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Properties and Application of High Strength Concrete: Prof. Dr. Md. Abdus Salam

The document discusses the mix design procedure for high strength concrete (HSC) according to ACI 211.4R. It involves 11 steps: 1) selecting slump and strength, 2) coarse aggregate size, 3) coarse aggregate content, 4) water and air, 5) water-cement ratio, 6) cementitious material content, 7-8) basic and pozzolan mixtures, 9) trial mixes, 10) surface moisture adjustment, and 11) selecting optimum proportions. An example is provided going through each step to design a mix with 60 MPa strength. Key factors in HSC mix design are low water-cement ratio, use of pozzolans, and well

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Properties and Application of High Strength Concrete: Prof. Dr. Md. Abdus Salam

The document discusses the mix design procedure for high strength concrete (HSC) according to ACI 211.4R. It involves 11 steps: 1) selecting slump and strength, 2) coarse aggregate size, 3) coarse aggregate content, 4) water and air, 5) water-cement ratio, 6) cementitious material content, 7-8) basic and pozzolan mixtures, 9) trial mixes, 10) surface moisture adjustment, and 11) selecting optimum proportions. An example is provided going through each step to design a mix with 60 MPa strength. Key factors in HSC mix design are low water-cement ratio, use of pozzolans, and well

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Properties and Application of

High Strength Concrete


CE -6118

Lecture 3
(Mix Design of HSC)

Prof. Dr. Md. Abdus Salam

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Mix Design of HSC

 Considering Factors:
 The appropriate free water/cement ratio.
(Typically be in the range 0.20–0.35).
 The cement composition. Portland cement
blended with 5–10 per cent pozzolans such as
silica fume (SF), fly ash (FA), blast furnace
slag, rice husk ash (RHA), palm oil fuel ash
(POFA), etc.
 Proportion coarse and fine aggregates to give a
smooth overall grading curve in order to keep
the water demand low.
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Mix Design of HSC

 Considering Factors:

 Saturation dosages of dispersing agents are


used to overcome the surface tensions,
permitting dense particle packing.
 Use the saturation dosage of admixture,
determined with a flow cone, to produce
workability.

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 Reasons Using Pozzolans:


 The size and spherical geometry allow them to fill
effectively the voids between the larger and angular
cement grains.
 Also contributes to the formation of CSH-gel through
pozzolanic reactions, causing a denser and more
homogeneous gel structure.
 Addition of pozzolans can drastically change the
microstructure of the paste at the interface, causing it to
be as dense as that of the matrix.
 The densification of the interfacial transition zone allows
for efficient load transfer contributing to the strength of
the concrete.
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Mix Design of HSC

 Materials Proportioning:
 Differ from normal-
strength concrete, due to
greater sensitivity of higher
strengths to the specific
materials and construction
methods used.
 HSC exhibits higher early
strengths as a percentage
of long-term strength than
conventional concretes.

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Mix Design of HSC

 Materials Proportioning:
 Varied widely depending upon many factors:
 The strength level required, test age, material
characteristics, and type of application.
 In addition, economics, structural requirements,
manufacturing practicality, anticipated curing
environment, and even the time of year have
affected the selection of mix proportions.
 ACI 211.1, has been developed for HSC with fly ash.

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Mix Design Procedure of HSC

 ACI 211.4R:
 Step -1: Select slump (from Table-4.3.1) and
required compressive strength (from Eqn.)

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Mix Design Procedure of HSC

 Step -2: Select maximum size of coarse aggregate


(from Table-4.3.2) based on strength requirement

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 Step -3: Select optimum coarse aggregate content


(from Table-4.3.3)

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 Step -4: Estimate mixing water and air content


(from Table-4.3.4)

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 Step -5: Calculate w/(c+p) ratio (from Table-


4.3.5(a) and (b))

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Mix Design Procedure of HSC

 Step -5: Calculate w/(c+p) ratio (from Table-


4.3.5(a) and (b))

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Mix Design Procedure of HSC

 Step-6: Calculate content of cementitious material


dividing the amount of water (obtained from Step-
4) by the w/(c+p) ratio (obtained from Step-5).
Step -7: Proportion basic mixture with no other
cementitious materials.
Step -8: Proportion composition mixture using
cementitious material (fly ash). Fly ash content can
be selected from Table 4.3.6

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Mix Design Procedure of HSC

 Step-9: Trial Mixes

 Step -10: Adjust trial mix proportion for surface


moisture and water absorption

 Step -11: Select optimum mixture proportions.

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Mix Design Procedure of HSC

 Example:

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 Additional Data for Coarse Aggregate:

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 Solution:

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