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Concrete Tech for Civil Engineers

This document outlines the syllabus for a Concrete Technology course. The course covers topics like concrete materials, chemical and mineral admixtures, mix design, properties of fresh and hardened concrete, durability, and special concretes over 6 units. It also lists textbooks and the evaluation scheme.

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Concrete Tech for Civil Engineers

This document outlines the syllabus for a Concrete Technology course. The course covers topics like concrete materials, chemical and mineral admixtures, mix design, properties of fresh and hardened concrete, durability, and special concretes over 6 units. It also lists textbooks and the evaluation scheme.

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Department of Civil Engineering

CED-205

Concrete Technology

Credits (L:T:P): (3:0:1) Instructor: Dr. Sumedha Moharana

Unit 1 Concrete Materials 4 Types of material, Cement : cement production, composition, and properties; cement chemistry; Types of cements; special cements. Aggregates: mineralogy; properties, types of aggregates tests and standards. Brief idea about laboratory tests meant for cement and aggregate. Unit 2 Chemical and mineral admixtures: 4 Water reducers, air entrainers, set controllers, specialty Admixtures - structure properties, and effects on concrete properties. Introduction to supplementary cementing materials and pozzolans. Fly ash, blast furnace slag, silica fume, and metakaolin - their production, properties and effects on concrete properties. Other mineral additives - reactive and inert. Unit 3 Concrete Mix Design 3 Mix Design - factors influencing mix proportion - Mix design by ACI method and I.S. code method - Design of high strength concrete.

Unit 4 Properties of fresh and hardened concrete 6

Workability, Factors affecting workability, type of tests. Water cement ratio, gain of strength with age, effect of maximum size of aggregate, relationship between compressive and tensile strength, high strength concrete, high performance concrete. Elasticity, shrinkage and creep of concrete.

Unit 5 Durability of concrete 3

Introduction to durability; relation between durability and permeability. Chemical attack of concrete; corrosion of steel rebars; other durability issues.
Unit 6 Special concrete 3

Lightweight concrete. high density concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting, polymer concrete.

Text Books 1. Concrete Technology: M. L. Gambhir 2. Properties of concrete: A.M. Neville Reference Books: 1. Concrete Technology: M. S. Shetty

Evaluation Scheme: Minor Exam I Minor Exam II Quizzes Major Exam


Passing Mark: 40%

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