Comments on: Quantity of Cement and Sand Calculation in Mortar

By: Arman Sheikh

Arman Sheikh — Sat, 02 May 2020 22:52:57 +0000

In reply to Sreenivas Tummala. very well explained sir.

By: Tanmoy Kar

Tanmoy Kar — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 06:36:25 +0000

CAN YOU POST THE FOUNDATION LAYOUT EARTHWORK CALCULATION

By: Mullenga Nyaba

Mullenga Nyaba — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 15:42:00 +0000

You are making us who are dealing with construction knowledgeable almost every day, keep it up

By: Sreenivas Tummala

Sreenivas Tummala — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 06:19:20 +0000

It was very simply explained and can comes to aid for field engineers. But the crux of this calculation is finding the voids, here i will explain you a simple and useful way to find the voids in sand.

Take a small container with uniform shape from bottom to top(say a dia of 15cm) and measure the depth of the container say X, now fill the container with sand using a trowel. After the container was filled completely, start pouring water and tap the sand with 12 mm rod uniformly all over the container till the water reaches the top of the container. Allow the sand in the container to settle for 10 minutes, now measure the distance above the sand and upto the top of the container say Y. Now we can get the percentage of voids with this simple formula (100/X)*Y.

Once we get the voids percentage we can calculate the cement and sand required for various cement mortars.

By: Jey Kumar

Jey Kumar — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 06:55:55 +0000

thanks

By: Deependra Agrawal

Deependra Agrawal — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:42:36 +0000

Thanks

By: Amrit Paul

Amrit Paul — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:44:53 +0000

Thanks…good explanation..

By: Munish Kashyap

Munish Kashyap — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:42:10 +0000

Exelent