Concrete Technology
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Concrete Technology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Concrete Technology (subject code 2140608) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 4 divides the course into 8 units, covering 69 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 (2140608)Unit 1 Introduction of concrete, Historic development,
- Composition of concrete
- Advantages of concrete over other materials
- Advances and future trends in concrete
- Overview of Sustainability and Concrete development
Unit 2 Concrete Making Materials
- 2.1 Cement: Chemical composition
- Hydration of cement
- structure of hydrated cement
- Tests on cement ( special cements
- water chemical admixtures. 2.2 Aggregates: Classification
- IS specifications
- Methods of combining aggregates
- specified gradings
- Testing of aggregates. 2.3 Water – General requirements & limiting values of impurtities
Unit 3 Fresh Concrete
- Properties of fresh concrete
- Definition and Measurement methods of workability as per IS and ASTM standards
- factors affecting 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 (Tensile & Compressive strength
- Flexural & Bond strength)
- standard test methods as per IS and ASTM
- Failure mechanism under compression & tension
- Stress- strain behaviour of concrete
- Overview of Modulus of elasticity
- Dimensional stability –Creep & Shrinkage
Unit 5 Durability & Permeability of concrete
- Causes of deterioration in concrete and durability problems
- Factors affecting durability
- Transport mechanism of gases & fluids in concrete
- Cracking & causes of cracking
- Carbonation induced & corrosion induced cracking
- Alkali-aggregate reaction
- Degradation by freeze & thaw
- Sulphate attack
- Durability under sea-water (marine environment)
Unit 6 Mix design of Concrete
- Principles of concrete mix design
- Parameters and factors influencing mix 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
- advanced cement based composites
- Fibre reinforced concrete
- Polymer modified concrete
- Self-compacting concrete
- Light weight concrete
- High strength concrete
- Light- weight & heavy weight concrete
- High volume fly ash concrete
- Special concreting methods: Pumped concrete
- Ready mix concrete
- Under-water concreting
- Hot & cold weather concreting
- Precast concrete
Unit 8 Miscellaneous Topics
- Non-Destructive testing of 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
- Pull out tests
- Overview of Fracture Mechanics – Origin of fracture mechanics
- Understanding the quassi-brittle nature of concrete
- Failure of concrete under low stress
- Micro— cracking
- crack propagation
- stress concentration at openings
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