CE 3410 Construction Materials Laboratory

B. Tech. 5th Semester; July – November 2023

Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, India

Faculty members: J.Murali Krishnan, T.Thyagaraj, Dali Naidu Arnepalli, and K. Ramamurthy

Class Timing: Q-Slot (on Tuesdays)

Curriculum: Study of various properties of construction materials such as aggregates, brick,

concrete, steel, bitumen, and soil; study of testing methods and standard specifications for strength,
durability and other properties of construction materials systems

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Do not use cell phone during the laboratory class.

2. Familiarize yourself with all the laboratory procedures before the start of the class.
3. Each batch of students conducting an experiment is responsible for the equipment used.
4. Laboratory workspace should be meticulously cleaned before leaving.
5. Task for a particular lab class/session should be completed within that week.
6. Do wear shoes while conducting the experiments; Do not wear loose clothes.

ASSESSMENT PATTERN

Lab Records - 75% marks

Lab Records should be uploaded to the Moodle by 23:55 Hrs on the following
Wednesday. The reports will be graded within the next one week and the feedback
will be uploaded for viewing by the students.

Final Exam - 25% (objective type questions)- 90 minutes duration.

LAB RECORD FORMAT AND SUBMISSION

The laboratory records should follow the format given below.

1. Name, Roll no., Group no., Title of the Experiment and Date (on top of the first page)
2. Observations and calculations (scan copy of duly filled in standard data sheets provided in
the lab, with signature of the respective Tas)-
3. Results and Discussion
4. The scan copy to be uploaded under the provision made for respective week’s submission in
the moodle page of CE3401-July-Nov 2023 semester as per above schedule

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LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

Exp. Room
Experiments included
No. No.
Tests on cement: Normal consistency, Initial setting time, Final setting time,
1 Soundness, Compressive strength
Tests on concrete: Slump test, 7-day compressive/split tensile/flexural strengths,
2 Air content, Unit weight
Tests on bricks and tiles: Compressive strength, water absorption, Warpage,
3 Efflorescence, dimensional tolerance BSB
Tiles: Transverse strength, Wear resistance, 101
Aggregate tests: (BTCM)
Coarse aggregates - Specific gravity, Bulk density, Impact value, Abrasion
4
value, Crushing value.
Fine aggregates - Specific gravity, Bulk density, Particle size distribution
Tests on Steel: Yield strength, proof stress, ultimate strength, percent elongation
5 at rupture, and modulus of elasticity of MS and TMT bars, prestressing wire and
strand
Atterberg limits, Hydrometer analysis
6
Proctor density, field density tests
7 BSB
133
Permeability and consolidation tests
8 (GT)
Direct shear test and Unconfined compressive strength of soil
9
Sieve analysis of coarse and fine aggregate
10
Flakiness/elongation indices, angularity number of CA
11 BSB
103
Tests on Bitumen
12 (TR)
Viscosity of bitumen
13

LIST OF REFERENCES

1. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

2. American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards
3. Handbook of Material Testing, Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune, 2006
4. Varghese, P.C. "Building Materials", Prentice-Hall, 2005.
5. Michael S. Mamlouk and John P. Zaniewski, “Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers,” Addison
Wesley Longman Inc., USA, 1999

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