RRASE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

VANCHUVANCHERI, PADAPPAI.
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
SEM: IV MODEL EXAM TIME: 3Hr
CE6405 CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY

PART (10*2=20)
1. What is cement? Give any four uses of cement?
2. What is meant by pozzolanic action?
3. Write about retarders and accelerators.
4. Explain the advantages of using plasticizers and super plasticizers in concrete making.
5. What are the various parameters to be considered in designing a concrete mix?
6. Write any four grades of cement concrete.
7. Explain the effects of time and temperature on workability.
8. What are the advantages of ring tension test?
9. What are the various characteristics of light weight concrete?
10. What are the various methods to make high strength concrete?

PART B (5*13=65)
11. (a) What are the raw materials for the manufacture of cements? Mention their functions
in the properties of cement.
(Or)
(b) Discuss the characteristics of good aggregates.
12. (a) What are admixtures?
(Or)
(b) Name the various types of plasticizers used in concrete and discuss the action in
details.
13. (a) What are the factors affecting proportioning of a concrete mix? Discuss each in
details.
(Or)
(b) What are the factors which affects the durability of concrete?
14. (a) Explain the factors affecting workability of concrete.
(Or)
(b) Write short notes on segregation and bleeding.
15. (a) What are the advantages of light weight concrete?
(Or)
(b) Discuss the properties of structural light weight concrete and its application.

PART C (1*15=15)
16. (a) Explain any two methods of finding the abrasion value of a coarse aggregate.
(Or)
(b) What measures can be taken to make mix proportioning economical and scientific?