SC-930 : Seminar Course Design L T P

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Course Topic : Special Concrete and Concreting Methods

Objective : To study various types of concrete employed in construction practices and to

provide an exposure to various methods of concreting.

Unit-I
Special Concrete : Light-weight concrete, Pumice, Diatomite, Volcanic Cinders, Saw Dust, Rice
Husk, Brick Bats, Cinder, Clinker and Breeze, Foamed Slag, Bloated Clay, Sintered Fly Ash,
Exfoliated Vermiculate, Expanded Perlite

Unit-II
Light-weight Aggregate Concrete, Structural Light-weight Concrete : Workability, Aerated
Concrete : Properties, No-Fines Concrete : Mix Proportion, Drying Shrinkage, Thermal
Conductivity, Application, Sulphur-Infiltrated Concrete : Application

Unit-III
Fibre Reinforced Concrete : Fibre used, Factors Affecting Properties, Volume of Fibres, Aspect
Ratio of Fibres, Orientation of Fibres, Workability, Size of Coarse Aggregate, Mixing,
Application, Glass Fibre Reinforced Cement, Current Development in FRC, Compact
Reinforced Composites, Polymer Concrete, Types of Polymer Concrete, Polymer Impregnated
Concrete, Polymer Cement Concrete, Properties of Polymer Impregnated Concrete : Stress-
Strain Relationship, Compressive Strength, Tensile Strength, Creep, Durability, Water
Absorption, Fracture of Polymer Impregnated Concrete, Application of Polymer Impregnated
Concrete

Unit-IV
Cold Weather Concreting : Effects of Cold Weather on Concrete, Low Temperature but Above
0oC, Low Temperature but Below 0oC after Concreting, Temperature Below 0oC at the Time of
Concreting, Hardened Concrete Subjected to Freezing and Thawing, Concreting Methods at Sub-
Zero Temperature
Hot Weather Concreting : Precautions taken : Aggregates, Water, Production and Delivery, Pre-
packed Concrete, Vacuum Concrete : Rate of Extraction of Water, Vacuum De-watered Concrete

Unit-V
Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) : Material for SCC, Requirements for Self Compacting
Concrete, Production and Placing, Mix Design, Tests Methods : Slump Flow Test, J-Ring Test,
V-Funnel Test, L-Box Test, U-Box Test, Full Box Test, Orimet Test, Complexities involved in
making SCC, New Generation Plasticizers, Indian Scenario SCC, How Economical is Self
Compacting Concrete, Bacterial Concrete, Zeo-Polymer Concrete, Basalt Fibre Concrete and
Concrete Reinforced with Basalt Fibre Reinforcement

Text Book
1. Shetty M.S., Concrete Technology Theory and Practice, S Chand & Company Ltd.