Concrete Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Concrete Technology (subject code BE03006021) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 3 divides the course into 8 units, covering 80 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE03006021)Unit 1 General
- Early history of modern cement
- Composition of concrete
- Advantages of concrete over other materials
- Advances and future trends in concrete
- Overview of Sustainability and Concrete development
Unit 2 Ingredients of Concrete
- Cement: Manufacturing of modern cement
- Chemical composition
- Hydration of cement
- structure of hydrated cement
- Various types of cement
- Tests on cement
- Aggregates: Classification of aggregates
- IS specifications
- Physical and Mechanical properties of aggregates
- Effect of size
- shape and grading on concrete
- Sampling & Testing of aggregates Water – General requirements & limiting values of impurities
- Admixtures: Additives & Admixtures
- Functions of admixtures
- Classification of admixtures
- Mineral admixtures – Fly ash, silica fume
- GGBS and other pozzolanic materials
- Damp proofing and water proofing admixture
- Chemical Admixtures: Accelerators
- Water reducing admixtures
- Super plasticizers
- Dosage and application
Unit 3 Fresh Concrete
- Definition and Properties of fresh concrete
- Measurement of workability as per IS and ASTM standards
- Factors affecting workability
- Requirement of workability
- Segregation & Bleeding
- Slump loss
- Site preparations for concreting
- Finishing of concrete
- Curing & various methods of curing
Unit 4 Hardened Concrete
- Strengths of hardened concrete (Compressive &Tensile strength
- Flexural & Bond strength)
- standard test methods as per IS and ASTM
- Stress-strain behaviourof concrete
- Overview of Modulus of elasticity
- Failure mechanism under compression & tension
- Dimensional stability – Creep & Shrinkage
- Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Subject Code: BE03006021 Subject Name: Concrete Technology
Unit 5 Durability & Permeability of concrete
- Causes of deterioration in concrete and durability problems
- Factors affecting durability
- Cracking & causes of cracking
- Carbonation induced & corrosion induced cracking
- Alkali- aggregate reaction
- Degradation by freeze & thaw
- Sulphate attack
- Durability under sea-water (marine environment)
- Problems in mass concrete and controlling practices
Unit 6 Mix design of Concrete
- Objectives & Principles of concrete mix design
- Parameters and factors influencingmix design
- Indian Standard methods of mix design
- Acceptability criteria
- variability of results
- Various provisions of IS code for sound concrete
Unit 7 Special concrete and Concreting methods
- High strength concrete
- High performance concrete
- Fiber reinforced concrete
- Bacterial concrete
- Polymer modified concrete
- Geopolymer concrete Self-compacting concrete
- Light weight concrete
- High density concrete
- High volume fly ash concrete
- Special concreting methods: Pumped concrete
- Ready mix concrete
- Under-water concreting
- Hot & cold weather concreting
- pre-placed concrete
Unit 8 Non-Destructive Testing of in–Situ Concrete
- Introduction to Destructive
- Semi- destructive & Non- destructive testing methodology
- Problems faced during Non- destructive evaluation
- Test methods like Rebound Hammer test
- Ultra-sonic pulse velocity
- Penetration tests
- Carbonation and Pull-out tests
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