Table 10.

24 Proforma for Concrete Mix Design

PART-1: DATA
Reference (Table/
Item Figure #) Value
A Design Stipulations
A.1 Characteristic Compressive Strength of
Concrete (fck): _______ MPa at ________ days

A.2 Cement Type OPC/RHPC/_____________

A.3 Aggregate Type
(a) Coarse _________________
(b) Fine _________________
A.4 Degree of Workability _________________
A.5 Degree of quality control _________________
A.6 Type of exposure Mid/moderate/severe
B Characteristics of Material
Cement
B.1 Specific gravity of Cement __________ Known/assumed
B.2 Bulk Density of Cement __________ kg/m3
Aggregates
B.3 Specific gravity
Coarse aggregate _________________
Fine aggregate _________________
B.4 Bulk Density
Coarse aggregate __________ kg/m3
Fine aggregate __________ kg/m3
B.5 Water Absorption
Coarse aggregate __________ Percent
Fine aggregate __________ Percent
B.6 Free Surface moisture
Coarse aggregate __________ Percent
Fine aggregate __________ Percent
B.7 Grading of Aggregate
Type of Percentage passing the IS sieve
Aggregate 40mm 20mm 10mm 4.75mm 2.36mm 1.18mm 600μm 300μm 150μm
Coarse
Fine

B.8 Maximum size of coarse aggregate __________ mm

B.9 Grading zone of Fine aggregate _________________

B.10 Fineness modulus

Coarse aggregate _________________
Fine aggregate _________________
C. Mineral Additives
C.1 Type of additive fly ash/silica fume
C.2 Specific gravity _________________
C.3 Bulk Density _________________ kg/m3
C.4 Efficiency factor _________________
C.5 Volume (if predetermined) _________________
PART-II : MIX DESIGN

Stage Item Reference of calculation Value

Stage

Characteristic Compressive Strength ___at___days proportion of

1 1.1 (f ): Specified (part-1) defective specimens
ck
____per cent.
1.2 Standard deviations (S) Fig./Table _______________ MPa
1.3 Probability factor (k) ________________
1.4 Target Mean strength (ft) ft=fck+kS ___+____x ___=____MPa
1.5 Free water-Cement ratio Table/Fig.
Use the lower value
1.6 Maximum free water-Cement ratio Specified

C.F.____Slump___ mm or
2 2.1 Compacting factor or Slump or V-B Specified
V-B _____ S
2.2 Maximum aggregate size Specified (Part-1) __________ mm
2.3 Free Water content Table __________ kg/m3

3 3.1 Cement Content __________ _____ / ____ = _____MPa

3.2 Maximum Cement Content Specified __________ kg/m3
__________ kg/m3. Use if
3.3 Minimum Cement Content Specified greater than Item 3.1 and
use to calculate Item 3.4
3.4 Modified free water-cement ratio _________________

4 4.1 Relative density of Aggregate (SSD) Specified (Part-1) _________________

4.2 Concrete density ____________ __________ kg/m3

4.3 Total Aggregate Content ___-___-___ =____ kg/m3

5 5.1 Grading of fine Aggregate Specified (Part-1) _________________

5.2 Proportion of fine Aggregate Fig. __________ Percent
5.3 Fine Aggregate Content ___ x ___ =______ kg/m3
5.4 Coarse Aggregate Content ___ - ___ =______ kg/m4

6 6.1 Ingredients Fine Coarse

Water Cement aggregate aggregate
(kg) (kg or 1) (kg) (kg)
6.2 Quantity per m3 (to nearest 5 kg) _________ _________ _________ _________
6.3 Quantity per trial mix of _____ m3 _________ _________ _________ _________
6.4 Ratio _________ _________ _________ _________