Sn + 1/p fn /Sfn ) 1\1000

for fine aggregates

V= (w + C/Sn + 1/ (1-p) fn /Scn ) 1\1000

for Coarse aggregates

Where V= absolute volume of fresh concrete (i.e., gross volume in m3 Volume of Entrapped air) W=Mass of water per m3 of concrete in Kg. C =Mass of cement per m3 of concrete in Kg. Sn=specific gravity of cement, say 3.15 p =ratio of fine aggregate to total aggregate by absolute volume fn, C n= total quantity of fine & Coarse Aggregate per m3 of concrete respectively in Kg Sfn, Scn= specific gravity of saturated surface dry fine & coarse aggregate, i.e. 2.6 and 2.7 respectively Mix-proportion (weigh Batching):Water Cement (Lits) (Kg/Bag) Original: DLBD : --------------7

Fine aggregate (Kg)

Coarse aggregate (Kg)

(Kg/Lit) Mix proportion in lits. (Volumetric batching):Original: Adjusted:

APPROXIMATE AIR CONTENT

Nominal maximum size of aggregate,mm Entrapped air, percentage of volume of concrete

10 20 40
Source: IS10262-1982

3.0 2.0 1.0

Adjustment required in Water content Sand in total Nominal Maximum Water content per m3 Sand as percentage of aggregate size Aggregate in to Of concrete in0kg total aggregate by For of sand conforming +1.5%for Zone-I mm absolute volume Zone-I, Zone-II or Zone-IV -1.5% for Zone-II of IS:383-11970 -3% for Zone-IV ADJUSTMENT OF VALUES IN WATER CONTENT AND SAND PERCENTAGE FOR CONDITIONS For grades upto M35 APPROXIMATE SAND OTHER AND WATER THE TABLE ABOVE PER M3 OF 208CONTENT 40 CONCRETE 10 Increase or Decrease inTHAN the Source: IS10262-1982 Source: IS10262-1982 186 350 20 value of compacting factor 3 percent 165 30 40 by 0.1 Each 0.05 increase or decrease free waterFor gradesin above M35 cement ratio 10 20 for rounded aggregate 0 200 3 180 -15kg/m 1 percent 28 -725 percent

Changes in condition

GRADING CURVES: 25 mm Maximum Aggregate size :( Road Note No.-4 RRL, U.K) Percentage Passing Sieves(IS) Curve(4) Curve(3) Curve(2) Curve(1) 0.15 2.5 0.5 0 0 0.3 12.75 6.5 4 2.25 0.6 26 20 13.5 8.5 1.2 33 27 20 15 2.4 41 34 27.25 21.75 4.8 47.75 41.5 34.25 28.5 10 71.25 61.75 52.25 42.75 20 93.75 91.75 89.75 87.5 40 100 100 100 100 75 100 100 100

Grading Curves
120

100 93.75 91.75 89.75 87.5 80 71.25 61.75 52.25 47.75 41.00 33.00 26.00 20 12.75 6.5 4 2.25 20 13.5 8.5 27 20 15 34 27.25 21.75 41.5 34.25 28.5 42.75

100.00 100

100.00 100.00

% Passing

60

40

2.50 0.5 0

IS Sieves
Curve(4) Curve(3) Curve(2) Curve(1)

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