PRIST UNIVERSITY

(Estd. u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

Vallam, Thanjavur -613403

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M.Tech. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

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Course Code & Title :12255E24B & 12255E23BP/ Advanced Concrete Technology : 2012R : II

Regulation Semester

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12255E24B&12255E23BP P C

ADVANCED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY L T

3 1 0 4 AIM and OBJECTVES: To learn the Performance of concrete as structural material and advanced technologies used in construction by using concrete. UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO CONCRETE Materials - Concrete materials - Reinforcements and admixtures. UNIT II MIX DESIGN Mix Design Specifications - Design of concrete mixes by IS code method ACI method - Road Note No:4 method High strength concrete. UNIT III BEHAVIOUR OF CONCRETE Behaviour of Concrete - Modern trends in concrete manufacture and placement techniques - Theological behaviour of fresh concrete and hardened concrete - Resistance to static and dynamic loads. UNIT IV TESTING Testing of Concrete - Non-destructive testing and quality control Durability Corrosion protection and fire resistant. UNIT V SPECIAL CONCRETE Special Concrete - Pre-cast concrete - Light weight concrete - Under water concrete -Pumped concrete - Polymer concrete - Composites and fibre reinforced concrete. REFERENCES : 1. Neville, A.M.(2003), Properties of Concrete, Standard Publishers Distributors. 2. Varshney(2000), Concrete Technology, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi. 3. IS : 383 1970, (2005), Specification for Coarse and fine natural sources for Concrete, BIS, New Delhi.

4. IS : 9103-1979, (2005), Specification for Admixtures for Concrete, BIS, New Delhi

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Part-A 1. Define plastic concrete. 2. Define workability. 3. What are the factors that affects the workability of concrete? 4. What are the tests that are conducted in workability of concrete? 5. What is the necessity of bending reinforcement? 6. Define admixtures. 7. What are the types of admixtures? 8. Define super plasticizer. 9. What is a retarder? 10. What is an accelerator? Part-B
1. Explain the chemical composition of cement. 2. Discuss about heat of hydration in cement. 3. Write in detail about the laboratory testing of cement. 4. What are the admixtures used in concrete? Explain. 5. Explain about high volume fly ash concrete. 6. Discuss about the factors that affects the workability of concrete.

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UNIT-II 1. What is the concept of mix design? 2. What are the factors to be considered in mix design? 3. Mention the different methods of mix design. 4. Define water cement ratio. 5. Define target mean strength. 6. What are the special methods of making high strength concrete? 7. Define ultra high strength concrete. 8. Define high performance concrete. 9. Define reactive powder concrete. 10. Define polymerization in concrete. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Part-B Write the mix design procedure for ACI method. Write the mix design procedure for DOE method. Write the mix design procedure for IS method. Explain how workability of concrete is carried out by using slump cone test. Explain the special methods of making high strength concrete. Design Data, i) Characteristic Compressive Strength required in 28 days 20 Mpa ii) Maximum size of Aggregate 20 mm (Angular) iii) Degree of Workability 0.90 (Compacting Factor) iv) Degree of Quality Good v) Type of Exposure - Mild Test Data for Materials, i) specific Gravity of Cement 3.15 ii) specific Gravity of Coarse Aggregate 2.60 iii) specific Gravity of Fine Aggregate 2.60 iv) Water Absorption 0.50%

Concrete Mix Design by I.S Method.

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UNIT-III
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1. Define durability. 2. What is known as segregation? 3. What is known as bleeding? 4. What are process of manufacturing the cement? 5. Define pumping concrete. 6. What is membrane curing? 7. What is electrical curing? 8. Differentiate between static and dynamic load. 9. What are the types of slump? 10. What are the test conducted in hardened concrete?
PART-B

1. Explain about the process of manufacturing of cement. 2. Explain about high pressure steam curing. 3. Discuss about the method of compacting the concrete. 4. Explain about the methods of curing the concrete. 5. Explain about whisper concrete finish 6. Explain the classification of shrinkage.

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UNIT-IV
PART-A

1. What are the test involved in testing the concrete? 2. What is non-destructive testing? 3. Define quality control. 4. What is mean by durability? 5. What is plastic shrinkage? 6. What is drying shrinkage? 7. Write any four non-destructive test. 8. Define creep. 9. What are the types of cracks? 10. Mention the uses of radioactive method of testing. Part-B 1. Explain how corrosion mechanism takes place in concrete. 2. Explain the tests that are done in fresh concrete. 3. Discuss about the methods that are used to prevent corrosion. 4. What is non-destructive testing? Explain rebound hammer test. 5. Write short note on a. Radioactive method b. Electrical method c. Magnetic method d. Nuclear method 6. Explain about the causes of cracks in concrete.

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UNIT-V
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1. What are the types of special concrete? 2. Mention the types of light weight concrete. 3. Give any four natural light weight aggregate. 4. Define aspect ratio. 5. What are the types of polymer concrete? 6. Define polymerization. 7. Differentiate between monomer and polymer. 8. What are the types of fiber? 9. What is transition zone? 10. Give any two application for polymer impregnated concrete.
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1. Explain about light weight concrete. 2. Explain about under water concrete. 3. Explain about pumped concrete. 4. Explain about polymer concrete. 5. Explain about pre-cast concrete. 6. Explain about fiber reinforced concrete.

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