2019-11-29.11.20.52-St5001 Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Structures

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ST5001 MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION OF


STRUCTURES

DETAILED SYLLABUS
UNIT I INTRODUCTION

General Consideration – Distresses monitoring – Causes of distresses – Quality


assurance – Defects due to climate, chemicals, wear and erosion – Inspection –
Structural appraisal – Economic appraisal.

UNIT II BUILDING CRACKS

Causes – diagnosis – Thermal and Shrinkage cracks – unequal loading – Vegetation


and trees – Chemical action – Foundation movements – Remedial measures -
Techniques for repair – Epoxy injection.

UNIT III MOISTURE PENETRATION

Sources of dampness – Moisture movement from ground – Reasons for ineffective


DPC – Roof leakage – Pitched roofs – Madras Terrace roofs – Membrane treated
roofs - Leakage of Concrete slabs – Dampness in solid walls – condensation –
hygroscopic salts – remedial treatments – Ferro cement overlay – Chemical coatings
– Flexible and rigid coatings.

UNIT IV DISTRESSES AND REMEDIES

Concrete Structures: Introduction – Causes of deterioration – Diagnosis of causes –


Flow charts for diagnosis – Materials and methods of repair – repairing, spalling and
disintegration – Repairing of concrete floors and pavements. Steel Structures : Types
and causes for deterioration – preventive measures – Repair procedure – Brittle
fracture – Lamellar tearing – Defects in welded joints – Mechanism of corrosion –
Design of protect against corrosion – Design and fabrication errors – Distress during
erection. Masonry Structures: Discoloration and weakening of stones – Biotical
treatments – Preservation – Chemical preservatives – Brick masonry structures –
Distresses and remedial measures.

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UNIT V STRENGTHENING OF EXISTING STRUCTURES

General principle – relieving loads – Strengthening super structures – plating –


Conversation to composite construction – post stressing – Jacketing – bonded
overlays – Reinforcement addition – strengthening substructures – under pinning –
Enhancing the load capacity of footing – Design for rehabilitation.

REFERENCES:

1. Allen R.T and Edwards S.C, “Repair of Concrete Structures”, Blakie and Sons, UK,
1987

2. Dayaratnam.P and Rao.R, “Maintenance and Durability of Concrete Structures”,


University Press, India, 1997.
3. Denison Campbell, Allen and Harold Roper, “Concrete Structures, Materials,
Maintenance and Repair”, Longman Scientific and Technical, UK, 1991.
4. Dodge Woodson.R,”Concrete Structures – protection, repair and rehabilitation”,
Elsevier Butterworth – Heinmann, UK, 2009.

5. Hand book on seismic retrofit of Building by CPWD and IIT Madras,2003.


6. Peter H.Emmons, “Concrete Repair and Maintenance Illustrated”, Galgotia
Publications Pvt. Ltd., 2001.

7. Raikar, R.N., “Learning from failures - Deficiencies in Design, Construction and


Service” – Rand D Centre (SDCPL), Raikar Bhavan, Bombay, 1987.
OBJECTIVE:

To study the damages, repair and rehabilitation of structures.

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