Advanced Concrete Technology Detailed Syllabus for Structural Engineering M.Tech first year first sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Advanced Concrete Technology M.Tech 2017-2018 (R17) first year first sem is as follows.
M.Tech. I Year I Sem.
Course Objectives: To impart knowledge on ingredients of concrete, concrete mix design for proportioning and their testing.
Course Outcomes: The learner will be able to design concrete mixes of different grades and also use the special concretes.
UNIT – I : Ingredients of concrete: Cement-Bogue’s compounds – Hydration Process– Types of cement – Setting times of cement – Aggregates – Shapes Testes on Aggregates – Gradation Charts – Combined aggregate-Alkali Silica Reaction -Admixtures – Chemical and Mineral admixtures.
UNIT – II : Fresh and Hardened Concrete: Fresh Concrete – workability tests on Concrete Setting times of Fresh
Concrete – Segregation and bleeding. Hardened Concrete: Abram’s law- Gel space ratios, Maturity Concept – Stress Behaviour – Creep and Shrinkage – Durability tests on concrete – Non destructive testing of concrete.
UNIT – III : High Strength Concrete – Micro structure – Manufacturing and Properties- Design of HSC Using Erintroy Shaklok Method- Ultra High Strength Concrete. High Performance Concrete- Requirements and properties of High Performance Concrete- Design Considerations.
UNIT –IV : Special Concrete: Self Compacting concrete – Polymer concrete – Fiber reinforced concrete – Reactive Powder concrete – Requirements and Guidelines – Advantages and Applications. Light weight concrete. Concrete mix design: Quality Control – Quality assurance – Quality audit- Mix Design method – BIS method, ACI method, DOE method.
UNIT –V : Form work – materials – structural requirements – form work systems – connections – specifications – design of form work – shores – removal for forms – reshoring – failure of form work.
TEXT BOOKS:
- Properties of Concrete by A.M. Neville, ELBS publications.
- Concrete: Micro Structure, Properties and Materials by P.K. Mehta, Tata Mc-Graw Hill Publishing House Pvt. Ltd
REFERENCES:
- Concrete Technology by M.S. Shetty, S. Chand & Co.
- Concrete Technology by A. K. Santhakumar, Oxford University Press
- Special Structural concretes by Rafat Siddique, Galgotia Publications.
- IS: 10262: 2009 Code of practice for design of Concrete mix
For all other M.Tech 1st Year 1st Sem syllabus go to JNTUH M.Tech Structural Engineering 1st Year 1st Sem Course Structure for (R17) Batch.
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