COURSE PROFILE

Course Number : CE462 Course Title: Advanced Concrete Technology

Required / Elective : Elective Pre-requisite : -

Catalog Description: Concrete production techniques. Quality control. Mix design for high strength concrete. Admixtures for concrete. Ready-mix concrete. Non-destructive testing. Pumped concrete, Spreading concrete at hot and cold weather conditions. Underwater concrete, Vacuum concrete. lightweight concrete.

Textbook / Required Material : J.N. Newman, B.S. Choo, Advanced Concrete Technology 3, Butterworth Heinemann, 2003.

Course Structure / Schedule : (3+0+0) 3 / 5 ECTS

Extended Description Fundamental concepts (workability, strength, dimension stability, and durability) will be given in this course. Then updated concrete technology (micro structural engineering, development of special concretes); concrete fracture and modelling; non-destructive evaluation methods for concrete structures, pumped concrete, spreading concrete at hot and cold weather conditions, underwater concrete, vacuum concrete will be considered..

Design content: Several examples are solved in lectures to show how the theory is applied.

Computer usage: %15

Course Outcomes: [relevant program outcomes in brackets]:

After the completion of this course, students should gain: 1. an understanding of advanced concrete terminology. [1,2,3] 2. an understanding of the design requirements for advanced concrete. [13,14] 3. an understanding of the construction and inspection requirements the buildings [12,13,14] 4. an understanding of safety analysis. [2,3]

Recommended reading : 1.M.Süheyl Akman, “Deniz Yapılarında Beton Teknolojisi”İTÜ Matbaası,1992 2. Bekir Postacıoğlu, “Beton”, Cilt 1-2, Teknik Kitaplar Y., 1986,1987. 3. A.M.Neville ve J.J. Brooks “Concrete Technology”, Longman S.T., 1987. 4. P.H. Perkins, “Repair, Protection and Waterproofing of Concrete Structures” Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, 1986.

Teaching Methods : Lectures, PS hours, homeworks

Assessment Methods: [Related to course outcomes]

2 Midterm Exams [1, 2] (Average) 40%

Homework [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] (Average) 10%

3 Quiz (1,2,3) (Average) 05%

Attendance 05%

Final Exam [1] 40%

Student workload: Preparatory study 50 hrs

Lectures, discussions 40 hrs

Homeworks 20 hrs

Midterms, final 15 hrs

TOTAL ……………………………… 125 hrs = 25 x 5 ECTS

Prepared by : Esin Inan Revision Date: 04/07/2012