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19MSE1PE13 REPAIR AND REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES

Course Objectives:
The objectives of this course is
 To investigate the cause of deterioration of concrete structures.
 To strategise different repair and rehabilitation of structures.
 To evaluate the performance of the materials for repair.

Course Outcomes: students are able to

 Evaluate the cause of deterioration of concrete structures.
 Analyze the concept of Serviceability and Durability.
 Examine how the Concrete repair industry equipped with variety of repair materials and
techniques
 Analyzing the repairing of structures and demolition procedures.

UNIT-I
Introduction: Cause of deterioration of concrete structures, Scenario of distressed structures
world over, preliminary investigations, Quality assurance for concrete construction as built
concrete properties strength, permeability, thermal properties and cracking.
Damage Assessment allied Tests (Destructive, Semi-destructive, Nondestructive): Field &
laboratory testing procedures for evaluating the structure for strength, corrosion activity,
performance & integrity, durability. Interpretation of the findings of the tests.

UNIT-II
Influence on Serviceability and Durability: Effects due to climate, temperature, chemicals,
wear and erosion, Design and construction errors, corrosion mechanism, Effects of cover
thickness, corrosion inhibitors, corrosion resistant steels, coatings, cathodic protection.

UNIT-III
Protection & maintenance of structures - Importance of protection & maintenance, Categories
of maintenance, Building maintenance. Corrosion mitigation techniques to protect the structure
from corrosion.
Long term health monitoring / Structural health monitoring (SHM)– Definition and
motivation for SHM, Basic components of SHM and its working mechanism, SHM as a tool for
proactive maintenance of structures.

UNIT-IV
Materials for Repair: Criteria for durable concrete repair, selection of repair materials, Special
concretes and mortars, concrete chemicals, special elements for accelerated strength gain,
Expansive cement, polymer concrete, sulphur infiltrated concrete, Ferro cement, Fiber reinforced
concrete, FRP sheets.
UNIT-V
Seismic retrofit of concrete structures: Deficiencies in structure requiring seismic retrofit,
Design philosophy, Techniques to enhance the seismic resistance of structures, advanced
techniques for making seismic resistant structures
 UNIT-VI

Techniques for Repair: Rust eliminators and polymers coating for rebar during repair foamed
concrete, mortar and dry pack, vacuum concrete, Gunite and Shot Crete Epoxy injection, Mortar
repair for cracks, shoring and underpinning.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Repair and protection of concrete structures by Noel P.Mailvaganam, CRC Press,1991.
2. Concrete repair and maintenance Illustrated by Peter.H.Emmons, Galgotia publications Pvt.
Ltd., 2001.
3. “Earthquake resistant design of structures” by Pankaj agarwal, Manish shrikande, PHI, 2006.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Sidney, M. Johnson “Deterioration, Maintenance and Repair of Structures”.
2. Denison Campbell, Allen & Harold Roper, “Concrete Structures – Materials, Maintenance
and Repair”- Longman Scientific and Technical
3. R.T.Allen and S.C. Edwards, “Repair of Concrete Structures”-Blakie and Sons 4. Raiker
R.N., “Learning for failure from Deficiencies in Design, Construction and Service”- R&D
Center (SDCPL)
4. Handbook on repair and rehabilitation of RCC buildings, CPWD, Government of India.
5. Handbook on seismic retrofit of buildings, A. Chakrabarti et.al., Narosa Publishing House,
2010.