Suryakanta The sand which is used in mortar can be natural sand, or crushed stone sand or crushed gravel sand. Sand or fine aggregate which is used in concrete is somewhat different from sand which is used for masonry mortar. The role of sand in mortar is to give the following properties such as Strength Workability … Read more
What is Fineness Modulus of Aggregate? Fineness modulus is an empirical factor obtained by adding the cumulative percentages of aggregate retained on each of the standard sieves ranging from 80 mm to 150 micron and dividing this sum by 100. Why to Determine Fineness Modulus? Fineness modulus is generally used to get an idea of … Read more
Reference IS: 650 – Standard sand for testing cement – specification Standard Sand Standard sand is used to assess the quality of cement, lime, pozzolana and other mineral admixture used in construction industry. Previously it was imported from U.K. Now it is available at Ennore, Madras. Characteristics Standard sand shall be of quartz material Colour … Read more
Rules of Thumb on Concrete Mix Adding 4 liters of water to 1 cubic meter of freshly mixed concrete will: Increase slump about 25 mm Decrease compressive strength about 1.5 to 2.0 N/mm2 Increase shrinkage potential about 10% Waste as much as ¼ bag of cement If Freshly Mixed Concrete Temperature Increases 1 degree Celsius: … Read more
Specification For Mechanical Properties of High Strength Deformed Bars & Wires Reference IS-1786-2008-High strength deformed steel bars & wires for concrete reinforcement Type 0.2% proof stress/ yield stress, Min, N/mm2 0.2% proof stress/ yield stress, Max, N/mm2 TS/YS ratio Elongation, %, Min, on gauge length 5.65√A, where A is the cross-sectional area of the test … Read more
Our aim is to mix the fine aggregate & coarse aggregate in such a ratio so that the final combined aggregate gives the specified or desirable surface index. Follow the below mentioned steps to find the proportion of fine to coarse aggregate. Procedure Calculate the total surface index of fine aggregate (let it be x) … Read more
Total Surface Index of Aggregates In my previous post I discussed about surface index of aggregate for individual aggregate grading. But in actual practice we use combination of different aggregates having different sizes. So now the question that comes to our mind is whether we can represent surface index of mixed aggregates or not. The … Read more
Surface Index of Aggregates Surface index of aggregates is another way to represent the specific surface of aggregate. This method was suggested by Murdock. Murdock provided some empirical numbers to represent the specific surface of different aggregates grading (as shown in the table below). Surface Index Values for Different Aggregate Grading Sieve Size Within Which … Read more
Types Of Cement and Respective Indian Standards SlNo Types Of Cement Reference Indian Standard 1 Ordinary Portland Cement 33 Grade IS:269 2 Ordinary Portland Cement 43 Grade IS:8112 3 Ordinary Portland Cement 53 Grade IS:12269 4 Rapid Hardening Cement IS:8041 5 Extra Rapid Hardening Cement — 6 Sulphate Resisting Cement IS:12330 7 Portland Slag Cement … Read more
Specific Surface of Aggregate The surface area per unit weight of the material is termed as specific surface. This is an indirect measure of the aggregate grading. Specific surface increases with the reduction in the size of aggregate particle. The specific surface area of the fine aggregate is very much more than that of coarse … Read more