Admixtures And Special Concretes

By Prof. Manu Santhanam | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 5571 | Exam registration: 1304

ABOUT THE COURSE:

The course – Admixtures and Special Concretes – builds upon the basics of construction materials and concrete technology to introduce the learner to the mechanisms of action of chemical and mineral admixtures and their impact on the performance of concrete. It goes on to introduce the students to the formulation and properties of special concretes that are increasingly being used nowadays in construction.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Senior UG students, PG and PhD students, Concrete Technologists, Practicing Civil Engineers

PREREQUISITES: Basic course in Construction Materials and preferably, Concrete Technology

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: All cement companies, construction chemical manufacturers, and concrete technology experts working in construction industry

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Civil Engineering Construction Materials Technology
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	24 Jul 2023
End Date :	13 Oct 2023
Enrollment Ends :	07 Aug 2023
Exam Registration Ends :	18 Aug 2023
Exam Date :	28 Oct 2023 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Cement chemistry and concrete performance - An overview

Week 2: Chemical admixtures: Introduction & Water reducers

Week 3: Chemical admixtures: Set controllers, Standards on chemical admixtures & Air entraining agents

Week 4: Chemical admixtures: Understanding concrete rheology, Viscosity modifying agents, Shrinkage reducing admixtures, & Other specialty admixtures

Week 5: Mineral Admixtures: Introduction, classification and pozzolanic activity

Week 6: Mineral Admixtures: Fly ash and Silica fume

Week 7: Mineral Admixtures: GGBFS, Metakaolin and LC3

Week 8: Mineral Admixtures: Agricultural ashes, characterization techniques Life Cycle Assessment

Week 9: Special Concretes: High strength concrete and ultra high performance concrete

Week 10: Special Concretes: Self compacting concrete and mass concreting

Week 11: Special Concretes: Mass concreting and lightweight concrete

Week 12: Special Concretes: High density concrete and concrete for 3D printing

Books and references

Textbook:

Mehta, P. K., and Monteiro, P. J. M., Concrete: Microstructure, Properties, and Materials, Fourth Edition (Indian Edition), McGraw Hill, 2014.

Reference books:

1. Neville, A. M., Properties of Concrete, Pitman Publishing, Inc., MA, 1981.

2. Thomas M.D.A., Supplementary Cementing Materials in Concrete, CRC Press, Francis & Taylor Group, Florida, USA, 2013.

3. Bentur, A., Diamond, S., and Berke, N.S., Steel Corrosion in Concrete, E&FN Spon, UK, 1997.

4. Taylor, H. W. F., Cement Chemistry, Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, CA, 1990.

5. Lea, F. M., The Chemistry of Cement and Concrete, Chemical Publishing Company, Inc., New York, 1971.

6. Mindess, S., and Young, J. F., Concrete, Prentice Hall, Inc., NJ, 1981.

7. J. Newman and B. S. Choo, Eds., Advanced Concrete Technology, Four Volume Set, Elsevier, 2003

Instructor bio

Prof. Manu Santhanam

IIT Madras

Dr. Manu Santhanam is a Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Madras. His research interests are in multi-scale characterization of concrete, supplementary cementing materials, durability and non-destructive evaluation.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: 28 October 2023 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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