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COURSE INFORMATION FOR CURRENT SEMESTER/TERM

References/Teaching Materials/
Week Lecture/Tutorial/Assignment Topic
Equipment
1 Introduction to concrete and concrete materials, cement production, Reference books/lecture notes/
cement composition and compound LCD projector

2 Types of portland cement, characteristics of various cements, Reference books/lecture notes/
supplementary cementing materials, blended cement LCD projector

3 Cement hydration and hydration products, setting and hardening, Reference books/lecture notes/
physical properties of cement, tests on cement LCD projector
4 Aggregates – introduction, sources, types and classification, Reference books/lecture notes/
deleterious substances LCD projector

5 Physical and mechanical properties of aggregates, aggregate grading, Reference books/lecture notes/
tests on aggregates LCD projector

6 Water and chemical admixtures, mixing and curing water, types and Lecture notes and BRE document/
working mechanisms of various chemical admixtures LCD projector
7 Design of concrete mixtures, types of concrete mixtures, DOE method Reference books/lecture notes/
– basic concepts and design example LCD projector

8 Concrete mixture design exercise – determination of mixture Lecture notes and BRE document/
proportions for various constituent materials LCD projector

9 Fresh concrete – key properties, factors affecting various fresh Reference books/lecture notes/
properties LCD projector
10 Fresh concrete – workability characteristics and their effects, tests for Reference books/lecture notes/
fresh properties LCD projector

11 Hardened concrete – compressive, tensile and flexural strengths, Reference books/lecture notes/
factors affecting strength, various strength tests LCD projector

12 Hardened concrete – elastic deformation, factors affecting elastic Reference books/lecture notes/
behaviour, test for modulus of elasticity LCD projector
13 Hardened concrete – creep, shrinkage, different types of shrinkage, Reference books/lecture notes/
factors affecting creep and shrinkage LCD projector

14 Hardened concrete – porosity, transport properties, and durability Reference books/lecture notes/
LCD projector

Tutorial Topics:
– Design of concrete mixture for given specification
– Calculation of batch proportions and costing for concrete production
Laboratory Topics:
– Testing of cement
– Testing of fine and coarse aggregates
– Mixing, testing, and casting of fresh concrete
– Curing and testing of hardened concrete

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