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Syllabi for Pre-Ph.D/Civil
(2009-2010)
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ANANTAPUR

ANANTAPUR
Pre-Ph.D CIVIL ENGINEERING
(09PH01101) CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY
Unit-I
Cements and Admixtures: Portland cement Chemical composition - Hydration, setting
and fineness of cement structures of hydrated cement mechanical strength of cement gel
water held in hydrate cement paste Heat of hydration of cement Influence of compound
composition on properties of cement tests on physical properties of cement I.S.
specifications Different types of cements Chemical Admixtures.
UNIT II
Aggregates: Classification of aggregate particle shape and texture Bond, strength and
other mechanical properties of aggregate specific gravity, Bulk density, porosity, absorption
and moisture in aggregate soundness of aggregate Alkali aggregate reaction I Thermal
properties sieve analysis Fineness modulus grading curves grading requirements
practical grading Road note No. grading of fine and coarse aggregates gap graded aggregate
maximum aggregate size.
UNIT III
Fresh concrete: Workability factors affecting workability measurement of workability by

different tests Effect of time and temperature on workability segregation and bleeding
mixing and vibration of concrete quality of mixing water.
UNIT IV
Hardened Concrete: Water/cement ratio-Abrams law Gel space ratio effective water in
mix Nature of strength of concrete strength in tension and compression- Griffiths
hypothesis factors affecting strength autogenous healing Relation between compression
and tensile strength curing and maturity of concrete Influence of temperature on strength
Steam curing testing of Hardened concrete compression tests tension tests factors
affecting strength flexure tests splitting tests Non destructive testing methods.
UNIT V
Elasticity, Shrinkage and Creep: Modulus of elasticity dynamic modulus of elasticity

Poissons ratio Early volume changes swelling Drying shrinkage - Mechanism of
shrinkage factors affecting shrinkage Differential shrinkage moisture movement
carbonation shrinkage-creep of concrete factors influencing creep relation between creep
and time Nature of creep Effect of creep.
(2009-2010)
UNIT VI
Mix Design: Proportioning of concrete mixes by various methods fineness modulus, trial and
error, mix density, Road Note. No. 4, ACI and ISI code methods factors in the choice of mix
proportions Durability of concrete quality control of concrete Statistical methods High
strength concrete mix design
UNIT VI I
Components of modern concrete and constituent materials-1: Light weight concretes

light weight aggregate, light weight aggregate concrete- Mix design Cellular concrete Nofines concrete High density concrete Fiber reinforced concrete Different types of fibers = factories affecting properties of FRC Applications polymer concrete types of polymer
concrete properties of polymer concrete applications.
UNIT VIII
Components of modern concrete and constituent materials-2: Mineral admixtures in

concrete fly ash-silica fume- Highly reactive Metakaolin (HRM) Rice husk ash ready
mix concrete Ferro cement High Performance Concrete Self compacting concrete
References:
1. Micro structure, Properties and Materials P. Kumar Mehta, Panlo, J.N. Monterio
CONCRETE Tata McGraw Hill
2 Concrete Technology A.R. Santha Kumar Oxford University Press, New Delhi
3.. Properties of Concrete Neville, A.M Pearson Education Asis, 2000
4.Concrete Technology- Theory and Practice M.S. Shetty S. Chand & Co. Ltd., NewDelhi
(2009-2010)
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ANANTAPUR

ANANTAPUR
Pre-Ph.D CIVIL ENGINEERING
(09PH01209) REHABILITATION AND RETRO FITTING OF STRUCTURES

UNIT I
General : Quality assurance for concrete construction, As built concrete properties, strength,
permeability, volume changes, thermal properties, cracking.
UNIT II
Influence on serviceability and Durability:- Effects due to climate, temperature, chemicals,

wear and erosion, design and construction errors, corrosion mechanism, Effects of cover
thickness and cracking methods of corrosion protection, inhibitors, resistant steels, coatings
cathode protection.
UNIT III
Maintenance and Repair Strategies:- Inspection, Structural Appraisal, Economic appraisal,

components of quality assurance, conceptual bases for quality assurance schemes.
UNIT IV
Materials for Repair-1: - Special concretes and mortar, concrete chemicals, special elements
for accelerated strength gain, Expansive cement
UNIT V
Materials for Repair-2: - Polymer concrete, sulphur infiltrated concrete, ferro-cement, Fibre
reinforced concrete, Slurry Infiltrated Fibrous Concrete
UNIT VI
Techniques for Repair-1;- Rust eliminators and polymers coating for re-bars during repair,
foamed concrete, mortar and dry pack, vacuum concrete
UNIT VII
Techniques for Repair-2;- Gunite and shotcrete - Epoxy injection, Mortar repair for cracks,
shoring and underpinning.
UNIT VIII
Examples of repairs to structures:- Repairs to overcome low member strength, Deflection,

cracking, chemical disruption, weathering, wear, fire, leakage, marine exposure.
(2009-2010)
References:
1. Dension Campbell, Allen and Harold Roper, Concrete Structures, Materials, Maintenance
and Repair, Longman Scientific and Technical, U.K, 1991.
2 Repair of concrete Structures, .
RT. Allen and S.C. Edwards, Blakie and sons, UK,
1987.
3. Concrete Technology Theory and practice, MS. Shetty S.Chand and company, New Delhi,
1992.
4. Training course notes on damage assessment and Repair in low cost housing
Santhakumar, S.R. RHDC-NBO Anna University, Madras, July, 1992.
5. Raikar, R.N. learning from failures deficiencies in Design, construction and
service R & D centre (SDCPL), Raikar Bhavan, Bombay, 1987.
6. Estate Management, N. Palaniappan, Anna Institute of Management, Madras Sep.
1992.
7. Structural Assessment, F.K. Garas, J.L. Clarke, GST Armer Butterworths, UK April 1987.
8. Concrete chemicals Theory and applications, A.R. Santhakumar, Indian society for
construction Engineering and Technology, Madras. 1993 (In press)
(CommonPre-Ph.Dpaper for all Ph.dnvl.PhilStudentsadmittedfrom 20ll-12 onwards)
(1I PH00001)Research
Methodology
Unit-I:Meaning, Objective and Motivation in Research:Types of Research,Research
Approaches,
Research
Process,
ValidityandReliabilityin Research
Unit-fl:ResearchDesign: Featuresof Good Design,Types of ResearchDesign, Basic
Principles
of Experimental
Design
Unit-III:SamplingDesign: Stepsin SamplingDesign,Characteristics
of a Good Sample
Design,RandomSamplesandRandomSamplihgDesign
Unit-[V:Measurement
and ScalingTechniques:Errors in Measurement,
Tests of Sound
'I'echniques,
Measurement,
Scalingand ScaleConstruction
ForecastingTechniques,
Time
SeriesAnalysis,Interpolation
andExtrapolation,
Unit-V:Methods
of DataCollection:PrimaryData,Questionnaire
and Interviews,Collection
of Secondary
Data,Casesand Schedules.
Professional
Attitudeand Goals,Conceptof Excellence,
Ethicsin Scienceand Engineering,
SomeFamousFraudsin Science(CaseStudies).
Unit-Vl:Correlationand RegressionAnalysis,Methodof Least Squares,Regression
Vs.
Conelation,Conelation Vs. Determinatlon,Types of Correlationand Their Specific
Applications.
Unit VII:StatisticalInterference:Testsof Hypothesis,ParametricVs. Non-Parametric

Tests,
Procedure
for TestingHypothesis,Use oT StatisticalTechniquesfor TestingHypothesis,
SamplingDistribution,SamplingTheoali Chi-SquareTest, Analysis of Varianceand
Covariance,
MultivariableAnalysis.
Unit Vlll:lnterpretation of Data and Report Writing, Layout of a ResearchPaper,
Techniques
of Interpretation.
Making ScientificPresentation
at Conferences
and PopularLecturesto Semi Technical
Audience,
Participating
in PubticDebateson ScientificIssues.
Books:
I' Research
- C. R. Kothari,2ndEdition,New
Methodology:MethodsAnd Techniques
Age Intemational
Publishers.
2, Research
MethodologyAnd Statistical
Tools- P. NarayanaReddyAnd G.V,R.K,
Acharyulu,l" Edition,ExcelBooks,New Delhi,200g,
3. statistical
Methods- s P. Gupta.S. chand& Sons,New Derhi,2005.

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Syllabi for Pre-Ph.D/Civil

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ANANTAPUR

Fresh concrete: Workability factors affecting workability measurement of workability by

Elasticity, Shrinkage and Creep: Modulus of elasticity dynamic modulus of elasticity

Syllabi for Pre-Ph.D/Civil

Components of modern concrete and constituent materials-1: Light weight concretes

Components of modern concrete and constituent materials-2: Mineral admixtures in

Syllabi for Pre-Ph.D/Civil

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ANANTAPUR

(09PH01209) REHABILITATION AND RETRO FITTING OF STRUCTURES

Influence on serviceability and Durability:- Effects due to climate, temperature, chemicals,

Maintenance and Repair Strategies:- Inspection, Structural Appraisal, Economic appraisal,

Examples of repairs to structures:- Repairs to overcome low member strength, Deflection,

Syllabi for Pre-Ph.D/Civil

(CommonPre-Ph.Dpaper for all Ph.dnvl.PhilStudentsadmittedfrom 20ll-12 onwards)

Unit VII:StatisticalInterference:Testsof Hypothesis,ParametricVs. Non-Parametric

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