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CE-803 Concrete Materials and Technology
Campus
MCE
Programs
PG
Session
Fall Semester 2016
Course Title
Concrete Materials and Technology
Course Code
CE-803
Credit Hours
3-0
Pre-Requisutes
None
Course Objectives
The objective of the course is to introduce latest concepts in techniques applied in the modern concrete engineering. The course address very useful issues necessary for placements of HPC/SSC and their durability
Detail Content
Introduction to cement phases
Different between Conventional concrete and Modern Concrete, Systems
Chemical and Mineral Admixtures
Powder particle characterization and surface morphology
Hydration Kinetics, Dormant Period, Study of Hydration Kinetics/Products
Electrical Resistivity, Pulse Velocity and Vicat as hydration indicators
Deleterious Mechanism of Concrete
Flow, Strength, Durability and Microstructure studies of Modern Concrete
Stability of Concrete, Dimensional Stability
Shrinkage Compensating Concrete
High Early Strength Grout Systems
Setting and Hardening Phases of Concrete
Text/Ref Books
Brittle matrix Composites by A.M.Brandt, Materials, Mechanical properties and performance, 2nd ed.
ACI Committee reports/Rilem Committee reports & workshop proceedings.
ACI materials Journal ACI Manual of Concrete Practice 2005.
US Elsevier Journals dealing with cement based systems
High performance Mortars & Concretes using Secondary Raw Materials, PhD Thesis by Syed Ali Rizwan of Technical University Freiberg Germany.
L ea’s Chemistry of Chemistry of Cements and Concretes ACI 318-08
Time Schedule
Fall 2015
Faculty/Resource Person
Lt Col Dr Muhammad Maqbool Sadiq PhD in Structural Engineering