Concrete Technology Lab detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (CE) for 2021 revision curriculum has been taken from the SITTTRs official website and presented for the Civil Engineering students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
- To impart knowledge to the students to identify the physical properties of cement, fine aggregate and coarse aggregate by performing laboratory tests.
- To enable students to prepare concrete of desired compressive strength and specifications by maintaining the quality of concrete
- To enable them to alter the properties of concrete according to the different conditions by learning the characteristics of admixtures
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Determine different properties of cement
- Determine the physical properties of fine aggregate
- Determine the physical properties of coarse aggregate
- Prepare concrete of desired compressive strength and specification
Module 1:
- Determine fineness of cement (sieve test) and specific gravity
- Determine standard consistency, initial and final setting times of cement
- Determine soundness and compressive strength of cement.
Module 2:
- Determine silt content in sand.
- Determine bulking of sand.
- Determine bulk density of fine aggregate
- Determine water absorption of fine aggregate
- Determine Fineness modulus of fine aggregate by sieve analysis
Module 3:
- Determine bulk density of coarse aggregate
- Determine water absorption of coarse aggregate
- Determine Fineness modulus of coarse aggregate by sieve analysis
Module 4:
- Determine workability of concrete by slump cone test and compacting factor test
- Prepare concrete mix of a particular grade
- Determine compressive strength of concrete for 7 and 28 days.
- Demonstration of Non Destructive Testing (NDT) equipments.
Text Books:
- Concrete Technology, Gambhir, M.L, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd., Delhi
Reference Books:
- Concrete Technology, Shetty, M.S, S. Chand and Co. Pvt. Ltd., Ram Nagar, Delhi
- Concrete Technology, Santhakumar, A. R., Oxford University Press, New Delhi
- Laboratory Manual in Concrete Technology, Sood, H., Kulkarni P. D., Mittal L. N., CBS Publishers, New Delhi.
- Concrete Technology, Neville, A. M , Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
Online Resources
- https://civiltoday.com/civil-engineering-materials/cement/111-properties-of-cement-physical-chemical-properties
- https://civilread.com/14-different-types-cement-must-know/
- https://theconstructor.org/concrete/workability-of-concrete-types-strength/11739/
- https://theconstructor. org/concrete/types-concrete-admixtures/5558/
- https://civiconcepts.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/IS-10262-2.pdf
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