NAME OF DEPT: Department of Civil Engineering

Subject Code: 12CE51

Course Title: Concrete Technology

Total No of Hrs: 60
Pre-requisite: Chemistry and Mathematics

Hours per week: 4

Credits: 04 (3-1-0)

Course Objective: To make students understand concrete ingredients their basic composition and
properties. Different types of cement, aggregates and admixtures.

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UNIT-1 CEMENT: Manufacture of Portland cement basic chemistry of cement

hydration of cement heat of hydration and strength Tests on cement: fineness of cement
consistence of standard cement paste setting time soundness strength Types of
Portland cement: Ordinary Portland cement rapid hardening cement low heat cement
sulphate resisting cement blast furnace cement supersulphated (slag) cement white and
colored cement Portland pazzalona cement - expansive high alumina cement

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UNIT-2 AGGREGATES: Size classification petro graphic classification

shape and texture classification mechanical properties: bond
strength toughness hardness physical properties: specific gravity
bulk density porosity and absorption moisture content bulking of
sand unsoundness due to volume changes thermal properties
deleterious substances organic impurities clay and other fine
materials salt contamination unsound due to impurities sieve
analysis grading curves fineness modulus grading requirements
maximum size aggregate practical grading gap graded aggregate
UNIT-3 FRESH CONCRETE: workability factors affecting workability
cohesion and segregation bleeding workability test slump test
compacting factor test Vebe test flow table test ball penetration
test density of fresh concrete.
Strength of concrete: tensile strength considerations behavior under
compressive stress practical criteria of strength Porosity Gel/space
ratio total voids in concrete pore size distribution micro cracking
and stress-strain relation factors affecting strength

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UNIT-4
MIXING, HANDLING, PLACING AND COMPACTING
CONCRETE: mixers charging the mixer uniformity of mixing
mixing time prolonged mixing read-mixed concrete handling
pumped concrete placing and compacting vibration of concrete
internal vibrators external vibrators vibrating tables revibration
shortcrete preplaced aggregate concrete

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UNIT-5 SPECIAL CONCRETES Light weight concrete, fiber reinforced concrete,

polymer concrete, super plasticized concrete - epoxy resins and screeds for rehabilitation properties and applications - high performance concrete - Ready mix Concrete

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UNIT-6 MIX DESIGN

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Properties of fresh and hardened concrete - strength, elastic properties, creep and shrinkage,
variability of concrete strength quality control - Principles of concrete mix design, methods of
8concrete mix design - testing of concrete - High Strength Concrete Mix Design - Super
Plasticizers - Principles involved for high performance concrete with fly ash or GGBS
replacements.

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UNIT-7 ADMIXTURES:
Accelerators set retarders water reducers (plasticizers)
superplaticizers mineral additives bonding admixture water
repellent admixtures. Concerting in extreme climates: hot weather
concreting cold weather concreting

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UNIT-8 Corrosion Engineering

Introduction to corrosion of steel in concrete, Factors responsible for corrosion of steel in
concrete. Transport mechanisms of ions in concrete. Corrosion of reinforced and pre- stressed
concrete - Corrosion in blended cement concrete - Corrosion monitoring in R.C.C and pre-

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Reference:
1. Properties of Concrete by A.M.Neville Low priced Edition 4th edition
2. Concrete Technology by M.S.Shetty. S.Chand & Co.; 2004
3. Concrete Technology by M.L. Gambhir. Tata Mc. Graw Hill Publishers, New Delhi
4. Concrete Technology by A.R. Santha Kumar, Oxford university Press, New Delhi
5. Metha & Monteiro Concrete, Microstructure, Properties of Materials Tata
McGraw Hill.
Course outcome: After the completion of course students should be well aware of all types of concretes
their properties and ingredients and application.