Geol.637 Concrete Technology (2C.H)
Course Contents: Constitutive materials of concrete, chemical composition of the cement and hydrated compounds of cement, various tests on cement, Different types of cement, Types of admixtures used in concrete, various tests on aggregates; Durability tests, Properties of fresh concrete and their measurement, Properties of hardened concrete and their measurement, Concrete mix design.
Recommended books:
- Concrete Technology (Vol. 438) by Neville, A. M., & Brooks, J. J. (2010). England: Longman Scientific & Technical.
- Concrete Surface Engineering by Bissonnette, B., Courard, L., & Garbacz, A. (2017). CRC Press.
- Concrete Technology (Theory and Practice), 8e by Shetty, M. S., & Jain, A. K. (2019). S. Chand Publishing.
- Concrete Permeability and Durability Performance: From Theory to Field Applications by Torrent, R. J., Neves, R. D., & Imamoto, K. (2021). CRC Press.
- Fundamentals of Durable Reinforced Concrete by Richardson, M. G. (2023). CRC Press.