Get all the fundamentals for designing the proper concrete mix to satisfy performance requirements. This step-by-step approach offers a systematic way to get the right mix to meet your specifications.

This comprehensive, self-contained training program explores how to select mix characteristics based on intended use, exposure conditions, size and shape of an element, and physical properties of the concrete, including strength and durability. It also covers proportioning materials to achieve the desired properties according to the absolute volume method detailed in ACI 211. Interactive mix design examples provide the opportunity to apply what you learn.

Part of a series of distance learning programs developed by concrete durability expert, Michael Thomas, professor of civil engineering at the University of New Brunswick and Michelle L. Wilson, concrete engineer with the Portland Cement Association’s Education and Training Department.

Design the Correct Mix

Introduction to Concrete Mix Design is an excellent learning or reference tool for ready-mix concrete producers, cement QC and technical personnel, engineering students, specifiers, and other design professionals dealing with the use of concrete as a building material.

Topics include:

• Selecting mix characteristics based on the most economical and practical combination of readily available materials to produce a concrete that will satisfy the performance requirements including:
  • workability
  • placement conditions
  • strength
  • durability
  • appearance
  • economy
• Proportioning materials to achieve desired properties using the absolute volume method detailed in ACI 211
  • Determining w/c
  • Coarse Aggregate Requirements
  • Air Content
  • Water Content
  • Cement Content
  • Cement Type
  • Admixture Effects
  • Fine Aggregate Requirements
  • Moisture Corrections
  • Trial Mixes
• Mix Design example problems.
  

 
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