HOW MANY BAG OF CEMENT IN 1 CUBIC METRE OF CONCRETE

How many bag o f cement are in 1 cu.m concrete ratio 1:2:4 with 20mm aggregate, water-cement
ratio 0.5?
SOLUTION
Total ratio =1+2+4=7
CEMENT
% of cement in 1m2 of concrete = 1/7 = 0.143
Add 50% waste =0.072
TOTAL =0.215
In 1 m2 of cement we have 28.8bags of cement
Therefore % of cement in 1 m2 of concrete = 0.215 x 28.8 = 6.192 bags
Approximately 7bags.
How many bag o f cement are in 1 cu.m concrete ratio 1:3:6 with 20mm aggregate, water-cement
ratio 0.5?
SOLUTION
Total ratio =1+3+6=10
CEMENT
% of cement in 1m2 of concrete = 1/10 = 0.100
Add 50% waste =0.050
TOTAL =0.150
In 1 m2 of cement we have 28.8bags of cement
Therefore % of cement in 1 m2 of concrete = 0.150 x 28.8 = 4.32 bags
Approximately 5bags.

Area to be plastered=100 m^2

Thickness of plaster=12mm=(12/1000)m= 0.012m
Volume of mortar required= 100 x 0.012= 1.20 m^3
Add 20% extra mortar for filling joint,depressions and
wastage.
Volume of the mortar= [0.20 X 1.20]+ 1.20=1.44 m^3
[Wet Volume]
Increase further by One-third of the volume to get Dry
volume
Quantity becomes= [(1/3) X 1.44]+ 1.44=1.92 m^3
Summation of proportion=1+4=5

For 12mm plastering in 1:4 cement :sand mortar mix:

1)Cement required= 1.92/5= 0.384 cu. m
No. of bags of cement= 0.384/0.0347=11.06 bags
>> 11 bags(say)
Cement used =11 x 50= 550 kg
2)Sand required= [1.92 x (4/5)]= 1.536 cu. m
Important note:
[Weight of 1 bag of cement= 50 kg
Cement should be always measured by weight to avoid
variation.
One 50 kg bag of cement weighs 1440 kg/cu. m
Volume of 1 bag of cement= 50/1440=0.0347 cu. m ]
Therefore to convert Cu. m into No of bags of 50 kg
cement,just divide the volume of cement by 0.0347
Hope u have understood!!!!

Curtailment is a theoretical point where some of the

reinforcement is cut-off along the span of the beam where
the bending moment reduces, given that the remaining
reinforcement will be able to support the reduced bending
moment.

Concrete get its 50 % strength in 3 days and 66.6% in 7 days

with OPC grade of cement, we designed our structure for
full load including of factor of safety but actually such
loads never come structure in its whole life span, only 4050% loads ware accoured during construction so we can
remove our form work after 7-10 days but after confirmation
of cube results of 7 days.
We cannot deshutter in all type of concrete works. for e.g
footing, plinth, beam sides like we can remove within this.
But roof slab likes we need provide back proping before

removing. As deshuttering period is desrcibe in IS code for diffrent

structural member.
for deshutering purpose minimum strength required is
between 65 to 75% & concrete gain more then 65% atseven
days so it is safe to remove.

what is the minimum and maximum water cement ratio

0.4-0.6
n concrete mix, water is required . we tried in case of water
we are used milk. what hapened
if we used milk in place of water there is no proper
hydration reaction occurs and there is no bond develop
between aggregate because milk contain oily and fatty material

TO RESISIT TORSION IN BEAMS WHAT KIND REINFORCEMENT IS

PROVIDED?
tranverse reinforcement
Why do we use steel in Column?
Why HYSD bar is preferable than plain bar?
As column we know the column is compression member, but due
to lateral pressure there is a tension in column and to
avoid buckling due to axial load and shear crack we are
using steel in column. steel are also used to reduce the
cross sectional area of member.
As we know that HYSD steel is having high strenth than
plain steel, so it reduces the number of bar. therefore it
helps to avoid congestion and increase load carrying
capacity of column
how to reduce heat of hydration in concrete?
Since hydration of cement is exothermic, evolved heat is harmful to mass concrete and may
cause thermal-shrinkage-induced cracking due to heat build-up in the concrete, frequently
occurred in hot climate country. Heat generation can be reduced by replacing cement
portion with pulverized-fuel ash, like PFAC, modification of clinker constituents, and
fineness of cement. A reduction in temperature will retard the rate of hydration and so
further restrict the rate of heat generation and reduce thermal shrinkage.

As the density of water is 1. if we multiply the water

cement ratio with the cement being used , we will get the
amount of water. For example if water cement ratio is 0.45
and cement being used is 400 kg per cum, then the water
required will be 0.45x 400=180 litres per cum of concrete.
0.58 x weight of 1 bag cement = 0.58 x 50 = 29 litres
Why beam breadth smaller than depth

beam width smaller than depth because load bears more in vertically position as compare
to flat as example of simple scale when we give the load it bends but when we give load on
inverted scale it has no effect.. A beam is a horizontal member in a structure. So, Greater
the Depth more will it take the load as MI of the section increases with depth.

Quantity of plaser for 12 mm thickness of ratio 1:6 say for 100 sqmt then ,the value 2 takes
for total dry volume(cum)
2/1+6 =0.29 cum(8.28 bags)cement=4.14 kg/sqm
=0.29 * 6 =(1.74 cum)sand
similarly for Quantity of plaser for 20 mm thickness of ratio 1:6 say for 100 sqmt then ,the
value 3 takes for total dry volume(cum)
3/1+6 =0.43 cum(12.29 bags)cement=6.15 kg/sqm
=0.43 * 6 =(2.58 cum)sand
area x thickness of plaster = total quantity of plastering.
1m3 plaster = 2200 kg (weight of plaster)
taking proportion of cement and sand ,calculate the quantity
of materials .

sill beam:- flexural member

Tie beam:- fully compression member
plinth beam :- loading from bottom (soil mass) is UDL so
main reinforcement is in top of beam
what is water cement ratio m10,m15,m20,m25,m30,m35m ,m40

M10 (1:3:6) - 34 to 36 lit(Water),Cement - 226kgs

M15 (1:2:4) - 29 to 32 lit(Water),Cement - 313kgs
M20 (1:1:3)- 26 to 30 lit(Water),Cement - 404kgs
M25 (1:1:2) - 21 to 27 lit(Water),Cement - 563kgs