Elective Course for RCG School of Infrastructure Design and Management

Title of the Course: Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Infrastructure

Course Proposed by: Dr. Swati Maitra (EC 16085)

Broad Areas of the Course

• Introduction – Need for Evaluation and Rehabilitation of infrastructure in general and civil
infrastructure in particular
• Causes and Types of Deterioration
• Maintenance and Repair, Preventive measures
• Materials for Repair and Retrofit
• Techniques for Retrofitting
• Restoration of old/heritage structures
 Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Infrastructure

Course Contents (Each Lecture 1 hour)

Lecture 1 Introduction
Different types of Infrastructures
Need for Rational Design of Infrastructure
Need for Condition Evaluation of Infrastructure
Need for Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation of Infrastructure

Lecture 2 Deterioration of Concrete Infrastructures

Types of Distresses in Concrete Structures
Causes of Distresses in Concrete Structures
Distresses in different structural components – Beams, Columns, Joints
Distresses due to climatic variations, Seismic effects etc.

Lecture 3 Deterioration of Concrete Infrastructures

Distresses in Concrete
Freezing and Thawing
Alkali-Aggregate Reaction
Permeability

Lecture 4 Deterioration of Concrete Infrastructures

Distresses in Concrete
Chloride penetration in Concrete
Carbonation
Non-Structural Cracks

Lecture 5 Deterioration of Concrete Infrastructures

Corrosion in Steel Reinforcement
Causes of Corrosion
Method of detecting the amount of Corrosion in Steel
Remedial measures against Corrosion

Lecture 6 Deterioration of Masonry Infrastructures

Types of Distresses in Masonry Structures
Causes of Distresses in Masonry Structures

Lecture 7 Maintenance and Repair of Concrete Infrastructures

Strategies for Maintenance of Concrete Structures
General Considerations in Repair of Concrete Structures

Lecture 8 Maintenance and Repair of Concrete Infrastructures

Common Methods of Repair of Concrete Structures

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Lecture 9 Maintenance and Repair of Masonry Infrastructures
Strategies for Maintenance of Masonry Structures
General Considerations in Repair of Masonry Structures

Lecture 10 Maintenance and Repair of Masonry Infrastructures

Common Methods of Repair of Masonry Structures

Lecture 11 Materials for Repair and Retrofitting

Concrete chemicals, Ferro cements, Polymer concrete, Admixtures
Gunite and Shot crete
Mortar repair for cracks, shoring and underpinning

Lecture 12 Materials for Repair and Retrofitting

Fiber reinforced polymer composites
FRP plate, FRP bar, FRP wrap, Epoxy resins and polymers
Types and Properties of Fibers

Lecture 13 Materials for Repair and Retrofitting

Fiber reinforced polymer composites
Properties of FRP

Lecture 14 Materials for Repair and Retrofitting

Special concrete
Introduction to ECC, Biocement, Self-compacting concrete, Foam
concrete, High performance concrete etc.

Lecture 15 Evaluations of Concrete Infrastructures

Evaluation of Damage
Functional and Structural Health Assessments of Structures
Destructive and Non-Destructive Evaluation
Structural Health Monitoring

Lecture 16 Evaluations of Concrete Infrastructures

Destructive Evaluation of Concrete Members
Different Destructive Test Methods
Compression, Tension, Flexure, Fatigue Test Methods

Lecture 17 Evaluations of Concrete Infrastructures

Non-Destructive Evaluation of Concrete Members
Rebound Hammer Method
Penetration Resistance Method
Pull-out Test

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Lecture 18 Evaluations of Concrete Infrastructures
Non-Destructive Evaluation of Concrete Members
Resonant Frequency Method
Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Method
Ground Penetrating Radar

Lecture 19 Retrofitting and Strengthening Techniques of Concrete Infrastructures

Retrofitting and Strengthening of Structural Components
Traditional Methods of Strengthening – different techniques
Limitations of Traditional methods

Lecture 20 Retrofitting and Strengthening Techniques of Concrete Infrastructures

Recent Techniques of Retrofitting of Concrete elements and joints

Lecture 21 Retrofitting and Strengthening Techniques of Concrete Infrastructures

Evaluation of Strength of Retrofitted structural elements
Design of Retrofitted Structural elements

Lecture 22 Retrofitting and Strengthening Techniques of Concrete Infrastructures

Evaluation of Strength of Retrofitted structural elements
Design of Retrofitted Structural elements

Lecture 23 Seismic Retrofitting of Concrete Infrastructures

Recent Techniques of Retrofitting against seismic conditions
Codal Provisions

Lecture 24 Seismic Retrofitting of Concrete Infrastructures

Recent Techniques of Retrofitting against seismic conditions
Design of Retrofitted structural elements

Lecture 25 Restoration of Old and Heritage Structures

Challenges for restoration of Old and Heritage Structures
Recent Techniques for Restoration

Lecture 26 Restoration of Old and Heritage Structures

Recent Techniques for Restoration
Case Studies

Lecture 27 Restoration of Old and Heritage Structures

Recent Techniques for Restoration
Case Studies

Lecture 28 Deterioration of Road Infrastructures

Distresses of Bituminous Roads
Distresses of Concrete Roads
Functional and Structural Performances of Roads

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Lecture 29 Maintenance of Road Infrastructures
General considerations for Maintenance of Roads
Maintenance of Bituminous Roads
Maintenance of Concrete Roads

Lecture 30 Evaluations of Road Infrastructures

Functional Evaluation and Structural Evaluation
Different Methods of Functional Evaluation of Roads
Concepts of PSI, IRI, SN

Lecture 31 Evaluations of Road Infrastructures

Structural Evaluation of Roads
Different Methods of Structural Evaluation – BBB, FWD, HWD
FWD – Equipment, Working Principal

Lecture 32 Evaluations of Road Infrastructures

Structural Evaluation of Roads using FWD
Test Procedure, Interpretation of Results, Back Calculation
Case Studies

Lecture 33 Rehabilitation of Road Infrastructures

General Considerations and strategies for Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of Bituminous Pavement
Rehabilitation with Bituminous Overlay
Design of Bituminous Overlay

Lecture 34 Rehabilitation of Road Infrastructures

Rehabilitation of Bituminous Pavement
Rehabilitation with Concrete Overlay or Whitetopping
Type of Concrete Overlay – CWT, TWT, UTWT
Design of Concrete Overlay or Whitetopping as per IRC Method

Lecture 35 Rehabilitation of Road Infrastructures

Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavement
General Considerations for Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavement
Standard Techniques for Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavement

Lecture 36 Rehabilitation of Road Infrastructures

Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavement
Rehabilitation with Concrete Overlay
Design of Concrete Overlay

Lecture 37 Retrofitting and Rehabilitation of Infrastructures

Special Cases