Trial Mix Design Form
Item
Reference
Characteristic Strength
Specified
Standard deviation
Margin
Figure 3
C1
Target mean strength
Cement type
Aggregate type: coarse
Aggregate type: fine
Free water/cement ratio
Slump
Maximum aggregate
Free water content
Cement content
Minimum cement content
Relative density aggregate
Concrete density
Total aggregate content
Grading of fine aggregate
Proportion of fine aggregate
Fine aggregate content
Coarse aggregate content
Quantities
C2
Specified
Values
25 N/mm2 at 28 days
5
Percent
4
N/mm2
1.64
6.6
N/mm2
32
N/mm2
Proportion defective
Per m3
Per trial mix 0.05 m3
0.0053
0.0050.00
Table 2, Fig. 3
Specified
Specified
Table 3
C3
Specified
Figure 5
C4
BS882
Figure 6
C5
C5
Cement
(kg)
295
14.8
1.6
K =
=
=
OPC /SRPC/RHPC
Crushed / Uncrushed (granite)
Crushed / (Uncrushed (river sand)
0.55
Slump
Water (kg)
190
9.5
1.007
30-60
20
190
293
2.7
2450
1968
65%
34
650
1318
Fine aggregate
(kg)
885
44.2
5.1
mm/vibe time
mm
kg/m3
kg/m3
kg/m3
Known/assumed
kg/m3
kg/m3
percent
kg/m3
kg/m3
Coarse aggregate
(kg)
1085
54.25
5.6
0.005301
No. of specimen
Quantities
Total
Width
(m)
Height
(m)
Thickness
(m)
Total m3
Cement
(kg)
Water
(kg)
Fine agg.
(kg)
Coarse
agg.10mm
Coarse agg.
20mm
Coarse agg.
40mm
w/c ratio
PET
%vol
0
25
50
75
0
25
50
75
0
20
40
60
0.4
0.5
0.6
kg
0
26.5
53.16
79.6
0
26.5
53.16
79.6
0
26.5
53.16
79.6
Cement
(kg)
Fine aggregate
(kg)
Coarse aggregate
(kg)
Water
(kg)
295
295
295
295
295
295
295
295
295
295
295
295
885
664
443
222
885
664
443
222
885
664
443
222
1085
1085
1085
1085
1085
1085
1085
1085
1085
1085
1085
1085
120
120
120
120
148
148
148
148
177
177
177
177
Test
Type of
sample
(mm)
Shrinkage
Workability
Density
Compressive
Split tensile
MOE
Flexural
Bending
Shear
100x100x100
100x100x100
100x100x100
150x300
100x100x100
Prism
Specimen
Quantities
Cube
100x100x100
Cylinder
150x300
Prism
288
Cement
kg/m3
64
Fine aggregate
kg/m3
141
Coarse aggregate
kg/m3
285
36
56
124
252
Physical
Mechanical
Structural
No of sample
Pilot
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
-
Experimental
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
-
Total Sample (3 w/c
ratio and 4 replacement
ratio)
Pilot
Experimental
4
36
4
36
4
36
4
36
4
36
4
36
Total sample (2
type of PET agg
for experimental)
144
216
36
Water kg/m3
0.4
0.5
0.6
Compressive strength
W/C
Replacement
Days
No of
Cement
Fine aggregate
Coarse
Water
ratio
ratio (%)
25
0.4
50
75
25
0.5
50
75
25
0.6
50
75
3
7
28
3
7
28
3
7
28
3
7
28
3
7
28
3
7
28
3
7
28
3
7
28
3
7
28
Sample
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
aggregate
6.30
6.75
7.20
4.45
4.77
5.09
3.64
3.90
4.16
5.63
6.04
6.44
3.98
4.27
4.55
3.25
3.49
3.72
5.14
5.51
5.88
3.64
3.90
4.16
2.97
3.18
3.39
0.12
0.17
0.18
0.08
0.12
0.13
0.07
0.10
0.10
0.11
0.15
0.16
0.08
0.10
0.11
0.06
0.09
0.09
0.10
0.13
0.15
0.07
0.10
0.10
0.06
0.08
0.08