UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY PESHAWAR

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

COURSE OUTLINE SPRING 2018

CE-5192 ADVANCED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY

Course Instructor: Dr. Yasir Irfan Badrashi

CONTENTS

CONCRETE AS A MATERIAL

Week No. 1  Nature, advantages and limitations of concrete.

 Historical development of cement and concrete.
 Composition of concrete and the role of constituent materials.

MANUFACTURE AND COMPOSITION OF PORTLAND CEMENT

 Modified Portland cements and Non-Portland Inorganic cements
Week No. 2  Specifications and testing of Portland cement
 Mineral admixtures and blended cements
 Hydration of Portland cement and properties of hydrated cement
pastes

WATER AND AGGREGATES IN CONCRETE.

 Water quality
Week No. 3  Properties of aggregates for mix design
 Durability of aggregates
 Chemical admixtures

FRESH CONCRETE
Week No. 4  Workability, setting and tests on fresh concrete
 Delayed Ettringite formation, Autogenous shrinkage

PROPORTIONING OF CONCRETE MIXES

Week No. 5  Basic considerations

 Fundamentals of mix design
 ACI method of mix design

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES

Week No. 6  Batching and mixing, transportation, placement and finishing of
concrete

CURING
Week No. 7
 Curing at ambient temperatures

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  Curing at elevated temperatures
 Hydration and hardening of concrete; the process

CONCRETE UNDER STRESS

 Interfacial transition zone (ITZ)
Week No. 8  Modulus of elasticity
 Tension and fracture
 Compression
 Factors affecting strength

Week No. 9 MID-TERM EXAMINATION

TESTS ON HARDENED CONCRETE

 Standardization
Week No. 10  Significance
 Compression and other tests
 Assessment of concrete quality

QUALITY CONTROL
Week No. 11  Variability and its measurement
 Quality control charts

Week No. 12 CONCRETE IN HOT WEATHER

Week No. 13 CONCRETE IN COLD WEATHER

DURABILITY OF CONCRETE
 Permeability
Week No. 14  Chemical attack
 Physical attack
 Cracking in concrete

HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE

Week No. 15  Materials

 Construction
 Properties

FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE

 Fiber-matrix bond
Week No. 16  Mechanics
 Fabrication
 Properties

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF CEMENT AND CONCRETE

Week No. 17
CONSTRUCTION

Week No. 18 FINAL EXAMINATION

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GRADING CRITERIA
Final Term Exam 50%
Mid-term Exam 25%
Class Activities 25%

RECOMMENDED BOOKS
i. Concrete Technology by M. S. Shetty
ii. Concrete Technology by A. M. Neville
iii. Concrete, 2nd Edition by Sidney Mindess, J. Francis Young & David Darwin

IMPORTANT
 Assignments shall positively be submitted in the next lecture after they have been handed
out.
 It is mandatory to attain at least 75% attendance during the course.
 Copying assignments is strictly discouraged and would result in cancellation of assignment
of both the guilty parties.
 Students are encouraged to use internet for collection of information; however, copy/paste
should be avoided.

Dr. Yasir Irfan Badrashi Prof. Dr. Qaisar Ali

Assistant Professor Chairman
Civil Engineering Department Civil Engineering Department
UET Bannu Campus