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COURSE INFORMATION FOR CURRENT SEMESTER/TERM

References/Teaching Materials/
Week Lecture/Tutorial/Assignment Topic
Equipment
Concrete mixes, selection and mix design
1
Notes / OHP

2
Quality control, specifications for concrete Notes / OHP

3
Concrete production – batching practices and plants Notes / OHP

4 Mixing concrete – types of mixers, mixing practices. Ready mix con- Notes / OHP
crete
5 Transporting concrete – equipment. Pumped concrete – pumpability, Notes / OHP
site practices

6 Placing and compacting concrete – site practices and equipment Notes / OHP

7
Hot weather concreting – problems, preventive measures Notes / OHP

8
Mid-semester exam Notes / OHP

9 Durability of concrete – permeability, durability tests Notes / OHP

10
Chemical attack – sulphate and acid. Marine exposure Notes / OHP

11 Project presentation Notes / OHP

12 Alkali-silica reaction. Reinforcement corrosion – mechanism, preven- Notes / OHP
tive measures

13
Structural appraisal – objectives, strategies, methodology Notes / OHP

14 In-situ tests. Core test Notes / OHP

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