Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Structures
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Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Structures Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Structures (subject code 2732004) as prescribed for C(E · Semester 3 divides the course into 4 units, covering 22 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 (2732004)Unit 1 Durability of concrete
- Factors affecting durability of concrete
- Corrosion of reinforcements in concrete
- Chloride ingress
- Alkali-silica reaction
- Freeze-thaw effects
- Chemical attack
- erosion and cavitation
- Weathering and efflorescence
Unit 2 Defects and deterioration in buildings, Survey and assessment of structural
- conditions in RCC structures
- Damage/condition assessment and various methods (for quantification) for its evaluation
- Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) and ways to do RVS of damaged/deteriorated structures
- Overview of health monitoring techniques
Unit 3 Non-destructive testing of concrete quality, Non-destructive testing of
- connections in steel
- Corrosion assessment in reinforcements in RCC elements and components in steel structures
- Design principles
- techniques and working mechanism various instruments used for NDT evaluations (for strength
- durability etc.) like Rebound Hammer, UPV, impact echo etc
- Technology used in various advanced instruments like Imaging techniques, GPR, Thermography
- Tomography etc
Unit 4 Materials for repairs, rehabilitation and retrofitting processes, Methods for
- rehabilitation and retrofitting including surface preparation
- Study of failures of buildings and lesson learnt
- Role of quality control in construction as Preventive measures Maintenance of buildings
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