Concrete Mix Design

The procedure of determining optimum properties of various ingredients composing a concrete, which would finally yield the required workability and specified characteristic strength and durability is called ass Concrete Mix Design. Concrete is a composite material, which composes a number of ingredients. Its production is a set of operations.

Concrete Pumping

Mix Proportion of Concrete

Mix proportion of the concrete will give the relative quantities of materials used to get the final concrete. The concrete mix design primary step is the proportioning of each material. This is also called the design of a mix.

The proportioning of the ingredients of the concrete mixture is the primary and important phase of concrete technology. This determines the quality and economy requirements which are considered to be fundamental in concrete structural design.

We know the composition of concrete is cement, aggregates, and water. Then they are represented in mix proportion as cement: fine aggregate: coarse aggregate: and water. We convert the same to the form as 1: a: p: x;

Parameters Affecting mix Proportions