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COURSE INFORMATION FOR CURRENT SEMESTER/TERM

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

5 Transporting concrete – equipment. Pumped concrete – pumpability,
site practices Notes / OHP

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-
tive measures Notes / OHP

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

14
In-situ tests. Core test Notes / OHP

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