STRUCTURAL MATERIALS

IN
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION

Prof. K.GANESH BABU

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 MATERIALS SCIENCE
or
“SCIENCE OF
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October 27, 2001

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CEMENT AND
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building material.
Most widely used man-made product.
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Second only to water as the worlds most
heavily consumed material.
Slightly more than a ton of concrete is
produced everyday for each human
being on the planet.
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CEMENT AND
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constructed facilities and the
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of a large portion of national
infrastructure, is of serious
concern to even the most
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The greatest challenge
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concrete technologist
faces today
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• Durability of concrete

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Repair and rehabilitation
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US figure for repairing just the

bridges and roads that are
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$90 billion required for the repair

of the 238,000 (40% of all)
highway bridges.

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It was reported that in India,
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14 seconds due to the corrosion.

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 Constituent materials:

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Aggregates
Water

Reinforcement
Chemical admixtures
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CEMENTS
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CONCRETES

REINFORCEMENT

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FIBERS
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Fly Ash
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Silica Fume

GGBS

Metakaolin
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Others
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FIBERS
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Steel

Glass

Polymer
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Others
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Utilisation of industrial waste
byproducts for the development of
High Performance concrete
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composites -
Silica Fume, fly ash and GGBS
concretes up to 120 Mpa.
High volume fly ash concretes (30
MPa at 70% replacement).
High volume GGBS concretes (30
MPa at 85% replacement).
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PIC (160 MPa),

PC (110 MPa) and

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PCCs.
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High Performance
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light weight concrete composites

Foamed concrete

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Ph.D - 10

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M.Tech - 16

Projects - 12+

Consultancy 30++
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MATERIALS Cement, Water, Plastic shrinkage Agg. grading

Aggregates, Admixtures Plastic settlement Cement content
Heat of hydration Admixtures
Agg. Silica react.

PRODUCTION Design, Mixing, Density, Segregation, Agg. grading,

Compaction, bleeding, Drying Cooling/Heating, Curing
Curing, Temp. shrinkage compound, Admixtures

STRENGTH Water content, Cement Water cement ratio, Min. cement cont.,
content, Admixtures Porosity, Microcracking Min. strength,
Admixtures,
Agg. grading

LOADING Early age, Microcracking, Age of stripping, Age of

Later age, Cracking loading
Over Loading

DETERIORATION Pore size, Erosion, Abrasion, Acid Cement type, Cement

Microcracking, Porosity, attack, Sulphate attack, content, Max. w/c,
Alkali silica reaction Temp.effect Pozzolans

CORROSION Type of steel, Creep, Carbonation, Chloride Admixtures, Cover,

Relaxation, Stress, bond ion ingress, Cracking Coatings, Inhibitors, CP
systems
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 Mechanical properties

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Chemical/Environmental Resistance

 Corrosion

 XRD, SEM

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