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DI04006011
Code: DI04006011
Credits: 4
Semester 4
Electronics
Concrete Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Concrete Technology (subject code DI04006011) as prescribed for Electronics · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 78 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 (DI04006011)Unit 1 Cement, Aggregates and Water
- 1.1 History of cement invention. 1.2 Overview of Cement Manufacturing. 1.3 Bogue’s compounds and its functions 1.4 Physical and Chemical properties of cement. 1.5 Testing of cement as per BIS. 1.6 Various Grades and types of cements for different site conditions and its properties. 1.7 Role of Aggregate
- types of aggregate and it’s source
- Classification of aggregate
- Soundness of aggregate
- Alkali Aggregate Reaction
- Grading of aggregate. 1.8 Testing of aggregate as per BIS. 1.9 Quality of water
- impurities in mixing water and permissible limits as per BIS
Unit 2 Fresh Concrete
- Concrete chain - Various stages of making fresh concrete at site 2.2. workability
- factors affecting workability
- Effect of water cement ratio
- adjustments of materials to avoid segregation and bleeding
- methods of Measurement of workability as per BIS - slump test
- compaction factor test
- flow table test
- vee bee test . 2.3
- Methods of Batching
- mixing of materials for making fresh concrete - hand mixing and machine mixing
- mixing time. 2.4
- Methods of Transportation of fresh concrete - conventional and through pumps and pipeline. 2.5
- Placing of concrete - formwork stripping time
- under water concreting 2.6
- importance of compaction
- methods - hand compaction
- machine compaction - various vibrators and other equipments
- time of vibration
- vibrating techniques and precautions
- Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Civil Engineering Subject Code : DI04006011 Subject Name : Concrete Technology 2.7
- Methods of finishing of fresh concrete
- Laitance & its removal. 2.8
- importance of curing
- period of curing accelerated curing
- Conventional methods of curing - water curing methods
- Special methods of curing- steam
Unit 3 Hardened Concrete
- 3.1 Hardened Concrete and its Properties: Compressive Strength
- Tensile Strength
- Bond Strength
- Flexural Strength
- Durability and impermeability. 3.2 Factors affecting Compressive Strength. 3.3 IS Test Procedure to find Compressive & Tensile Strength of Concrete
- Acceptance Criteria, and Mean Strength & Standard Deviation. 3.4 Creep and Shrinkage of Concrete & its effect
- factors affecting Creep and shrinkage. 3.5 Durability of Concrete & factors affecting it. 3.6 Importance of NDT. 3.7 Methods of NDT for Concrete- Rebound Hammer Test
- Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Test
Unit 4 Concrete Mix Design
- 4.1 Nominal Mix and Design Mix. 4.2 Concrete Mix Design and its importance. 4.3 Different methods of Mix Design and its suitability. 4.4 Concrete Mix Design as per IS 10262. 4.5 Example of Mix design as per IS method for ordinary and standard grade of concrete without and with admixtures
Unit 5 Chemical Admixture, Special Concrete and Modern Trends
- 5.1 Admixtures in concrete: Purpose
- properties and application for different types of admixture such as accelerators
- water reducing admixtures
- air entraining agents and super plasticizers. 5.2 Special Concrete: Properties
- Advantages and limitations of the following types of Special Concretes Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC)
- Pervious Concrete
- Fiber reinforced concrete
- Ready mix concrete
- Fly ash concrete
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete
- High performance Concrete
- 3D printed Concrete 5.3 Modern trends and research in concrete technology
- relevant journals and institutes
Unit 6 Repairs, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of Concrete Structure
- 6.1 Definition of repair
- rehabilitation and retrofitting 6.2 Deterioration of concrete
- causes and prevention. 6.3 Corrosion of reinforcement
- causes and prevention. 6.4 Repair and Rehabilitation stages- Removal of damaged concrete
- Pretreatment of surfaces and reinforcement
- Application of repair Program Name: Diploma Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Civil Engineering Subject Code : DI04006011 Subject Name : Concrete Technology materials
- Repair Procedure. 6.5 Repair and Rehabilitation material - Cement
- Steel and special material like
- Epoxy resins
- Epoxy mortar
- Gypsum cement mortar
- Quick setting cement mortar etc. 6.6 Repair and Rehabilitation techniques - Grouting
- Routing and sealing
- Drilling and Plugging etc. 6.7 Retrofitting Methods - Adding Steel Bracing
- Jacketing Method
- External Plate Bonding
- Base Isolation Technique
- Mass Reduction Technique
- Wall Thickening Technique
- Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP)
- Adding Shear Wall
- Epoxy Injection Method
- Section Enlarging Reinforcing Method etc
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