(ASAP PLEASE) Design a concrete mix for the following conditions and constraints using the Absolute Volume Method. The material description are as follows:      I. Design Environment         i. Retaining Wall exposed to moderate sulfate exposure         ii. Required Design Compressive Strength = 27.6 MPa         iii. Standard Deviation of Compressive Strength of 1.8 MPa is expected (25 sample only)         iv. Minimum dimension = 200 mm         v. Minimum space between re-bars = 50 mm         vi. Minimum cover over re-bars = 50 mm         vii. Maximum Slump is required         viii. Only air entrained is allowed      II. Available Materials         i. Air Entrained – Manufacture Specification 5.5ml/1% air/100 kg cement (use maximum or +2% air                content)         ii. Coarse Aggregates                25 mm Nominal Maximum Aggregate Size                Rounded River Gravel (Note: apply water content reduction)                Bulk Oven-dry specific gravity = 2.65                Absorption = 0.2%                Moisture Content = 1.4%                Oven-dry Rodded Density = 1565 kg/m3         iii. Fine Aggregates                Natural Sand                Bulk Oven-dry specific gravity = 2.70                Absorption = 0.7%                Moisture Content = 1.6%                Fineness Modulus = 2.60 Determine the following: f. The workability requirement. g. The water content requirement. h. The cementing materials content requirement. i. The admixture requirement. j. The fine aggregate requirement. k. The moisture corrections.

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(ASAP PLEASE) Design a concrete mix for the following conditions and constraints using the Absolute Volume Method. The material description are as follows:      I. Design Environment         i. Retaining Wall exposed to moderate sulfate exposure         ii. Required Design Compressive Strength = 27.6 MPa         iii. Standard Deviation of Compressive Strength of 1.8 MPa is expected (25 sample only)         iv. Minimum dimension = 200 mm         v. Minimum space between re-bars = 50 mm         vi. Minimum cover over re-bars = 50 mm         vii. Maximum Slump is required         viii. Only air entrained is allowed      II. Available Materials         i. Air Entrained – Manufacture Specification 5.5ml/1% air/100 kg cement (use maximum or +2% air                content)         ii. Coarse Aggregates                25 mm Nominal Maximum Aggregate Size                Rounded River Gravel (Note: apply water content reduction)                Bulk Oven-dry specific gravity = 2.65                Absorption = 0.2%                Moisture Content = 1.4%                Oven-dry Rodded Density = 1565 kg/m3         iii. Fine Aggregates                Natural Sand                Bulk Oven-dry specific gravity = 2.70                Absorption = 0.7%                Moisture Content = 1.6%                Fineness Modulus = 2.60 Determine the following: f. The workability requirement. g. The water content requirement. h. The cementing materials content requirement. i. The admixture requirement. j. The fine aggregate requirement. k. The moisture corrections.
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