Continuous Assessment Test -II February–2020 Reg. No.

Programme : B.E Date :

Branch : Civil Engineering Time : 01.15pm – 4.15pm
Semester : 08 Duration : 3Hrs
Subject code : CE6021 Maximum : 100 Marks
Subject Name : Repair and Rehabilitation
of Structures

PART A (10X2=20 Marks)

1 List two industrial wastes used as an alternative ingredient in concrete.
2 State the merits and applications of sulphur infiltrated concrete in construction
practice.
3 What are the advantages of vacuum concrete?
4 What is meant by volume fraction in FRC?
5 Differentiate high strength and high performance concrete.
6 Define shoring and write its purpose.
7 Name two nondestructive test used for assessing the quality of concrete.
8 What are corrosion inhibitors?
9 What is meant my underpinning? Write its methods.
10 List the mechanism of cathodic protection.

PART B (5x16=80 Marks)

11 a) Describe the method of manufacture properties and uses of fibre reinforced (16)
concrete.
(or)
b) Explain briefly the materials, mechanisms and behavior of fresh and (16)
hardened state of high performance concrete. Also indicate their merits and
demerits in construction practice.

12 a) Explain the special materials needed manufacturing process and application (16)
of vacuum concrete.
(or)
b) Explain in detail about the function and applications of self compacting (16)
concrete and reactive powder concrete as repair materials.

13 a) Explain about the manufacturing process, materials, used and advantages of (16)
reactive powder concrete.
(or)
Define the term underpinning. Discuss any two of its methods mentioning (16)

1
 its applicability.

14 a) Explain in detail any two corrosion protection methods with neat sketches. (16)
(or)
b) i. Write the step by step procedure adopted in epoxy injection for repair (8)
works.
ii.
Enumerate the types of shoring and describe the use of raking shore under
the following:
a. To support unsafe walls for a building, with the height of 12
(8)
meters.
b. To support unsafe walls of a building with height of 8 meters.

15 a) Write the different types of non destructive tests on concrete. Explain in (16)
detail about the carbonation test on concrete.
(or)
b) What is meant by corrosion inhibitors? Explain in detail about the various (16)
types of corrosion inhibitors with examples.

FacultyIncharge HOD Dean Principal

(B.Venkatramprabhu)