6015: Concrete Technology KL Diploma Syllabus for Civil 6th Sem 2015 Revision SITTTR

Concrete Technology detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2015 revision curriculum has been taken from the SITTTRs official website and presented for the Civil 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.

For Civil Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 6th Sem 2015 revision scheme. The detailed syllabus of concrete technology is as follows.

Course Outcomes:

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SPECIFIC OUTCOME

MODULE – I

1. Understand the ingredients of concrete and their basic properties.
   1. State the importance of concrete as a versatile building material
   2. Identify the ingredients of concrete
   3. Explain the functions of cement in concrete.
   4. Classify different types of cement
   5. Explain the methods of storing cement
   6. Explain the chemistry of hydration of cement
   7. Explain the field tests for cement
   8. Illustrate various lab tests of cement.
   9. Explain the Hydration process of cement
   10. Explain the test procedures for properties of aggregate as per BIS standard.
   11. State the quality of water used for concreting.
   12. Explain the term water-cement ratio and its importance.
   13. Identify additive and admixtures suitable for various purposes and explain their properties.

MODULE – II

1. Comprehend the properties of wet and hardened concrete
   1. Explain workability, resistance to segregation and bleeding in concrete.
   2. Identify the factors affecting consistency and workability.
   3. Identify factors causing segregation and bleeding and effects due to that.
   4. Describe the procedure of various tests for measurement of workability.
   5. Differentiate between batching and mixing.
   6. Explain various methods of batching, mixing, transporting, placing, compacting and finishing.
   7. Explain the importance of curing of concrete and methods of curing.
   8. State the important properties of hardened concrete.
   9. Identify the factors influencing the strength of concrete – Compressive strength – Flexural strength – Tensile strength
   10. Explain the Stress-strain characteristics of concrete
   11. State different modulus of elasticity of concrete
   12. Differentiate between modular ratio and Poisson’s ratio
   13. Differentiate between creep & shrinkage, identify their cause and effect.
   14. Explain the properties stiffness, ductility, fatigue and impact resistance of concrete.
   15. Explain the bond strength in concrete and the factors affecting that.
   16. Explain testing of properties of hardened concrete such as compressive strength, flextural strength, split tensile strength and modulus of elasticity.

MODULE – III

1. Comprehend the concrete mix design process.
   1. Explain the basic principles of mix design.
   2. Identify the variable parameters in mix design.
   3. List various methods of mix design.
   4. Define the common terminologies used in mix design.
   5. Design a concrete mix as per IS-10262-2009

MODULE – IV

1. Know Special Concrete and their uses
   1. List different types of special concrete used for specific applications.
2. Understand the problems in concreting under special condition
   1. Identify the situations where special care has to be taken while concreting.
   2. Explain the methods of concreting under water and underground.
   3. Explain the precautions to be taken while concreting in extremely cold and hot weather.
   4. State the precautions to be taken in mass concreting and concreting in marine environment.
3. Understand the factors affecting durability of concrete.
   1. List the factors affecting the durability of concrete.
   2. Find out the causes for permeability, Freezing & Thawing, Sulphate attack, Carbonation, Creep & Shrinkage, Corrosion of reinforcement.
   3. Identify the problems due to permeability, Freezing & Thawing, Sulphate attack, Carbonation, Creep & Shrinkage, Corrosion of reinforcement in concrete.
   4. Explain the remedial measures for permeability, Freezing & Thawing, Sulphate attack, Carbonation, Creep & Shrinkage, Corrosion of reinforcement in concrete.

MODULE – I

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MODULE – II

Properties of Concrete: – Properties of fresh concrete – Workability of concrete – Factors affecting workability -Measurement of workability – Tests for workability – Slump test- Compaction factor test-Vee – Bee test -consistency – Segregation – bleeding – Batching and Mixing, transporting, placing, compacting and finishing of concrete by various methods. Curing of concrete – need and effect of curing-different methods of curing. Properties of concrete in the hardened state: – Strength – Compressive strength and flexural strength -Factors affecting strength of concrete – Stiffness -Poisson’s ratio – Ductility – Fatigue – Impact -Elasticity – Modular ratio & Poisson’s ratio – Creep & Shrinkage – Bond strength-Durability (Definition, cause and effect of these parameters) Testing of Hardened Concrete: – Compression test (cube & cylinder) – Comparison between cube and cylinder strength-Flexural strength test – Split tensile strength test – Modulus of Elasticity – (Tangent, Secant and Chord modulus).

MODULE – III

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MODULE – IV

Special concrete and concreting under special condition:- Special Concrete – classifications – Light weight concrete – Air entrained concrete – High Strength concrete- High performance concrete-differentiate HSC and HPC – Polymer concrete – Geo Polymer concrete-Steel fiber reinforced – Sulpher concrete – Self compacting concrete – No-fines concrete – Pre-packed concrete – Guniting or shotcreting . (Brief description and their applications only). Concreting under special condition: – Underground & Under water concreting – Concreting in cold and hot weather – Mass concreting – Concreting in marine environment (Methods and precautions under each situation) Common defects in concrete: – Permeability – Freezing and Thawing – Suphate attack- Carbonation -Creep & Shrinkage – Leaching – Corrosion of reinforcement (Causes, problems, remedial measures or repairs in each case).

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