Concrete Technology (B.Tech)

Departmental Elective-I: concrete ingredients, admixtures, mix design, properties and special concretes.

6 MonthsDuration 5Chapters23Topics

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01Unit 1: Cement and Aggregates 4 topics

Manufacture and chemical composition of cement
Bogue's compounds and hydration
Types of cement
Aggregate properties, grading and moisture

02Unit 2: Admixtures 4 topics

Plasticizers and superplasticizers
Retarders, accelerators and air-entraining agents
Mineral admixtures: fly ash, GGBS, silica fume, metakaolin
Compatibility and dosage

03Unit 3: Fresh and Hardened Concrete 6 topics

Workability and its tests
Segregation and bleeding
Mixing, placing, compaction and curing
Strength: w/c ratio, Abram's law, gel-space ratio
Elasticity, creep and shrinkage
Durability

04Unit 4: Concrete Mix Design 4 topics

Factors in mix design
Target mean strength and standard deviation
IS 10262 mix design procedure
Trial mixes and adjustments

05Unit 5: Special Concretes 5 topics

High strength and high performance concrete
Self-compacting concrete
Fibre reinforced concrete
Lightweight and ready mixed concrete
Ferrocement, shotcrete and polymer concrete

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You will be able to

Explain cement types, hydration and properties of aggregates
Select chemical and mineral admixtures for given site conditions
Control workability, segregation and bleeding of fresh concrete
Explain strength, durability, creep and shrinkage of hardened concrete
Design concrete mixes as per IS 10262
Describe special concretes such as SCC, fibre reinforced, high strength and ready mixed concrete

Who it is for

B.Tech Civil Engineering students of Semester 5 (AKTU)
Students of other universities studying the same subject who want unit-wise coaching

What you need

Materials, Testing and Evaluation (cement and aggregate tests)

Questions

Which syllabus does the Concrete Technology course follow?

It follows the AKTU (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow) B.Tech syllabus for Concrete Technology. If your own university's syllabus differs, the centre follows your university syllabus.

Will this help in the university examination?

Yes. Teaching is unit-wise as per the AKTU scheme, with previous-year question practice, MCQ tests and doubt sessions before the semester exam.

Is mix design solved fully?

Yes. Complete IS 10262 mix design examples are solved step by step, as asked in the AKTU exam.