HTI, 10th of Ramadan City

, Six of October Branch

Civil Engineering Department
Properties and Testing of Materials (I)

2012/2013

Sheet 2

1. What are the requirements that must be met in the Concrete Aggregate in terms of :
Shape Surface condition Grading of Aggregate surface area- rate of fine materials
2. What is the harm of having mud and fine materials in the sand, and how can we get rid of them?
3. Draw curves show the relationship between surface area of aggregate and concrete compression strength
4. Whats meant by :
Fineness Modulus Coarse Aggregate Max. Aggregate size

5. The following table summarizes the weight retained on various sieves during the sieve analysis test
for two samples of fine and coarse aggregates, it is required:
a. Combine the two aggregates if the percentage of fine aggregate in the combined is 30 %.
b. Plot the grading curve for the combined aggregate.
c. Determine the maximum aggregate size and the fineness modulus for the combined aggregate.
d. Discuss the suitability of the combined aggregate to cast a concrete element with dimensions of 25
x 70 cm, knowing that the minimum spacing between reinforcement is 3 cm.
Sieve size, mm
Fine agg., gm
Coarse agg., gm

37.5

25

19

9.5

200

1800

2300

4.75
5
700

2.36
35

1.18
120

0.60
250

0.30
50

0.15
30

Pan
10

6. The following table summarizes the weight retained on the various sieves during the sieve analysis
test for two samples of fine and coarse aggregates, it is required to:
a. Plot the grading curves for fine and coarse aggregates samples.
b. Combine the two aggregates in the proportion of 1 to 2 of fine and coarse aggregates, respectively
and calculate the % passing for the combined aggregate (graphically and analytically).
c. Plot the grading curve for the combined aggregate.
d. Determine the maximum aggregate size and the fineness modulus for the combined aggregate.
Sieve size, mm
Fine agg., gm
Coarse agg., gm

37.5

25

19

9.5

20

1200

3450

4.75
10
1800

2.36
30

1.18
130

0.60
330

0.30
370

0.15
70

Pan
20

7. The following table summarizes the % passing on the various sieves during the sieve analysis test for
two samples of fine and coarse aggregates, it is required to determine the mixing proportion
(graphically and analytically) of fine and coarse aggregate to attain the required grading for the
combined aggregate.
Sieve size, mm
Fine agg. % pass
Coarse agg. % pass
Combined agg. % pass

37.5

25

19

9.5

100
100

100
100

100
100

30
40

4.75
100
10
30

2.36
90

1.18
75

0.60
40

0.30
20

0.15
10

25

15

10

8. The following table summarizes the % passing on the various sieves during the sieve analysis test for
two samples of aggregates, it is required to determine the mixing ratio to obtain a combined aggregate
complies with the specification limits shown in the table.
Sieve size, mm
Agg. (A) % pass
Agg. (B) % pass
Specification limits % pass

25
100
100
100

19
100
100
100

9.5
100
80
95-85

4.75
90
25
75-55

Best Wishes

2.36
35
20
35-25

1.18
15
10
10-15

0.60
10
5
10-5

0.30
3
0
2-3

0.15
2
0
0-2