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Contractor: Quality Construction Co.
Project: County Road 443
Source of Concrete: Ready Mix Concrete
Project Type: LC-HPC Bridge Deck
Placement Type: Conventional
S.G.
3.20
1.00
2.64
2.64
2.63
1.01
1.20
1 The blend percentage indicated (by weight) is listed separately for cementitious materials and aggregates.
Total Water Content (including water in admixtures), lb
Water / Cementitious Material Ratio:
Concrete Unit Weight, pcf
Target Slump, in.
Paste Content, percent
Workability Factor (WF) Target: 35.0 Actual: 27.4
Coarseness Factor (CF) Target: 60.5 Actual: 57.8
Prepared On:
Prepared By:
Jiqiu Yuan
Type I/II Cement / Cement Producer / 0% 0 lb #VALUE!
University of Kansas
CEAE Department
2150 Learned Hall
1530 W. 15th St.
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7609
Phone: 785.864.3885 Fax: 785.864.5631
CONCRETE MIX DESIGN
Material / Source or Designation / Blend1 Quantity (SSD) Yield, ft3
Water -1 lb -0.02
1-1/2" PCCP GMQ / CA-6 / 29.03% 1186 lb 7.20
3/4" GMQ / CA-5 / 24.16% 987 lb 5.99
Midwest Concrete Materials / MA-2 / 46.82% 1913 lb 11.66
Total Air, percent 8% 2.16
Air Entraining Agent / Air R Us 4 fl oz (US) 0.00
Superplasticizer / Admixtures R Us 10 fl oz (US) 0.01
#VALUE!
0
0.45
151.3
3 ± 0.5
0.00%
2/5/14 10:35 PM
Combined Aggregate Details Blend Blend CF WF(CF)
(by Weight) (by Volume) 75 32.91
Aggregates: 1-1/2" PCCP GMQ -- CA-6 29.0% 29.0% 70 33.55
3/4" GMQ -- CA-5 24.2% 24.1% 60 35.00
Midwest Concrete Materials -- MA-2 46.8% 46.9% 50 36.55
40 38.07
30 39.43
Date: 100.0% 100.0% 20 40.50
Contractor: Quality Construction Co. 10 41.15
Project: County Road 443 0 41.25
CF WF(CF)
top 35.8 100.0 26.8 100.0 25.0
40.0 70.0 26.8 86.7 25.0
Nominal mm Optimum Actual Min Max lt 39.3 75.0 28.3 80.0 26.5
1.5" 37.5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 28.5 75.0 36.0 20.0 34.2
1" 25 4.9% 4.9% 2.0% 6.0% rt 43.5 45.0 36.8 10.0 35.0
3/4" 19 8.0% 7.8% 5.0% 18.0% 32.8 45.0 36.8 0.0 35.0
1/2" 12.5 10.4% 14.4% 8.0% 18.0%
3/8" 9.5 11.0% 10.0% 8.0% 18.0%
No. 4 4.75 10.8% 17.1% 8.0% 18.0% Percent Retained Chart Sieve Lines
No. 8 2.36 11.6% 10.1% 8.0% 18.0%
No. 16 1.18 12.4% 12.2% 8.0% 18.0% 37.5 37.5 0 0.4
No. 30 0.6 12.6% 9.4% 8.0% 15.0% 25 25 0 0.4
No. 50 0.3 11.1% 9.9% 5.0% 15.0% 19 19 0 0.4
No. 100 0.15 7.2% 4.2% 0.0% 10.0% 12.5 12.5 0 0.4
No. 200 0.075 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0% 9.5 9.5 0 0.4
pan NA 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0% 4.75 4.75 0 0.4
2.36 2.36 0 0.4
Workability Factor (WF)*: Target: 35.0 Actual: 1.18 1.18 0 0.4
Coarseness Factor (CF): Target: 60.5 Actual: 0.6 0.6 0 0.4
*Including a -8.3 correction due to a low cementitious material content 0.3 0.3 0 0.4
0.15 0.15 0 0.4
Combined Fineness Modulus: 5.27 0.075 0.075 0 0.4
Model Parameters:
February 5, 2014
Sieves OpeningsCombined Gradation Actual Gradation
Pass/FailPercent Retained Limits
PASS
PASS
PASS
PASS
PASS
PASS
PASS
PASS
PASS
trend lines
Modified Coarseness Factor Chart
PASS
PASS
PASS
Percent Retained Chart
PASS
27.4
57.8
2 to 6 percent retained on the
25 mm (1.0 in.) sieve.
20
25
30
35
40
45
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Coarseness Factor
Optimum WF & CF Actual WF & CF
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Sieve Opening (mm)
Optimum Gradation Actual Gradation
KDOT LC-HPC KDOT LC-HPC
No. 200
No. 50
No. 16
No. 4
3/8
"
3/4
"
No. 100
No. 30
No. 8
1.5
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Individual Aggregate Details Blend
(by Weight)
Aggregates: 1-1/2" PCCP GMQ -- CA-6 29.0%
3/4" GMQ -- CA-5 24.2%
Midwest Concrete Materials -- MA-2 46.8%
Date:
Contractor: Quality Construction Co.
Project: County Road 443
Nominal mm CA-6 CA-5 MA-2 Number of Aggregates 5
1.5" 37.5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
1" 25 17.0% 0.0% 0.0%
3/4" 19 27.0% 0.0% 0.0%
1/2" 12.5 28.0% 26.0% 0.0%
3/8" 9.5 13.0% 26.0% 0.0%
No. 4 4.75 15.0% 45.0% 4.0%
No. 8 2.36 0.0% 3.0% 20.0%
No. 16 1.18 0.0% 0.0% 26.0%
No. 30 0.6 0.0% 0.0% 20.0%
No. 50 0.3 0.0% 0.0% 21.0%
No. 100 0.15 0.0% 0.0% 9.0%
No. 200 0.075 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
pan NA 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
2.64 2.64 2.63
7.29 6.49 3.39
m
Blend
(by Volume)
29.0%
24.1%
46.9%
February 5, 2014
Sieves Openings Percent Retained (by weight) on Each Sieve
Aggregate Designation
Specific Gravity:
Fineness Modulus:
SUM
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35%
40%
45%
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3/8
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No
. 8
No
. 16
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. 30
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. 50
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. 10
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. 20
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Sieve Size
CA-6 CA-5 MA-2
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