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M-80 Grade Pumpable Concrete: by Kaushal Kishore Materials Engineer, Roorkee

The document provides details on designing an M-80 grade of pumpable concrete mix including materials used, material quantities, testing conducted, and test results. The mix was designed to achieve a target 28-day compressive strength of 88.3 MPa with a standard deviation of 5 MPa. Trial mixes found a water-cement+silica fume ratio of 0.283 achieved a 28-day compressive strength of 90.4 MPa using 450 kg/m3 of cement and 45 kg/m3 of silica fume. Aggregate proportions and properties are also specified to achieve suitable grading for pumping concrete.

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M-80 Grade Pumpable Concrete: by Kaushal Kishore Materials Engineer, Roorkee

The document provides details on designing an M-80 grade of pumpable concrete mix including materials used, material quantities, testing conducted, and test results. The mix was designed to achieve a target 28-day compressive strength of 88.3 MPa with a standard deviation of 5 MPa. Trial mixes found a water-cement+silica fume ratio of 0.283 achieved a 28-day compressive strength of 90.4 MPa using 450 kg/m3 of cement and 45 kg/m3 of silica fume. Aggregate proportions and properties are also specified to achieve suitable grading for pumping concrete.

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M-80 Grade Pumpable Concrete
By
Kaushal Kishore
Materials Engineer, Roorkee
A mix of M-80 Grade suitable f or pumped concrete is to be designed with the f ollowing materials and detail.
1. OPC 53 Grade, 7-day strength 52.5 N/mm
2
, Spgr 3.15
2. Silica Fume Specif ic Gravity 2.20
3. Standard deviation f or the mix 5.0 N/mm
2
4. Grading and properties of river sand and 12.5 mm crushed aggregate are given in Table-1
5. Superplasticizer based on modif ied Polycarboxylate, specif ic gravity 1.06, liquid pH 6.0. With the given set
of materials, it was f ound that at a dosages of 2.5 % bwc it gives a reduction of 30% of water f or the
required slump of 100 mm af ter one hour at the average day site temperature of 37 degree C.
6. As per grading of aggregates given in the Table-1, it is f ound that, if sand and aggregate are combined in
the ratio of 45% and 55% they will give most suitable combined grading f or pumped concrete.
7. Air in the mix assumed 1.5%.
DESIGN CALCULATIONS
1. M-80 Grade of concrete design f or a mean target strength of :
80 + 1.65 x 5 = 88.3 N/mm
2
at 28 day age
2. With the given set of materials f rom various trials it was f ound that with OPC 450 Kg/m
3
, Silica Fume 45
Kg/m
3
and W/C+SF ratio of 0.283 gives 28-day average cube compressive strength of 90.4 N/mm
2
.
3. Calculated density of the mix, worked out f rom ref erence 1.
4. Aggregates = 2440 140 450 45 = 1805 kg/m
3
5. Sand = 1805 x 0.45 = 810 kg/m
3
(say)
6. 12.5 mm Aggregate = 1805 x 0.55 = 995 kg/m
3
(say)
Thus f or M-80 Grade of concrete, quantity of materials per cu.m of concrete on the basis of saturated and
surf ace dry aggregates.
Water
140 kg/m
3
OPC 53 Grade
450 kg/m
3
Silica f ume
45 kg/m
3
River sand
810 kg/m
3
12.5 mm crushed aggregate
995 kg/m
3
Superplasticizer
11.250 kg/m
3
W/(C+SF) Ratio 0.283
Slump mm 102
7-day cube strength N/mm
2
67.3
28-day cube strength N/mm
2
89.5
Table-1 Properties of Aggregates
I.S. Sieve size Percentage passing by mass
River
sand
45%
12.5 mm Crushed
Agg
55%
Combined aggregates grading of
the mix
20 mm 100 100 100
12.5 mm 100 95 x
10 mm 100 60 78
4.75 mm 95 5 46
2.36 mm 87 0 39
1.18 mm 72 - 32
600 Micron 40 - 18
300 Micron 22 - 10
150,Micron 5 - 2
Specif ic gravity 2.65 2.65 -
Water absorption % 0.8 0.5 -
Organic impurities % Nil - -
Coal & lignite % Nil Nil -
Clay lumps % Nil Nil -
Materials f iner than 75 micron I.S.
Sieve %
0.2 Nil -
Flakiness index - 7.3 -
Crushing value % - 10.5 -
REFERENCES
Kishore Kaushal Mix design with water reduces, The Indian Concrete Journal, August 2011, Vol. 85, pp. 44-
51.
We at engineeringcivil.com are thankful to Er. Kaushal Kishore for submitting the paper on M-80 Grade
Pumpable Concrete. This will be of great help to the ones who are looking for information regarding the
pumpable concrete.

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