NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

Internals -1 August. 2020 SESSION

DEPARTMENT :Civil Engineering, 1st yr M.Tech SE & CTM

DATE & TIME OF EXAM :31 October 2020 , 2:30pm,
CE680 Advanced Concrete Technology , 1hr:30mins duration, max. Marks :30
Note to Student: TIME MANAGEMENT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
1. Hydration of cement is___________________________ (1 Mark)
2. Explain the mechanism involved in Belite based compounds (3 Marks)
3. How will you differentiate Class C flyash from Class F flyash? (1 Mark)
4. How to check the compatibility requirement between a cement and chem. admixture. (1 Mark)
5. What is the purpose of using supplementary cementitious materials (1 Mark)
6. Write a note on GGBFS, foaming agents & Hydration control admixture (3 Marks)
7. What are the short comings in wall effect issues for ITZ (2 Marks)
8. Define false set and flash set (2 Marks)
9. Whats the impact of LoI, Clinker alkalis and SO3 levels during cement production (3 Marks)
10. Calculate the capillary pores for the cement paste having a w/c of 0.55. assuming 100% hydration
and no evaporation takes place . take the specific gravity of cement as 3.16 (3 Marks)
11. Design an M75 grade concrete to construct a shear wall & obtain a slump of 100 mm. 53 grade OPC
is used having a specific gravity of 3.15 & w/cm table given below, Crushed stone sand conforming
to Zone 2 and having a specific gravity of 2.62 is used as fine aggregate, Coarse aggregate used is
angular type granite stones having a combined specific gravity of 2.81, 70% of 12.5mm and 30% of
10 mm to be used. PCE are used (0.4% dosage by weight of cementitious content) having a specific
gravity of 1.06. GGBFS is used as mineral admixture at 45% replacement level having a specific gravity
of 2.65. Free moisture in CA and FA is 0.4% and 3.5% respectively. Use std deviation as 6 MPa & X as
8 MPa, entrapped air percentage for 10 mm and 12.5 mm is 1 % & 0.8% respectively, water content
for 50 mm slump for 10 mm and 12.5 mm is 200 kg & 195 kg resp., Vol of CA per unit volume of agg
for 0.3w/cm under zone 2 for 10 mm and 12.5 mm is 0.54 & 0.56 resp., also find the mix proportions
for the above grade when no admixtures are used (10 Marks)