Course Code Course Title Advanced Concrete Technology

Teaching Evaluation FET Test ESE

Min. Pass 50% Min. Pass 50%

Course
The students will be able to, Levels
Outcomes

CO1 Generalize4 microstructure of cement paste 04

CO2 Explain4 physical sate of water in cement paste 04

CO3 Examine3 heat of hydration and its effect on strength of concrete 03

CO4 Evaluate6 effect of chemical admixture on fresh concrete 04

CO5 Elaborate6 need of sustainable concrete 03

CO6 Evaluate6 shrinkage and creep of concrete 04

Course Syllabus
Unit Content Hours
Unit 1 Microstructural Aspects of Cement Paste: general features, overview of
the hydration process, the hydration reactions, morphology of the main
09
hydration products, interfacial transition zone (ITZ), phase composition of
Portland cement paste.
Unit 2 Pore Structure of Cement Paste: pore system, classification of pores,
09
physical state of water in cement paste, pore volume measurements.
Unit 3 The Kinetics of Hydration of C3S: Overview of Kinetics, the heat of 09
hydration and thermal calorimetry, Nucleation and Growth, Diffusion
Controlled, Effect of Hydration Temperature, Effect of Particle Size,
Strength development with time.
Unit 4 Chemical Admixtures: Accelerator, retarder, water reducing elements, 08
plasticizer and super-plasticizer, their functions and dosage. Self-curing
admixture.
Unit 5 Mineral Admixtures: Pozzolanic Reaction, Fly Ash, Silica Fume, 08
Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag, and Metakaoline and their effects
on concrete properties
Unit 6 Shrinkage and Creep of Concrete: Plastic Shrinkage, Drying Shrinkage, 08
Autogenous Shrinkage and Self-desiccation, Creep of Cement Paste,
factors affecting and how to measure shrinkage and creep of concrete.
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Referenc 1. Gupta B. L., Amit Gupta, “Concrete Technology”, Jain Book Agency,
2010.
e Books:
2. Shetty M. S, “Concrete Technology”, S. Chand and Company Ltd,
New Delhi, 2003
3. P.K. Mehta and Paulo J.M. Monteiro, "Concrete: microstructure,
properties and materials", The McGraw, Hill Companies
4. Neville, A.M; “Properties of Concrete”, Pitman Publishing Limited,
London,1995
5. Gambir. M.L; “Concrete Technology”, 3rd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Co Ltd, New Delhi
6. http://iti.northwestern.edu/cement/index.html

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Course Code Course Title Repair and Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures

Teaching Evaluation FET Test ESE

Min. Pass 50% Min. Pass 50%

Course The students will be able to, Levels

CO1 Analyze distress in structures 04

CO2 Evaluate and diagnosis damage of existing structure 03

CO3 Summarize different innovative techniques of strengthening of structures 02

CO4 Illustrate need of structural health monitoring 04

Course Syllabus
Unit Content Hours
Unit 1: Deterioration of Structures - Causes of deterioration of concrete, steel,
masonry and timber structures, surface deterioration, efflorescence, 09
Causes and preventive measures.
Unit 2: Corrosion of Structures - Corrosion mechanism, Effects of cover
thickness and cracking, Methods of corrosion protection, Inhibitors, 09
Coatings, Cathodic protection for reinforcements.
Unit 3: Inspection and Assessment of Distressed structures - Visual inspection 08
– Non-destructive tests – Ultrasonic pulse velocity method – Rebound
hammer technique– Pullout tests – Core test.
Unit 4: Materials for Repair - Special concretes and mortar, Concrete 08
chemicals, Special elements for accelerated strength gain, Expansive
cement, Polymer concrete, Ferro cement, Fibre reinforced concrete,
Fibre reinforced plastics.
Unit 5: Techniques for Repair - Techniques for repairing of spalling and 08
disintegration of structures - Grouting –Autogenous healing- Prepacked
concrete- Protective surface coating.
Unit 6: Strengthening of distressed buildings - Repairs to overcome low 08
member strength, Deflection, Chemical disruption, Weathering wear,
Fire leakage, Marine exposure- Use of FRP- NDT tests
Referenc 1. Modi, P.I., Patel, C.N. (2016). Repair and Rehabilitation of
e Books: Concrete Structures, PHI India, New Delhi.

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2. Varghese, P.C. (2014), Maintenance, Repair & Rehabilitation and
Minor Works of Buildings, PHI India, New Delhi.
3. IABSE, (2010). Case Studies of Rehabilitation, Repair, Retrofitting,
and Strengthening of Structures, Volume 12, Structural Engineering
Documents (SED), Switerzland.
4. Bhattacharjee, J. (2017), Concrete Structures Repair Rehabilitation
and Retrofitting, CBS Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi.

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Course Code Course Title Structural Dynamics

Teaching Evaluation FET Test ESE

Min. Pass 50% Min. Pass 50%

Course The students will be able to, Levels

CO1 explain the basics of structural dynamics and equation of motion 02

CO2 analyze and study dynamics response of SDOF system 04

CO3 analyze and study dynamics response of MDOF system 04

CO4 compute the response parameters of vibrations like displacement, 03

Course Syllabus
Unit Content Hours
Unit 1: SDOF system - Fundamentals of vibration, types of exciting forces,
equivalent stiffness, Damping and types of damping, response to
09
harmonic loading, resonance, transmissibility, support motion and
vibration isolation.
Unit 2: SDOF system subjected to periodic & impulse loading, fourier series
loading, sine wave pulse, rectangular pulse and triangular pulse, 09
Intrduction to frequency- domain analysis.
Unit 3: SDOF system subjected to general dynamic loading- Duhamel’s 08
integral, application to simple loading cases, numerical evaluation of
response integral, Piecewise exact method, Newmark- Beta method.
Unit 4: MDOF system - Formulation of equation of motion, structure matrices, 08
static condensation, free vibration, Eigen value problem, Frequencies
and mode shapes, Determination of natural frequencies and mode
shapes by Stodola method, orthogonality conditions, Proportional
Damping Matrics, Rayleigh damping
Unit 5: Discrete systems, Fundamental mode analysis, Rayleigh method, 08
Rayleigh-Ritz method, Dunkerly method, Response of MDOF system
to dynamic loading, Mode superposition method, coupled and
uncoupled equations of motions, Modal contributions.
Unit 6: Lateral vibration of beam – Equation of motion, free and force 08
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 vibrations, boundary condition’s, partial differential equation of
motion, concept of wind loading, moving loading, vibration caused by
traffic and pile driving.
Referenc 1. A. K. Chopra, Dynamics of Structures: Theory &
e Books: Application to Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall
Publications.
2. Mario Paz, Structural Dynamics, CBS Publication.
3. R. W. Clough & Joseph Penziene, Dynamics of Structures,
McGrew Hill Publications.
4. Roy Craig, Structural Dynamics, John-Wiley & Sons.
5. Jagmohan L. Humar, Dynamics of Structures, Swets and
Zeitlinger, Netharlands.
6. Jaikrisna, A. R. Chandrashekharan, Elements of earthquake
Engineering, South Asian Publishers.
7. Mukhopadhayay Madhujit, Structural Dynamics: Vibration
and systems, Ane Books India Publisher.
8. Patrick Paultre, Dynamics of Structures, Wiley India

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