JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

This course will provide the students with

• 1. State-of-the art knowledge on durable and sustainable cement and concrete, on the various mineral additions and chemical admixtures to enhance the workability, strength, durability and sustainability of concrete,
• 2. It will empower them in the decision-making process regarding the various concrete products, construction procedures and performance test methods that will improve the durability and sustainability of concrete civil infrastructure.
• 3. This course will empower students to become technical leaders in the concrete. The materials science aspects of concrete production will be explored in the context of various performance criteria with emphasis on durability and sustainability.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to

• 1. Identify Quality Control tests on concrete making materials
• 2. Understand the behavior of fresh and hardened concrete
• 3. Understand the high strength concrete properties
• 4. Understand the properties and need of special concrete
• 5. Design form work

UNIT - I

Concrete Making Materials: Cement – Bogus Compounds – Hydration Process – Types of Cement – Aggregates – Gradation Charts – Combined Aggregate – Alkali Silica Reaction – Admixtures – Chemical and Mineral Admixtures.

UNIT - II

Fresh and Hardened Concrete: Fresh Concrete – workability tests on Concrete – Setting Times of Fresh Concrete – Segregation and bleeding. Hardened Concrete: Abrams Law, Gel space ratios, Maturity concept – Stress strain behavior – Creep and Shrinkage – Durability Tests on Concrete – Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete.

UNIT - III

High Strength Concrete – Microstructure – Manufacturing and Properties – Design of HSC Using Erintroy Shaklok method – Ultra High Strength Concrete. High Performance Concrete – Requirements and Properties of High-Performance Concrete – Design Considerations

UNIT - IV

Special Concretes: Self Compacting concrete, Polymer Concrete, Fibre Reinforced Concrete – Reactive Powder Concrete – Requirements and Guidelines – Advantages and Applications. Concrete Mix Design: Quality Control – Quality Assurance – Quality Audit - Mix Design Method – BIS Method – DOE Method – Light Weight Concrete, Self-Compacting Concrete.

UNIT - V

Form work – materials – structural requests – form work systems – connections – specifications – design of form work – shores – removal for forms - shores – reshoring – failure of form work.

R19 M.TECH CONSTRUCTION MGMT.

REFERENCES BOOKS:

• 1. Special Structural concretes by Rafat Siddique, Galgotia Publications 2000.
• 2. Design of Concrete Mixes by N. Krishna Raju, CBS Publications, 2000.
• 3. Concrete: Micro Structure by P.K. Mehta, ICI, Chennai.
• 4. Properties of Concrete by A.M. Neville, ELBS publications Oct 1996.
• 6. Concrete Technology by A.R. Santhakumar, Oxford University Press Oct 2006.
• 6. Concrete Technology by M.S. Shetty, S. Chand & Co 2009. R19 M.TECH CONSTRUCTION MGMT. M.TECH.- I YEAR- II SEMESTER CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT