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PERFORMANCE CONCRETE OF
GRADE M60
PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED BY
Ahmar malik (147/11)
Yawar shah (149/11)
Naveed iqbal (36/11)
Khalid manzoor (17/11)
WHY HPC?
REDUCTION IN MEMBER SIZE
REDUCTION IN SELF WEIGHT
SUPERIOR LONG TERM SERVICE PERFORMANCE
GREATER STIFFNESS AS A RESULT OF HIGHER ELASTICITY MODULUS
LOW CREEP AND SHRINKAGE
REDUCED MAINTAINANCE AND REPAIRS
OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT
TO ARRIVE AT OPTIMUM WATER CEMENT RATIO
TO FIND BEST PERCENTAGE OF SUPER PLASTICIZER FOR OPTIMUM
WORKABILITY
TO SEE EFFECT OF CEMENT REPLACEMENT FOR ECONOMY
MATERIALS USED
MATERIALS
COMMENTS
CEMENT
OPC OF 53 GRADE OF
SPECFIC GRAVITY 3.15
VERY FINE OF FM 1.7
THOUGH WEL GRADED
WELL GRADED
AGGREGATES OF 20 mm
MAXIMUM SIZE
CARBOXYLIC ESTER AS
HRWR
ORDINARY WATER FREE
FROM IMPURITIES
SAND
AGGREGATES
SUPER PLASTICIZER
WATER
FIRST TRAIL
THE MIX PROPORTION OBTAINED WAS
1: 0.732:1.761
WATER CONTENT SELECTED AS 0.3
SLUMP VALUE OBTAINED IN EXCESS OF 300 mm
Super plasticizer added was 1.5%
FLEXURAL
STRENGTH
3 DAY
14.38 Mpa
7 DAY
34.52 Mpa
4.23 Mpa
28 DAY
40.30 Mpa
8.167 Mpa
SECOND TRAIL
FLEXURAL
STRENGTH (Mpa)
3 day
17.25
7 day
37.233
4.57
28 day
51.23
8.56
Flexural strength
(Mpa)
3 day
19.56
7 day
40.29
5.45
28 day
56.02
9.84
Comments
Clearly target strength still under achieved
Considerable flexural strength though
Slump value desirable
Fourth trail
Flexural strength in
Mpa
3 day
21.156
7 day
42.15
5.67
28 day
62.16
10.23
More conclusions
0.27 has been experimentally obtained as
optimum water cement ratio for production of M
60 concrete
Super plasticizer percentage of 0.9% has been
found good for slump greater than 150 mm
PROBLEMS
MIX POPORTION IS 1 : 0.497 :1.709
SHOWS FOR M60 VERY LARGE QUANTITY
OF CEMENT NEEDED
UNECONOMICAL AND HAS PROBLEMS
RELATED TO HIGH HEAT OF HYDRATION
IMPROVEMENTS
PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT BY
SILICA FUME
NO PROBLEM DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT OF
HYDRATION
VERY ECONOMICAL
VERY LITTLE EFFECT ON STRENGTH
Test results
Compressive
strength in Mpa
Flexural strength in
Mpa
3 day
17.278
14day
38.136
7.23
28 day
57.43
10.4
FINAL CONCLUSIONS
WATER CEMENT RATIO OF 0. 27 WITH
SUPER PLASTICIZER RATIO OF 0.9% WAS
SUFFICIENT FOR PRODUCTION OF M60
CONCRETE
TO MAKE DESIGN MORE ECONOMICAL
PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT BY
SILICA FUME(11% by weight of cement)OR
MORE MAY BE CARRIED OUT .
THANK YOU