Concrete Technology detailed Syllabus for Civil & Rural Engineering (CR), K scheme PDF has been taken from the MSBTE official website and presented for the diploma students. For Subject Code, Subject Name, Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, Theory (Max & Min) Marks, Practical (Max & Min) Marks, Total Marks, and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Rationale
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Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to achieve & demonstrate the following COs on completion of course based learning
- Suggest relevant types of cement to be used in the given site conditions.
- Classify the given aggregates based on its shape and size with the importance of their properties.
- Prepare concrete of required specifications in the given situation.
- Undertake the necessary procedures to maintain the quality of given type of concrete.
- Suggest relevant type of admixtures to be used in the given situation.
Unit I
Cement 1.1 Chemical Constituents of OPC (Ordinary Portland Cement) and their effects on properties of OPC, Bogue’s compounds and their properties, hydration of cement. Physical properties of OPC: fineness, specific gravity, standard consistency, setting time, soundness, compressive strength 1.2 Different grades of OPC 33, 43, and 53 with its uses and specifications of physical properties as per relevant IS codes for OPC. 1.3 Testing of OPC: Field tests and laboratory tests-fineness test, standard consistency test, setting time test, soundness test, and compressive strength test, Storage of cement and effect of storage on properties of cement. 1.4 Field applications of different types of cements: Rapid hardening cement, Low heat cement, Portland pozzolana cement, sulphate resisting cement, blast furnace slag cement, High alumina cement, White cement. Lecture Using Chalk-Board Hands-on Site/Industry Visit Collaborative learning Video Demonstrations Case Study
Unit II
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Unit III
Concrete and its testing. 3.1 Concrete: Necessity of supervision for concreting operation, different grades of concrete (ordinary Concrete, standard concrete and high strength concrete) as per provisions of IS 456. 3.2 Water cement ratio, Duff Abraham w/c law, significance of w/c ratio, selection of w/c ratio for different grades of concrete and different exposure conditions. 3.3 Properties of fresh concrete: Workability, Factors affecting workability of Concrete. Determination of workability of concrete by slump cone test and compaction factor test. Range values of workability requirement for different types of concrete works. Segregation, bleeding and preventive measures. 3.4 Properties of Hardened concrete: compressive strength, durability, impermeability and dimensional changes of concrete, creep and shrinkage. 3.5 Concrete Mix Design objectives, methods of mix design, study of mix design procedure by I.S. method as per I.S. 10262-(Only procedural steps) 3.6 Testing of concrete: Significance of testing, determination of compressive strength of concrete cubes at different ages, interpretation and co-relation of test results. Non- destructive testing of concrete: Importance of NDT, methods of NDT(only List of methods) Lecture Using Chalk-Board Video Demonstrations Hands-on Site/Industry Visit Collaborative learning Case Study
Unit IV
Quality Control of Concrete 4.1 Concrete operations: Batching – Definition and types of Batching, Mixing – Types of Mixing and Mixers, Transportation- Modes of Transportation of concrete, precautions to be taken during transportation, Placing- placing of concrete in form work, precautions to be taken while placing of concrete, Compaction of concrete-methods of compaction, care to be taken during compaction, Finishing of concretepurpose of finishing, types of Finishing, Curing of concretedefinition of curing, necessity of curing, different methods of curing and their application 4.2 Formwork for concreting: Different types of formworks for beams, slabs, columns. Materials used for form work. Requirement of good form work. Stripping time for removal of formworks per IS 456-2000 provision for different structural members. 4.3 Joints in concrete construction: Types of joints, joining old and new concrete, methods of joining, materials used for filling joints. Lecture Using Chalk-Board Video Demonstrations Hands-on Site/Industry Visit Collaborative learning Cooperative Learning
Unit V
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Suggested Micro Project / Assignment
Skills Development (Self Learning)
- Prepare a list of IS codes with their Specifications required for Cement, Aggregate and concrete (Any three codes for each).
- Study of Sieve Analysis for WMM (Wet Mix Macadam) and GSB(Granular sub base) courses.
- Study of water quality parameters used in concrete as per IS 456.
- Study of various methods of NDT such as Rebound Hammer method and Ultrasonic pulse velocity test.
- Prepare a study report on hot & cold weather concrete.
Micro project
- Market survey to select type of cement for various types of construction works.
- Visit to site under construction to observe concreting operations.
- Visit to site under construction to observe the quality of fresh concrete.
- Visit to site under construction to observe form work, scaffolding used and joints in concrete.
- Search the software/freeware for the course content and prepare report stating their applications.
- Visit to site under construction to collect detail information about the ingredients of concrete mix.
- Market survey to select types of admixture for relevant construction work.
- Prepare mix design for the grade given by course teacher.
- Visit to stone crusher to observe its manufacturing.
Laboratory Equipment
- Blaine’s air permeability apparatus as per IS: 4031 ( part 1)-1999, and sieve no. IS 90 micron – IS Brass Sieve (200 mm dia), 90 Micron size. 1
- I S sieve set ( sizes- 80 mm, 40 mm, 20 mm, 10 mm, 4.75 mm, 2.36 mm, 1.18 mm, 600 µ, 300 µ. 150 µ,90 µ and pan) , sieve shaker with adaptors 1,9,10,11
- Aggregate impact testing apparatus with mould, 11
- Aggregate crushing mould 11
- Los Angeles abrasion testing machine 11
- Elongation gauge and thickness gauge. 12
- Slump cone(top dia.100mm, bottom dia.200mm, Height 300mm) 13
- Compaction factor test apparatus 13
- Table vibrator, moulds(150mm x150mmx 150mm) 14
- Vicats apparatus- VICAT mould of dia. 80 mm & 40 mm high glass base plate, initial needle, final needle. Consistency plunger M.S. base plate (non porous) of weight 300 gm. Vicat mould split type with camping ring. 2
- Measuring Cylinder 1000 ml capacity 2,3,5,6
- Measuring Cylinder of 100 ml capacity 2,3,5,6
- Compression testing machine-2000 kN capacity, Cement mortar cube vibrator-, moulds size 50 cm2 ( 7.07 cm x 7.07 cm) 3,14
- Curing Tank 3,14
- Le chatelier apparatus 4
- Hot Air Oven 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
- Density basket as per IS specification 7
- Weighing Balance All
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Learning Websites & Portals
- https://archive.nptel.ac.in/courses/105/102/105102012/ NPTEL Concrete Technology course by Dr. B. Bhattacharjee, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi
- https://youtu.be/sl0smPfvVAo? list=PLkyVnO47pDX9YJglk1o2iYzWg ABo5I_xA Testing of Cement by NITTTR Chandigarh
- https://www.nitttrchd.ac.in/sitenew1/nctel/civil.php Practical’s on Cement/Concrete/Aggregate by NITTTR Chandigarh
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzpWGrh9j6Y Workability of Concrete – Slump Cone Test. By Ultra tech cement.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hkvS_OLmk Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Test on Concrete.
- https://youtu.be/6iThtydES5c?si=OAOv5EW3lukFiFBD Fineness of Cement as per IS 4031-Part1 by Sieving method
- https://cs- iitd.vlabs.ac.in/List%20of%20experiments.html Virtual laboratory practical on concrete technology
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283109018 Research Article on Knowing from the past – Ingredients and technology of ancient mortar used in Vadakumnathan temple, Tirussur, Kerala, India (for IKS) in Journal of Building Engineering, ELSEVIER Publication 0
- https://youtu.be/83AcFYK-Eno? si=5HUfRSWIQOLftjvc Rebound Hammer Test
- https://youtu.be/KHDdhYVP_GI? si=p3ADC6IkclMTKnai Visit to Ready mix concrete (RMC) batching plant | How RMC plant works?
- https://youtu.be/SR_Eq9Z7tbM?si=FQlrkUkEBx5zidt8 Visit to RMC Concrete Batching Plant Animation video
- https://youtu.be/rdtDV-bE0wo The Overview of the Stages involved in Manufacture of Concrete
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