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Maintenance, repair and rehabilitation- Facets of Maintenance - importance of Maintenance various aspects of Inspection -Assessment procedure for evaluating a damaged structure - Causes of deterioration
Quality assurance for concrete construction concrete properties- strength, permeability, thermal properties and cracking. - Effects due to climate, temperature, chemicals, corrosion – design and construction errors - Effects of cover thickness and cracking.
Admixtures- types of admixtures - purposes of using admixtures - chemical composition- Natural admixtures - Fibres- wraps- Glass and Carbon fibre wraps- Steel Plate
Rust eliminators and polymers coating for rebars during repair - foamed concrete - mortar and dry pack - vacuum concrete - Gunite and Shotcrete - Epoxy injection, Mortar repair for cracks, shoring and underpinning - Methods of corrosion protection, corrosion inhibitors, corrosion resistant steels, coatings and cathodic protection - Engineered demolition techniques for dilapidated structures - case studies
Distress, observation and preliminary test methods. Case studies: related to rehabilitation of bridge piers, dams, canals, heritage structures, corrosion and erosion damaged structures.
Reference Book:
M.S. Shetty, “Concrete Technologyâ€, S Chand, 2006 Allen R.T and Edwards S.C, “Repair of Concrete Structuresâ€, CRC Press, 2011 S.S. Bhavikatti “Concrete Technologyâ€, I K International publishing house , New Delhi (2008) Clifford Rutherford, “Building Maintenance & Construction: Tools and Maintenance Tasksâ€, University of Hawaii, 2018 Barrie Chanter, Peter Swallow, “Building Maintenance Managementâ€, Wiley- Blackwell, 2007
Text Book:
B Vidivelli, “Rehabilitation Of Concrete Structuresâ€, Standard Publishers Distributors; 1 edition (2009) Santhakumar A.R., “Concrete Technology†Oxford University Press, Printed in India by Radha Press, New Delhi, 2007