UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BCE052

Modern Construction Materials

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Civil Engineering · Sem 5 (Departmental Elective-I)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: INTRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND USES OF MODERN BUILDING MATERIALS

8 hrs

fly ash bricks, soil – cement blocks, calcium silicate bricks, red mud jute fibre polymer composite (RFPC), glass reinforced gypsum.

Unit2

Unit 2: INTRODUCTION , PROPERTIES AND USE OF

8 hrs

geosynthetics, bituminous material, fire resistant materials (chemicals ,paints ,tiles ,bricks, glass),metals, light - weight concrete, mass concrete, waste material based concrete.

Unit3

Unit 3: INTRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND USE OF

8 hrs

Ferro cement &fibre reinforced concrete, different types of fibres, high density concrete, Nuclear concrete, heat resisting & refractory concretes, prefabricated systems.

Unit4

Unit 4: INTRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND USE OF

8 hrs

Polymers, fibre reinforced polymers, polymer concrete composites (PCCs), sulphur concrete and sulphur - infiltrated concrete.

Unit5

Unit 5: INTRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND USE OF

8 hrs

Conventional and modern water proofing materials, Conventional and modern insulating materials (thermal, sound and electrical insulating materials).Concept of polymer floor finishes.

Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Understand the use of modern construction materials.
  2. CO2Use geosynthetics and bituminous materials in constructions.
  3. CO3Apply knowledge of modern materials in production of variety of concrete.
  4. CO4Apply knowledge of composites and chemicals in production of modern concrete.
  5. CO5Use modern water proofing and insulating materials in constructions.

References

  1. Gambhir ML."Concrete Technology" Tata McGraw Hill education private Limited.
  2. A.R. Santhakumar, Concrete Technology, Oxford University Press.
  3. Building Materials, P.C. Varghese, Prentice-Hall India.
  4. Shetty, M. S., "Concrete Technology" S. Chand Publication.
  5. Krishnaraju .N., Advanced Concrete Technology, CBS Published.
  6. Materials Science and Engineering: An introduction, W.D. Callister, John Wiley.
  7. Nevile. A.M., Concrete Technology, Prentice Hall, Newyork.
  8. Dr. U. K. Shrivastava, Building Materials Technology, Galgotia Publication pvt.ltd.
  9. Materials Science and Engineering, V. Raghavan, Prentice Hall.
  10. Properties of Engineering Materials, R.A. Higgins, Industrial Press.
  11. Construction materials: Their nature and behaviour, Eds. J.M. Illston and P.L.J. Domone, 3rd ed., Spon Press.
  12. The Science and Technology of Civil Engineering Materials, J.F. Young, S. Mindess,R.J. Gray & A. Bentur, Prentice Hall.
  13. Engineering Materials 1: An introduction to their properties & applications, M.F. Ashby and D.R.H. Jones, Butterworth Heinemann.
  14. The Science and Design of Engineering Materials, J.P. Schaffer, A. Saxena, S.D. Antolovich, T.H. Sanders and S.B. Warner, Irwin.
  15. Concrete: Microstructure, properties and materials, P.K. Mehta and P.J.M. Monteiro, McGraw Hill.
  16. S K Sharma, "Civil Engineering and construction material," Khanna Publishing House.
  17. Properties of concrete, A.M. Neville, Pearson.

Official AKTU syllabus

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