3 hours/week Credit: 3
Properties, uses and tests of bricks; efflorescence
in bricks; Chemistry of cement: Normal strength and high strength concrete;
concrete for special uses; chemical attack and salinity problems in concrete;
Properties and uses of different types of admixtures; properties of fresh and
hardened concrete; concrete mix design.
Atomic structure; bonding and crystal structure;
mechanical properties; yielding; elasticity, plasticity; fracture; Properties
and uses of glass rubber and plastics; corrosion and its prevention;
Ferro-cement.