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 Consider the following example: The 28-day  Step 1. Required material information (already given).
compressive strength should be 4,000 lb/in2. The slump
should be between 3 and 4 in. and the maximum  Step 2. The slump is given, consistent with Table 1.
aggregate size should not exceed 1 inch. The coarse and
fine aggregates in the storage bins are wet.
 The properties of the materials are as follows:

 Cement : Type I, specific gravity = 3.15

 Coarse Aggregate: Bulk specific gravity (SSD) = 2.70;
absorption capacity = 1.1%; dry-rodded unit weight = 105 lb/ft3
surface moisture = 1%
 Fine Aggregate: Bulk specific gravity (SSD) = 2.67; absorption
capacity = 1.3%; fineness modulus = 2.70;
surface moisture = 1.5%  Step 3. Maximum aggregate size. Given: 1 inch

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Step 4. Estimation of mixing water and air content. From Step 5. Water/cement ratio. From Table3, the estimate
Table 2, the recommended air content is 1.5%; the water for required w/c ratio to give a 28-day strength of 4,000
requirement is 325 lb/yd3. lb/in2 is 0.57.

Maximum aggregate size (in)

28 day Compressive Non-AE
28-day Non AE AE
Slump(in) 0.375 0.5 0.75 1 1.5 2 3 6
350 335 315 300 275 260 220 190
Strength (psi)
1 to 2
3 to 4 385 365 340 325
325 300 285 245 210 2,000 0.82 0.74
6 to 7 410 385 360 340 315 300 270 -
3,000 0.68 0.59
Air Content 3.0% 2.5% 2.0% 1.5% 1.0% 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 4,000 0.57 0.48
5,000 0.48 0.40
6,000 0.41

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 Step 6. Calculation of cement content. Based on steps 4
and 5, the required cement content is: Step 7. Estimation of coarse aggregate content.
Interpolating Table 4 for the fineness modulus of the fine
aggregate of 2.70

325 lb / yd 3
 570 lb / yd
d3
Fineness Modulus
weight of cement  Max Aggregate (in) 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3
0.57 0.375 0.50 0.49 0.48 0.47 0.46 0.45 0.44
0.500 0.59 0.58 0.57 0.56 0.55 0.54 0.53
0.750 0.66 0.65 0.64 0.63 0.62 0.61 0.60
1.000 0.71 0.70 0.69 0.68 0.67 0.66 0.65
1.500 0.75 0.74 0.73 0.72 0.71 0.70 0.69
2.000 0.78 0.77 0.76 0.75 0.74 0.73 0.72
3.000 0.82 0.81 0.80 0.79 0.78 0.77 0.76
6.000 0.87 0.86 0.85 0.84 0.83 0.82 0.81
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 The coarse aggregate will occupy:
 Step 8. Estimation of fine aggregate content by the
18.36 ft
3
0.68  27ft
3
 absolute volume method.
yd 3 yd 3
 Water: 325 lb/62.4 lb/ft3 = 5.21 ft3
Value from
T bl 4
Table  Cement: 570 lb/(3
lb/(3.15
15 x 62
62.4
4 lb/ft3) = 2.90
2 90 ft3

 The OD weight of the coarse aggregate  Coarse Aggregate: 1,928 lb/(2.70 x 62.4 lb/ft3) = 11.44 ft3

18.36ft  105 lb 1,928 lb

3
  Air: 1.5% x 27ft3/yd3 = 0.41 ft3
yd 3 ft 3 yd 3
Total 19.96 ft3
Dry-Rodded
Unit Weight

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 Therefore, the fine aggregate must occupy a volume of:  Step 9. Adjustment for moisture in the aggregate.

27 ft 3  19.96 ft 3  7.04 ft 3 The weight of aggregate from the stock pile is:

WeightStock Pile WeightOD 1  MC 

 The SSD weight of the fine aggregate is:
The change in the weight water due to the moisture of
the aggregate from the stock pile is:
7.04 ft  2.67  62.4lb
3
 1,173 lb
ft 3 WeightWater  WeightOD SM 
Specific Gravity
of Fine Aggregate Unit Weight
of Water Adjusted WeightWater WeightWater  WeightWater

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 Step 9. Compute stockpile weight based on moisture  Step 9. Adjust the amount of water based on moisture
content content

 Fine aggregate required from the stockpile is: The required mixing water required is:
325 lb - 1173 lb (0.015)
(0 015)  fine aggregate
1,173 lb (1 + 0.028) = 1,206 lb/yd3

Moisture Content 2.8% Moisture Content 2.1% Surface moisture 1.5%

 Coarse aggregate required from the stockpile is: - 1,928 lb (0.01)  coarse aggregate

1,928 lb (1 + 0.021) = 1,968 lb/yd3 = 288 lb/yd3

Surface moisture 1%
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 Thus the estimated batch weights per yd3 are:

Water = 288 lb
Cement = 570 lb
Coarse aggregate (wet) = 1,968 lb
Fine aggregate (wet) = 1,206 lb

 Total = 4,031 lb/yd3

= 149.3 lb/ft3