Code: 4350605
Credits: 4
Semester 5
CIVIL
Advance Construction Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Advance Construction Technology (subject code 4350605) as prescribed for CIVIL · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 42 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 (4350605)Unit 1 Advanced Constructio n Materials
- 1.1. Innovation in building materials is an unceasing reality of our construction industry.
- 1.2. advanced building materials
- 1.2.1. Plastics and PVC
- 1.2.2. Ceramic products
- 1.2.3. Paints and Varnish
- 1.2.4. Materials for damp proofing, water proofing
- 1.2.5. Materials for anti-termite treatment
- 1.2.6. Glass and fiber 1.2.7.Steel and iron materials
- 1.2.8. Materials used for false ceiling
- 1.2.10. Concrete blocks
- 1.3. Admixtures and its Classification. 1.3.1.Admixtures and its benefits, Types of Admixtures - Accelerator and Retarder Plasticizer and Super Plasticizer Water roofing and Air entraining admixture
- 1.4. Use of Waste products and Industrial byproducts in bricks, blocks, concrete and mortar.
Unit 2 Miscellane ous machinerie s and Hoisting, Conveying Equipments
- 2.1. Purpose, advantages and disadvantages of Construction machinery.
- 2.2. Machineries used for earthwork and for other construction works. Mortar – Types & specific uses
- 2.2.1. Their details, special features, suitable uses, specifications.
Unit 3 Advanced Concreting methods and Equipments
- 3.1. Grouting, Guniting, Shotcrete: Terminology, applications, Materials, Proportioning and Properties, Dry- Mix Process, Wet- Mix Process, Auxiliary Equipment, Special Equipment, methods. Advanced Construction Technology Course Code: 4350605 above level) Topics and Sub-topics 3c.Ready Mix concrete: Necessity and use of Ready Mix Concrete. Production and equipment’s for RMC. 3d.Ready Mix Concrete plant. Conveying of RMC. Transit mixers- working and time of transportation. 3e.Workability and water cement ratio for RMC. Strength of RMC
- 3.2. Special Concrete: Properties, uses and procedure of Roller compacted concrete.
- 3.2.1. Properties and uses of High Impact Resisting concrete.
- 3.2.2. Properties, uses and constituents of Steel fiber reinforced concrete.
- 3.2.3. Percentage of steel fibers in SFRC.
- 3.2.4. Effect of size, aspect, ratio and percentage of steel fibers on strength of concrete.
- 3.3. Flat slab technology.
- 3.4. Tunnel Formwork System.
- 3.5. 3D Volumetric Construction.
- 3.6. Hybrid Concrete Construction.
- 3.7. Tremie method of underwater concreting: Procedure and equipment’s required for tremie method. Properties, workability and water cement ratio of the concrete required.
Unit 4 Advanced Technology in Constructio n
- 4.1. Construction of Bridges and flyover.
- 4.2. Equipment and machineries required for Foundation and Super structures of Bridges.
- 4.3. Construction of Multi storeyed buildings.
- 4.4. Equipments and machineries required for Construction of Multi storeyed buildings such as use of lifts, belt conveyors, pumping of concrete.
- 4.5. Equipments and machineries used for placing and jointing of pre fabricated elements.
- 4.6. Use of 3D Printing in Construction.
- 4.7. Strengthening of Embankments by soil reinforcing technique using geo synthetics
Unit 5 Drilling, Blasting
- 5.1. Drilling: Types, Drilling requirements, Selecting the drilling pattern for blasting Advanced Construction Technology Course Code: 4350605 above level) Topics and Sub-topics and Special Constructio n Explosive materials and precautions required in storage and in handling of explosives.
- 5.2. Effect of air pressure on drilling operation
- 5.3. Bentonite/ mud slurry in drilling
- 5.4. Factors affecting the selection of drilling method and equipment
- 5.5. Blasting: Explosives for blasting (Dynamite, Blasting caps Primeline, Safety fuse, Stemming, Blast hole, Prime detonators etc.)
- 5.6. Types of blasting: Process of using explosive, Precautions
- 5.7. Storage of explosives
- 5.8. Features of magazine building
- 5.9. Special Construction Coffer dams: Types, requirements, Selection criteria, Design features, Leakage points and leakage prevention in coffer dams. Caissons: Materials used, Sinking loading of caissons. Note:TheUOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency.
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