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© 2014 IJEDR | Volume 2, Issue 3 | ISSN: 2321-9939
Comparative Study of Concrete Mix Design by

Adding Various Types of Admixtures
Jay H Shah, Sachin B Shah
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Abstract - Concrete reserved their seat in today’s modern materials. Concrete is a material used in building construction,
consisting of a fine aggregate and a coarse aggregate that is bonded by cement and water with various types of admixtures
which are available in market or from the waste materials. A mix design procedure for high-performance concrete mixes
has been presented in this paper. Since economical parameters and compressive strength are fundamental properties of
concrete in two different stages of production, the correlation between costing parameters and compressive strength has
been used instead of using water-cement ratio versus compressive strength relationship. If we maintain the water-cement
ratio and by adding various types of admixtures in concrete we can improve the compressive strength of concrete and also
get more strength which will be very economical. In the proposed method, the designer is able to estimate parameters like
compressive strength and economical costing at the design stage for a given target strength, in addition to ingredients of
concrete.
Keywords - Concrete mix design, Economical Admixtures Steel fiber, glass fiber, SBR-Latex Rice straw, Pieces of cement
bags
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I. INTRODUCTION
The process of selecting suitable ingredients of concrete and determining their relative amounts with an objective of producing
a concrete of required strength, durability, and workability as economically as possible is termed as concrete mix design. Here we
are doing concrete mix design of M25 grade by adding various types of admixtures and get more strength as well as it’s become
economical mix design as far as cost is concern.
II. ADMIXTURES
 A material, other than cement, water, fine and coarse aggregates that is added in small quantity to the concrete, either
before or during mixing
 An optional ingredient added to achieve specific engineering properties of concrete
 Capable of improving the properties of fresh as well as hardened concrete that cannot be achieved economically by any
other means
 Used to modify the properties of ordinary concrete so as to make it more suitable for any situation and applications
Important Reasons for using Admixtures

 Reducing the cost construction
 Save the cement
 Developed high strength and durability
 It is make the concrete from normal to special concrete
 Ensure the all types of quality; maintain finishing, mixing, strength towards the climate conditions.
1. Steel Fiber
Steel fibres are filaments of wire, which can use as admixtures. Steel fibers are a material of wastage of steels and make small
pieces from the whole rode of steel. It is also called as solid admixtures.
Applications
 cellar walls
 liquid tight floors
 joint less floors on
 industrial floors vibro
 foundation slabs
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Fig 1 Photo-2-Steel Fiber

2. Glass Fibre
Glass fibres also called fiberglass. It is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass glass fibers is a lightweight, extremely
strong, and robust material. Although strength properties are somewhat lower than carbon fibre and it is less stiff, the material is
typically far less brittle, and the raw materials are much less expensive. Its bulk strength and weight properties are also very
favourable when compared to metals, and it can be easily formed using moulding processes.
Fig 2 Photo-3-glass Fiber

3. SBR LATEX (Bonding Admixture)
SBR LATEX is a carboxylate styrene butadiene copolymer latex admixture that is designed as an cement bonding agents and
concrete to improve bond strength, tensile strength, compressive strength and chemical resistance. It is also use as waterproofing
agent
Features / Benefits
 Improves bond strength
 Increases durability under freeze/thaw cycling
 Resistant to dicing salts
 Reduces cracking Increases mortar wear resistance under rubber wheeled traffic
 Increases mortar tensile strength
Fig 3 Photo:4 SBR Latex
Fig 4 Graph of SBR latex admixture

4. Economical Admixtures
Rice Straw and Pieces of Cement Bags:

 It’s an economical admixture which is use in concrete mix design and gets more strength.
 Pieces of cement bags is one the most economical admixtures which can give more strength with lower cost.
 There are many types of economical admixtures used in day to day life like E-WASTE materials ( cds, roll of cameras
etc..)
 By adding various types of admixtures in the concrete we can improve the strength and also design a concrete in lower
budget by using economical admixtures.
Fig 5 Photo-5-Rice Straw

III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
60
50
40 STEEL FIBER
GLASS WOOL
30
SBR LATEX
20 RICE STRAW
PICES OF CEMENT BAGS
10
0
3 days 7 days 28 days
Fig 6 Graph of comparision
Comparison Table of Admitures
NAME OF 3 DAYS 7 DAYS 28 COST OF M25 M15

ADIMXTURES DAYS ADMIXTURES strength strength
28 days 28 days
STEEL 28.33 31.69 49.84 125/kg 49.84 33.22
FIBERS
GLASS WOOL 14.07 20.20 25.72 50/125gm 25.72 17.14
SBR LATEX 27.86 37.73 40.01 150/lit 40.01 26.67
RICE STRAW 25.03 30.09 35.80 ECONOMICAL 35.80 23.86
ADMIXTURES
CEMENT 20.83 24.53 30.91 ECONOMICAL 30.91 20.60
BAGS PIECES ADMIXTURES
IV. CONCLUSION
As per the results steel fibre give more strength to the concrete but its cost is higher, so instead of steel fibre we can use the rice
straw and pieces of cement bags and get enough strength.
Here we are getting more strength than the require strength in M25 grade so we can reduce the grade like M15 and get the target
strength. We take
Target strength: 30
Thus, for target strength: 30 we can use this type of mix design by adding various types of admixtures in grade of M15 and mix
design become economical

REFERENCES
[1] IS 456:2000: plain and reinforced concrete-code of practice
[2] Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly 4/15/2013 Corn, Wheat & Rice Trash Make Concrete
Stronger
[3] M.S shetty: concrete technology theory and practice
[4] Study of mix design of self-compacting concrete on M30 grade, Raghuveer , Griet
[5] http://www.hawksconstruwell.com/ :SBR Latex product
[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_fiber :glass fiber

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© 2014 IJEDR | Volume 2, Issue 3 | ISSN: 2321-9939

Comparative Study of Concrete Mix Design by

Important Reasons for using Admixtures

IJEDR1403045 International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (www.ijedr.org) 3190

Fig 1 Photo-2-Steel Fiber

Fig 2 Photo-3-glass Fiber

Fig 3 Photo:4 SBR Latex

Fig 4 Graph of SBR latex admixture

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Fig 5 Photo-5-Rice Straw

Comparison Table of Admitures

NAME OF 3 DAYS 7 DAYS 28 COST OF M25 M15

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