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Fuller - Estimation of Cement Sand and Gravel

The document discusses Fuller's Formula, an easy way to estimate cement, sand, and gravel volumes for concrete proportioning in the field. It provides the formulas to calculate the number of cement bags (C) and volumes of sand (S) and gravel (G) needed per cubic meter of concrete based on their cement-sand-gravel ratio. An example calculation is shown for a proposed concrete pavement project requiring 15,680 cement bags, 800 cubic meters of sand, and 1,760 cubic meters of gravel.

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Fuller - Estimation of Cement Sand and Gravel

The document discusses Fuller's Formula, an easy way to estimate cement, sand, and gravel volumes for concrete proportioning in the field. It provides the formulas to calculate the number of cement bags (C) and volumes of sand (S) and gravel (G) needed per cubic meter of concrete based on their cement-sand-gravel ratio. An example calculation is shown for a proposed concrete pavement project requiring 15,680 cement bags, 800 cubic meters of sand, and 1,760 cubic meters of gravel.

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Estimation of Cement, Sand, and Gravel in Construction

In the estimation of cement, sand, and gravel volumes for concrete proportioning, we use the Fuller's
Formula. This is an easy way to get a rough estimate in case you are in the field.

FULLER'S FORMULA

Let:

C = number of bags of cement per cubic meter of concrete work (bag/m3)


S = volume of sand per cubic meter of concrete work (m3 of sand /m3)
G = volume of gravel per cubic meter of concrete work (m3 of gravel /m3)
c,s,g = cement-sand-gravel ratio (relative amounts of solids by volume in a mixture)

C = 55 / (c+s+g)
S = 0.028*C*s
G = 0.028*C*g

The classes of concrete mixture depends on the cement-sand-gravel ratio (c:s:g).

Class A (1:2:4) = for beams, slabs, columns, all members subjected to bending
Class B (1:2.5:5) = member not reinforced for bending stress
Class C (1:3:6) = for footing (not under water)

Note: We use here 94 lbs Portland Cement per cubic meter of concrete.

Example:
Determine the number of bags of cement, sand, and gravel of a proposed concrete pavement whose
width and length are 100 m x 200 m. The thickness is 100 cm.

Given: Width = 100 m Length = 200 m Thickness = 0.1 m


Required: number of bags of cement, volume of sand, and volume of gravel

Solution:
Volume of concrete = 100 * 200 * 0.1 = 2000 m3
Pavement = Class A (1:2:4)

C = 55 / (c+s+g) = [ 55 / (1+2+4) ] * 2000 = 15,680 bags


S = 0.028*C*s = {0.028* [ 55 / (1+2+4) ] * 2 } * 2000 = 800 m3 of sand
G = 0.028*C*g = {0.028* [ 55 / (1+2+4) ] * 4 } * 2000 = 1760 m3 of gravel

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