King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

CE 501

Concrete Materials

First Semester 2003-04 (031)

Instructor: Dr. Ahmad S. Al-Gahtani

Office : 16-312 , Tel. (03) 860-2220

Texts : * Concrete Structures, Properties & Materials, P.K. Mehta.

* Properties of Concrete, A.M. Neville.

* Selected handouts of research papers.

Course Outline

Date / Week No. Subject

Sept. 13 1, 2 Introduction to Properties of Concrete Materials: constituent components, manufacturing and formation of cement compounds, oxide composition, alkalies, gypsum compositional limits.

Sept. 27 3, 4 Types of Portland Cement: chemical admixtures, mineral admixtures, significance and classification, pozzolanic reactions, effect on fresh concrete properties, effect on hardened concrete.

Oct. 11 5, 6 Hydration of Portland Cement: hydration of individual compounds, control setting, factors affecting setting, hydrated cement paste structure, capillary pores, gel pores, strength of cement gel.

EXAM # 1

Oct. 25 7, 8 Strength of Hardened Cement Paste: factors affecting strength, dimensional stability-durability, creep, shrinkage, moisture movement, stress-strain relations, characteristics.

Nov. 8 9, 10 Aggregates Characteristics and Classifications: effect of shape & texture on workability and strength, grading, contaminations, influence on: abrasion resistance, on creep, durability, mix design, Mod. of elasticity, shrinkage, strength of concrete, thermal expansion, volume changes. Alkali-silica reaction. Alkali-carbonate reaction.

- Id Al-Fitr Vacation 12-30 Nov. 2003 -

Date / Week No. Subject

Dec. 7 11, 12 Workability of Concrete: Factors affecting workability, need for sufficient workability, measurement of workability, compaction factor test, flow test, other tests. Critical review of methods of measurement.

EXAM # 2

Dec. 20 13, 14 Concrete Durability: Hot weather concreting, characteristics of local environment, corrosion of reinforcement, sulfate attack, salt-weathering, chloride diffusion, carbonation.

Jan. 03 15 Repair materials, classification, testing and evaluation, applications.

FINAL EXAM 10-20 Jan. 2004

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Notes: 1. There will be some related site visits.

2. Each student will be assigned term project.

Grade Distribution:

First Major Exam 25%

Second Major Exam 25%

Term Project 20%

Final Exam 30%

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