Wednesday 25 May 2022

How to calculate Cement and Water quantity for cement grouting - Er. C B Singh

How to calculate the Cement and Water quantity for cement grout

If the proportion of grout is given, the short-cut calculation has been developed, called as CBS FACTOR, the calculation has been shown below…….

 

Cement Quantity= Grout in Litres/CBSFACTOR (Cement Qty. in                                                                                                                         Bags)

Water Quantity = Cement Quantity X proportion of water (Water Qty. in Litres)

 

 

Where,

CBS FACTOR = 65.66 for 1:1 (one cement and one water)

                          = 60.66 for 1:0.9 (one cement and 0.9 water)

                          =55.66 for 1:0.8 (one cement and 0.8 water)

                          =45.66 for 1:0.6 (one cement and 0.6 water)

                          =40.66 for 1:0.5 (one cement and 0.5 water)

                         

          From above formula, we can calculate the quantity of cement bags and water in litres instantly with simple division or multiplication.

 

For example….

For Proportion of grout is 1:0.5 for 1000 Litres grout, the Quantity of Cement and Water have been calculated…

Cement Qty. = 1000/40.66=24.59 bags X 50 =1229.71 kgs

 Water Qty. = 1229.71X0.5 = 614.85 Litres

The above calculation can be verified using mathematical technique.

 

Note- These formulas are for plane grout, no chemical and add mixtures are added.