Concrete technology laboratory | JNTUA R19 civil engineering

Jawaharlal nehru technological university anantapur (Established by Govt. of A.P., ACT No.30 of 2008)

ANANTAPUR-515 002 (A.P) INDIA

Syllabus of Concrete technology laboratory.

JNTUA subject code : 19A01404P

Credit : 1.5

Course Structure : R19

Civil engineering

Year : Third 4-1 (VI-I)

List of Experiments :

Experiment 1 : Grading Curve of Coarse & Fine aggregates.

Experiment 2 : Bulking of Fine aggregate.

Experiment 3 : Specific gravity of Fine and coarse aggregate.

Experiment 4 : Specific gravity, fineness, Initial and final setting times of Cement.

Experiment 5 : Soundness and Compressive Strength test of Cement.

Experiment 6 : Slump, compaction factor and Vee-Bee time tests on concrete.

Experiment 7 : Compressive and split tensile strength of concrete.

Experiment 8 : Non destructive tests on concrete (any two).

List of textbooks:

1. A. M. Neville,“Properties of Concrete”, Pearson Publication - 4th Edition
2. M.S. Shetty, A. K. Jain, “Concrete Technology Theory and Practice”, S. Chand and Company Limited, New Delhi.

Reference Books :

1. M. L. Gambhir, “Concrete Technology”, Tata Mc. Graw Hill Publishers, New Delhi.
2. N. Krishna Raju, “Design of Concrete Mixes”, CBS Publishers.
3. P. K. Mehta And J. M. Monteiro, “Concrete: Micro Structure, Properties and Materials” Mc-Graw Hill Publishers.
4. J. Prasad, C.G.K. Nair, “Non-Destructive Test and Evaluation of Materials”, Tata Mcgraw Hill Publishers, New Delhi.
5. Newman, John & Choo, Ban Sang. “ADVANCED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGYConstituent Materials” Elsevier 2003.

Course objective :

1. To find the various physical characteristics of cement, coarse and fine aggregates.
2. To evaluate the various properties of hardened concrete.
3. To familiarize with Non destructive testing of concrete.

Course outcome :

1. At the end of the course, the student will be able.
2. To find the characteristics of fine and coarse aggregates.
3. To evaluate the properties of the binding materials for their suitability in building construction.
4. To understand the workability behaviour of concrete through various tests.
5. To evaluate the strength of hardened concrete through destructive and non-destructive tests.

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