Concrete Mix Design (Circle Graph) - Casio fx-7400G PLUS Booklet

AR-3 Concrete Mix Design (Circle Graph)
Exercise 3
The materials produced by a concrete mix design are shown below.
Use a graphic scientific calculator to draw a graph of this mixture.
Coarse Slump
Aggregate
Maximum
Size
mm cm
[ ] [
25 7.5
Explanation
Creating a graph of concrete material unit weights provides a visual overview of percent-
ages of each material. The common way to do this is using a bar graph, like the one
shown below.
Air
The following operation uses a graphic calculator to produce a circle graph of the above
data.
Operation
uExpression Input
From the Main Menu, enter the STAT Mode.
After making sure the cursor is located in line 1 of
List 1, input the following data.
w
15
w
183
w
98
w
296
w
408
Air Water/ Fine
Content Cement Aggregate
Ratio Ratio
W C s a
/ /
] [ ] [ ] [ ]
5 50 41
Unit Weight Sample Graph
Concrete 1 m
Water Cement
(Fine)
15 183 98
(183) (311)
Mixture Table
Unit Weight [
Water Cement Admixture
W C F
183 311 0
3
(1000l)
Aggregate
(Coarse)
296
(761)
– 53 –
kg/m 3
]
Coarse
Admixture
Fine
G
Aggregate
Agent
Aggregate
mm 5 mm
S g/m
[
mm 40 mm
761 1065
408 [l]
(1065) [kg]
3
]
25