Advanced Concrete Technology
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Advanced Concrete Technology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Advanced Concrete Technology (subject code 3721417) as prescribed for C(EA · Semester 2 divides the course into 6 units, covering 39 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 (3721417)Unit 1 Introduction
- Sustainable Development concept
- Introduction of Recent advances in Concrete Technology
- Sustainable Construction Practices: world scenario
Unit 2 Supplementing Cement Materials (SCMs)
- Review of types covering pulverized fuel ash, ground granulated blast furnaces slag and silica fume
- Rice husk Ash, manufacture
- physical characteristics
- effects on properties of concretes
- Admixtures: Plasticizers
- Super plasticizers
- Curing compounds and their effects on properties of concrete
- Epoxy resins and screeds for rehabilitation – Properties and Applications
Unit 3 Concrete Mix Design
- Review of methods and philosophies
- mix design for special purposes Ready Mixed Concrete Types of plant
- truck mixer efficiency
- effects of prolonged agitation
- quality control: acceptance and compliance
Unit 4 Special Concretes
- High performance concrete
- High Strength concrete
- fiber reinforced concrete
- Light weight concrete
- High density and radiation shielding concrete
- High volume fly ash concrete and self-compacting concrete
- Ferro-cement concrete
- Pumped Concrete
- Roller Compacted Concrete
- polymer concrete
Unit 5 Sustainable Construction Concrete
- Green Concrete
- Geo Polymer Concrete
- Reactor Powder Concrete
- Recycled concrete
- Slag Cement and health assessment of concrete
Unit 6 Subject Code
- AY 2018-19 6 Durability of Concrete Durability concept
- pore structure and transport processes
- corrosion resistance
- fire resistance
- frost damage
- sulfate attack
- alkali silica reaction
- short term tests to assess long term behaviour
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