Concrete Mix Design M-60

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CONCRETE MIX DESIGN (GRADE M60)


(a) DESIGN STIPULATION:-
Target strength = 60Mpa
Max size of aggregate used = 12.5 mm
Specific gravity of cement = 3.15
Specific gravity of fine aggregate (F.A) = 2.6
Specific gravity of Coarse aggregate (C.A) = 2.64
Dry Rodded Bulk Density of fine aggregate = 1726 Kg/m3
Dry Rodded Bulk Density of coarse aggregate = 1638 Kg/m3

Step-1
Calculation for weight of Coarse Aggregate:
From ACI 211.4R Table 4.3.3 Fractional volume of oven dry Rodded C.A for 12.5mm size aggregate is 0.68m3
Weight of C.A = 0.68*1638 = 1108.13 Kg/m3

Step-2
Calculation for Quantity of Water:
From ACI 211.4R Table 4.3.4
Assuming Slump as 50 to 75mm and for C.A size 12.5 mm the Mixing water = 148 ml
Void content of FA for this mixing water = 35%
Void content of FA (V)
V = {1-(Dry Rodded unit wt / specific gravity of FA*1000)}*100
= [1-(1726/2.6*1000)]*100
= 34.62%

Adjustment in mixing water = (V-35)* 4.55
= (34.62 – 35)*4.55
= -1.725 ml
Total water required = 148 + (-1.725) = 146.28 ml
Step-3
Calculation for weight of cement
From ACI 211.4R Table 4.3.5(b)
Take W / C ratio = 0.29
Weight of cement = 146.28 / 0.29 = 504.21 kg/m3

Step-4
Calculation for weight of Fine Aggregate:

Cement = 504.21 / 3.15*1000= 0.1616
Water = 146.28 / 1*1000= 0.1462
CA = 1108.13 / 3*1000= 0.3690
Entrapped Air = 2 / 100= 0.020
Total = 0.7376m3
Volume of Fine Aggregate= 1-0.7376
Weight of Fine Aggregate= 0.2624*2.6*1000= 683.24 kg/m3

Step-5
Super plasticizer:
For 0.8% = (0.8 / 100)*583.53 = 4.668 ml

Step-6
Correction for water:
Weight of water (For 0.8%) =146.28 – 4.668 =141.61 kg/m3

Requirement of materials per Cubic meter
Cement = 504.21 Kg/m3
Fine Aggregate = 683.24 Kg/m3
Coarse Aggregate = 1108.13 Kg/m3
Water = 141.61 Kg/ m3
Super plasticizers = 4.6681 / m3

So the final ratio becomes
Cement : Fine agg (kg/m3) : Coarse agg (kg/m3) : Water (l/m3): Superplasticizer (l/m3)

1: 1.35 :2.19 :0.29 :0.8

This concrete mix design has been submitted to us by Natarajan. We are thankful to him for this valuable contribution.

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Comments
  • furqan December 10, 2008 at 11:16 am

    nice and thanks

  • Alok jha December 15, 2008 at 8:52 am

    What are the thumb-rules commonly used for asphalt and concrete designe ?

  • Ajay Maurya January 15, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    For Practice

  • sandeep singh gour January 20, 2009 at 8:11 am

    thanks a lot…..sir can u plz send me design mix procedure of
    M60 grage concrete by using “burnt brick aggregate” at place of
    normal aggregate.
    …. i am in an urgent need as am doing project on it….

  • Sharad Kumar January 20, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    Really good and very useful.

  • sachin mali January 31, 2009 at 5:33 am

    resp. sir,
    i am doing pg in structural engineering and my project is on high strength conrete with
    crushed sand as fine aggregate ranges from M-60 to M-80. i want guidance about mix design
    methods rather than IS code method due to some limitations.

  • PR Chandran February 15, 2009 at 5:38 am

    Sir,
    Can we modify this design for pumbable mix.I would like to get mix design for M-45 pumbable mix with M-sand,12 and 20mm aggregates,

  • abhishek February 23, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    sir,
    what is the workability?
    what are the materials i,e. admixture,ca and fa

  • avinash diwakar February 23, 2009 at 7:26 pm

    sir , i m a student of M.Tech (C.A.D.) of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (India). I m going to make an expert system of mix design in which by varying the percentage of ingredients of concrete we can get a strength of mix. for that purpose i want to get a various relationship of ingredients of concrete with strength.
    so please suggest me from where i can get these relationships.

  • murali March 1, 2009 at 6:46 am

    I want mix design less than M50 but it have strength more than 50N/mm2. Any body help me.

  • raj March 11, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    hi sir this is very useful to our civil guys but we do in old concrete meathod sir i mean in concrete sample we mix lime, sugar , egg etc…… wht u tell sir,,,,,,,

  • MANIKANDAN April 2, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    i required for M40 & M45 grade concrete mix design plz send me my mail id.

  • SOUNDARAJAN April 4, 2009 at 10:28 am

    i need m40&m45 grade mix design

  • Uttam kalwane April 11, 2009 at 12:24 am

    Sir kindly tell me which care we should take to select proper superplasticizer for designing Mix M60 and above?

  • AP April 16, 2009 at 9:40 am

    Hi 2 All

    I designed M60 grade concrete in Delhi for a flyover with
    Cement-470kg/cu.m(53 grade Ultratech OPC),
    Microsilica-25kg/cu.m (Elkem),
    Admixture(Sikament 600)-1.2% dose,
    w/c-0.33
    28 day strength at service structures- 72MPa

  • eshwar.a June 2, 2009 at 6:11 am

    i want M35 M40 with fly ash mix design

  • MANOJ SHARMA June 8, 2009 at 6:51 am

    I WANT M-50 AND M-60 MIX WITH PPC AND FLYASH CEMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRECAST MACHINE PRESSED

  • kattlenn hope July 13, 2009 at 4:33 am

    thanx, the infos in this site is a great help specially for us, bsce students…

  • Baibhav Tiwari August 7, 2009 at 6:34 am

    Sir, I just wanted to know that in IS code-10262 we are allowed to design upto M-50 only, but for
    high strength viz. M-60, where do we get the procedure from?
    Kindly, give me the IS procedure for that as our client is not allowing us to use ACI code or any
    other foreign code.
    Please send it ASAP.

  • Baibhav Tiwari August 7, 2009 at 6:54 am

    Dear Mr. AP

    I got your design of M-60 of ra flyover at delhi…but i need design calculations alongwith the code
    that you are referring to…kindly send ASAP…

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