Tensile Strength Conversion Sheet for Slab on Grade Fiber Dosage Calculations

Instructions: Select the desired Units of Measurement from the "pull-down" menu.

input required data

Fill in the required information in the "yellow" shaded blocks.

constants - change only if necessary

calculated data
final dosage requirements

Note: This spreadsheet is only valid for

WWM and steel designs where the
thickness of the slab will support the
loading conditions and the steel is located
in the top half of the slab only.

Required Information:

Units of Measurement
Metric Units

Project Description: slab on grade construction

Reinforcing Details: W2.9 WWM on 4" slab mid depth

bar diameter

0.1920 mm*

bar spacing

6.0 mm

Slab Thickness, t
concrete compressive strength, f'c

4.0 mm

typical steel strength, fy

4000 MPa
60000 MPa

* - for information related to wire and bar sizings, please refer to chart on Tab 2 (tab below)
Minimum requirements:
PCA (note: other documents may provide different minimums)
Minimum % of reinforcing steel for shrinkage reinforcing
Q. is the steel ratio provided greater than the minimum?

Unit width of measure, b

Area of steel provided, As

4.825 mm2/m

Steel reinforcing ratio,

0.121 %

0.100
yes

1000 mm
Estimated concrete flexural strength (change if necessary)
Spread Tensile Strength provided by steel reinforcing, f wwm
Re3 value required to match spread tensile strength

Required Volume of TUF-STRAND SF to match:

17.6 kg/m3

**

47.4
62.9
198.9

** - Conversion of fiber dosage from required

performance established from ASTM C 1018 testing

Estimated cost of TUF-STRAND SF solution

Cost Estimator:

Area of slab
Price of TUF-STRAND SF (installed)* $

465 m2
4.00 /kg

0.28 / m2

compare this price to the fully installed WWM or steel option

NOTICE: Be sure that all manual entries are in the correct units and values as this will have a significant impact on the final dosage and cost.

The value of the TUF-STRAND SF dosage may be adjusted if necessary (depending upon the mixing, safety and performance requirements).
This spreadsheet is only valid to calculated dosage rates up to 11.5 lbs/yd.
NOTE: The solutions provided are to be treated as a recommendation only.
- For more information, please contact The Euclid Chemical Company at 1-800-321-7628.
Notations:
f'c

compressive strength of concrete, psi (Mpa)

fy

yield strength of reinforcing steel, psi (Mpa)

As

Area of steel per unit area* - Usually expressed per ft length if b is set to 12 in, in 2/ft (mm2/m)

height (thickness) of cross section, in (mm)

unit width of cross section* - Usually set to 12 in if steel is expressed in in 2/ft (1000 mm)

fwwm

Spread tensile strength provided by steel reinforcing, psi (Mpa)

Re3

Post-crack performance as percentage of flexural strength for fiber reinforced concrete

ASTM C 1018 - Flexural Toughness of Fiber Reinforced Concrete (using beam under third point loading)

age Calculations

e only if necessary

rements

n Tab 2 (tab below)

MPa
MPa
%

from required
ASTM C 1018 testing

M or steel option

WWM and Reinforcing Bar Size Chart

Input the corresponding value of "bar diameter" into the appropriate shaded box on the slab design page.
Converted Values are shown for each chart (Imperial vs metric)
Imperial Units (US)

Metric Units

Reinforcing Bars

Reinforcing Bars

bar size

bar diameter bar diameter

(in)

(mm)

#3 (3/8")

0.375

9.5

#4 (1/2")

0.5

#5 (5/8")
#6 (3/4")

bar diameter bar diameter

(mm)

(in)

10M

11.3

0.44

12.7

15M

16.0

0.63

0.625

15.9

20M

19.5

0.77

0.75

19.1

25M

25.2

0.99

Welded Wire Mesh

wire size

bar size

Welded Wire Mesh

bar diameter bar diameter

(in)

(mm)

W1.4 (10 Ga.)

0.134

3.40

W1.5

0.138

3.51

W1.7 (9 Ga.)

0.148

W2.0

wire size

bar diameter bar diameter

(mm)

(in)

MW 9.1 (W1.4)

3.40

0.134

MW11.1 (W1.7)

3.76

0.148

3.76

MW 13.3 (W2.1)

3.80

0.150

0.160

4.06

MW 16.0 (W2.5)

4.52

0.178

W2.1 (8 Ga.)

0.162

4.11

MW 18.7 (W2.9)

4.88

0.192

W2.5 (7 Ga.)

0.178

4.52

MW 19.2 (W3.0)

4.95

0.195

W2.9 (6 Ga.)

0.192

4.88

MW 22.6 (W3.5)

5.36

0.211

W3

0.195

4.95

MW 25.8 (W4.0)

5.74

0.226

5 Ga.

0.207

5.26

MW 28.9 (W4.5)

6.07

0.239

W3.5

0.211

5.36

MW 32.3 (W5.0)

6.40

0.252

W4 (4 Ga.)

0.226

5.74

MW35.5 (W5.5)

6.73

0.265

W4.5

0.239

6.07

MW 38.7 (W6.0)

7.01

0.276

3 Ga.

0.244

6.20

MW42.1 (W6.5)

7.32

0.288

W5.0

0.252

6.40

MW 45.2 (W7.0)

7.60

0.299

2 Ga.

0.263

6.68

MW 48.4 (W7.5)

7.85

0.309

W5.5

0.265

6.73

MW 51.6 (W8.0)

8.10

0.319

W6 .0

0.276

7.01

1 Ga.

0.283

7.19

W6.5

0.288

7.32

W7.0

0.299

7.59

W7.5

0.309

7.85

W8 .0

0.319

8.10

shaded blocks denote more common wire sizings