Dear Students the Lecture Notes has been uploaded for the following topics:Cement - Types of cements - composition, properties and uses – BIS specifications, Admixtures - Plasticizers – super-plasticizers – Retarders – Accelerators – Air entraining admixtures, supplementary cementitious materials: silica fume, fly ash, metakaolin, ground granulated blast furnace slag , water proofing admixtures: Properties, advantages, dosage and application.
Dear Students the Lecture Notes has been uploaded for the following topics:Self-Compacting concrete, Light weight concretes , Ferrocement – SIFCON - Shotcrete – Polymer concrete - High performance concrete- Geopolymer Concrete, Testing on hardened concrete: Compression test, flexural strength of concrete, direct tension test methods, chemical attack, sulphate attack – methods of controlling – thermal properties of concrete – chloride attack – concrete in sea water – resistance to abrasion and cavitations – corrosion of steel
Dear Students the Lecture Notes has been uploaded for the following topics:Mix design : Introduction, concept of mix design – various mix design methods – batching of ingredients: volume batching, weigh batching , Mix design : Introduction, concept of mix design – various mix design methods – batching of ingredients: volume batching, weigh batching , IS method and ACI method of mix proportioning- Mix Proportioning of concrete uses admixtures., Workability : Definition, factor affecting workability, measurement of workability: slump test, K – slump test, compacting factor test – segregation – bleeding – steps of manufacture of concrete: batching, mixing, transporting, placing, compacting – curing of concrete - Factors affecting strength of concrete: water / cement ratio, maturity of concrete, micro – cracking and autogeneous healing – evolution of heat and expansion – shrinkage of concrete and factors affecting it., segregation – bleeding – steps of manufacture of concrete: batching, mixing, transporting, placing, compacting – curing of concrete , Factors affecting strength of concrete, evolution of heat and expansion – shrinkage of concrete and factors affecting it.
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