Question: Q 4 . A concrete mixture will be designed. The 2 8 - day compressive strength of the concrete by using 1 5 1 5

Q4. A concrete mixture will be designed. The 28-day compressive strength of the concrete by using 151515cm cubic specimens is required to be 25MPa. Slump of the fresh concrete is specified as 10cm. Maximum size of the aggregate is 19mm. Other necessary data are given as:
Specific gravity of cement =3.1
Bulk specific gravity of both aggregates =2.7
Fineness modulus of fine aggregate =2.6
Dry rodded unit weight of the coarse aggregate =1600kgm3
Absorption capacity of coarse aggregate =1%
Absorption capacity of fine aggregate =2%
Answer the following accordingly:
a) What should be the water contents of the concrete?
b) What should be the water/cement ratio?
c) Determine the amount of SSD coarse aggregate?
d) Determine the amount of SSD fine aggregate?
Q 4 . A concrete mixture will be designed. The 2

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