Maintenance & Rehabilation Of Structures
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Maintenance & Rehabilation Of Structures Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Maintenance & Rehabilation Of Structures (subject code 3360605) as prescribed for Electronics · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 28 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 (3360605)Unit 1 Maintenance of Buildings
- 1.1. Explain the requirement of Maintenance in building.
- 1.2. Explain various types of maintenance in building.
- 1.3. Assess the quality aspects of existing building.
- 1.2. Importance of maintenance
- 1.3. Types of maintenance - daily, weekly, monthly, Annually
- 1.4. General Maintenance - Painting of Buildings - Home Electricity System - House plumbing and sanitary system
Unit 2 Repair Strategies
- 2.1. Explain distress diagnostic techniques
- 2.2. Carry out inspection and evaluation of damaged structure.
- 2.1. Causes of distress in structures
- 2.2. Construction and design failures
- 2.3. Condition assessment and distress-diagnostic techniques
- 2.4. Inspection and evaluating damaged structure.
Unit 3 Durability and Serviceability of Concrete
- 3.1. Explain concrete properties required for construction work.
- 3.2. Explain weather effect on structure.
- 3.1. Quality assurance for concrete construction based on concrete properties like (a) strength (b) Permeability (c ) Thermal properties (d) cracking
- 3.2. Effects due to (a) climate (b) temperature (c ) chemicals (d) corrosion
- 3.3. Design and construction errors
- 3.4. Effects of cover and cracks Maintenance & Rehabilitation of Structures Course code: 3360605 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/14-15 GujaratState 3
Unit 4 Materials and Techniques For Repair
- 4.1. Identify materials for repair in building.
- 4.2. Explain techniques for Repairs.
- 4.1. Materials for Repair - Special concretes and mortar - concrete chemicals - construction chemicals - Expansive cement - polymer concrete - sulphur infiltrated concrete - Ferro cement - Fibre reinforced concrete - Rust eliminators and polymers coating for rebars - foamed concrete - dry pack - vacuum concrete - asphalt sheeting
- 4.2. Techniques for Repairs -Gunniting, grouting and Shotcrete - Epoxy injection - Mortar-repair for cracks Unit Major Learning Outcomes (in Cognitive Domain) Topics and Sub-topics - Jacketing - shoring and underpinning - Methods of corrosion protection (a) corrosion inhibitors (b) corrosion resistant steels (c ) coating and cathodic protection
Unit 5 Repair, Retrofitting and Rehabilitation
- 5.1. Explain the Repair work of various component in existing masonry building
- 5.2. Explain the Repair work of various component in existing concrete structure
- 5.3. Discuss principles of Retrofitting and Rehabilitation.
- 5.1. Repair of - stone, brick and block masonry (Cracks, dampness, efflorescence, joint separation, etc.) - Flooring - Roofs (sloping, flat, pitched, etc.) - Concrete members due to (i) Steel Corrosion (ii) Lack of Bond (iii) shear, tension, torsion, compression failure - Rainwater Leakage in Buildings - Leakage in Basement, toilet area
- 5.4. Control on Termites (White Ants) in Buildings
- 5.5. Fungus Decay of wood works Maintenance & Rehabilitation of Structures Course code: 3360605 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/14-15 GujaratState 4