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of hydration products; CH, ettringite, C-S-H, unhydrated cement, Voids, Capillary voids, Structure property relationships in hydrated cement paste-strength. Water in hydrated cement paste, capillary water, adsorbed water-interlayer waterchemically bound water, transition zone-significance-effect. Mineral Admixtures Slags Pozzolanas- silica fume, fly ash, Metakaoline etc. and Fillers Chemical Admixtures Water reducers, Super Plasticizers ,Retarders, accelerators, Air Entraining Agents Viscosity modifying agents, Water Proofing Compounds corrosion inhibitors Aggregates Properties and testing of fine and coarse aggregates combining of aggregates Substitute material for aggregates recent advancements. Module II Rheology of Concrete Workability of concrete significance- factors affecting, measurement and control, Rheological models, slump loss, control of concrete temperature-cold weather concreting, Hot weather concreting, maturity period. Module III Testing and Control of concrete quality General tests for Mechanical properties-significance, NDT methods-penetration resistance-pull out testultrasonic pulse velocity tests, Core test, crazing. Durability of concrete Factors affecting durability Chemical Attack Permeability chloride penetration water absorption Creep Shrinkage. Mix Design Principles of concrete mix design, Methods of concrete mix design according to IS and ACI code, Testing of Concrete. Statistical quality control- sampling and acceptance criteria. Module IV Special concretes Fibre Reinforced Concrete-function of fiber, Fiber matrix interaction, Types of fiber, Self- compacting concrete evaluation-test methods, mix proportioning ,High performance concrete, High strength concrete, Reactive powder concrete Concrete and Sustainable development Environmental impact of concrete, materials for sustainable development. References: Neville, A.M., Properties of Concrete, Pearson Education Limited. Metha P.K.and Montreio P.J.M., Concrete Structure Properties Materials, Prentice Hall, 1998. Santhakumar.A.R., Concrete Technology, Oxford University press, New Delhi. 2007.
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Review of limit state design of beams, slabs and columns according to IS Codes. Calculation of deflection and crack width according to IS and ACI Codes Module II Design of Special RC Elements
Design of slender columns - Design of RC walls - ordinary and shear walls. Design of flat slabs and flat plates according to IS and ACI methods - Design of shear reinforcement - Design of spandrel beams - Yield line theory and Hillerborgs strip method of design of slabs. Module III Inelastic Behaviour of Concrete Structures Inelastic behaviour of concrete beams and frames, moment - rotation curves, moment redistribution. Baker's method of plastic design. Design of cast-in-situ joints in frames. Detailing for ductility. Fire resistance of reinforced concrete members Module IV Detailing and Field Practice Concepts of strut-and-tie modeling Introduction Modified compression field theory B and Dregions elements of strut-and-tie model, Struts, Ties, Nodes ACI 318, AASHTO, CSA and Eurocode provisions for design Design and detailing of deep beams, corbels, dapped-end beams, pile caps by strut-and-tie method Comparison with sectional design References: 1. Unnikrishna Pillai and Devdas Menon Reinforced concrete Design, Tata McGraw Hill Publishers Company Ltd., New Delhi, 2006. 2. Varghese, P.C., Limit State Design of Reinforced Concrete, Prentice Hall of India, 2007. 3. Varghese, P.C, Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design, Prentice Hall of India, 2005. 4. Purushothaman, P, Reinforced Concrete Structural Elements : Behaviour Analysis and Design, Tata McGraw Hill, 1986 5. Sinha.N.C. and Roy S.K., Fundamentals of Reinforced Concrete, S.Chand and Company Limited, New Delhi, 2003. 6. Verification & implementation of strut-and-tie model in LRFD bridge design specification by Barney T Martin, Uty. of Nevada, Reno.
7. SP-208 (2003), Examples for the Design of Structural Concrete with Strut-and-Tie Models, American Concrete Institute, Michigan, USA, 242 pp