CE8020 Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures Syllabus:

CE8020 Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2017

OBJECTIVE:

  • To acquire the knowledge on Quality of concrete, durability aspects, causes of deterioration, assessment of distressed structures, repairing of structures and demolition procedures.

UNIT I IMAINTENANCE AND REPAIR STRATEGIES

Maintenance, Repair and Rehabilitation, Facets of Maintenance, importance of Maintenance, Various aspects of Inspection, Assessment procedure for evaluating damaged structure, causes of deterioration.

UNIT II STRENGTH AND DURABILITY OF CONCRETE

Quality assurance for concrete–Strength, Durability- Cracks, different types, causes–Effects due to climate, temperature, Sustained elevated temperature, Corrosion

UNIT III SPECIAL CONCRETES

Polymer concrete, Sulphur infiltrated concrete, Fibre reinforced concrete, High strength concrete, High performance concrete, Vacuum concrete, Self compacting concrete, Geopolymer concrete, Reactive powder concrete, Concrete made with industrial wastes.

UNIT IV TECHNIQUES FOR REPAIR AND PROTECTION METHODS

Non-destructive Testing Techniques, Load Test for Stability-Epoxy injection, Shoring, Underpinning, Corrosion protection techniques–Corrosion inhibitors, Corrosion resistant steels, Coatings to reinforcement, cathodic protection.

UNIT V REPAIR, REHABILITATION AND RETROFITTING OF STRUCTURES

Strengthening of Structural elements, Repair of structures distressed due to corrosion, fire, leakage, earthquake-Transportation of Structures from one place to other –Structural Health Monitoring- demolition techniques- Engineered demolition methods-Case studies.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Shetty. M. S. Concrete Technology-Theory and Practice, S. Chand and Company, 2008.
2. Vidivelli. B Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures Standard Publishes Distribution.1st edition 2009.
3. Varghese. P.C Maintenance Repair and Rehabilitation & Minor works of building, Prentice Hall India Pvt Ltd 2014.
4. Dodge Woodson. R Concrete Structures, Protection, Repair and Rehabilitation, Butterworth- Heinemann, Elsevier, New Delhi 2012

REFERENCES:

1. DovKominetzky. M.S., Design and Construction Failures, Galgotia, Publications Pvt.Ltd.,2001
2. Ravishankar. K. Krishnamoorthy. T. S, Structural Health Monitoring, Repair and Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures, Allied Publishers, 2004.
3. Hand book on Seismic Retrofit of Buildings, CPWD and Indian Buildings Congress, Narosa Publishers, 2008.
4. Hand Book on “Repair and Rehabilitation of RCC Buildings”–Director General works CPWD
Govt of India, New Delhi–2002