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Course Detail

Course Name Construction Materials Lab
Course Code 15CVL285
Program B. Tech. in Civil Engineering
Semester Four
Year Taught 2019

Syllabus

  1. Tests on cement – Fineness, Normal consistency, Initial and Final Setting times, Specific gravity, Compressive strength, Soundness
  2. Tests on fine aggregate – Grain size distribution – Uniformity coefficient and fineness modulus, Specific gravity, Density, Void ratio, Bulking &Absorption
  3. Tests on coarse aggregate – Grain size distribution – Uniformity coefficient and fineness modulus, Specific gravity, Density, Void ratio, Absorption, Crushing & Impact values, Flakiness & Elongation, Los Angel’s Abrasion test
  4. Test on fresh and hardened concrete
    • Workability test – Slump test, Compaction factor test, Flow table test, Vee- Bee Consistometer,
    • Use of water reducing admixtures
    • Compressive strength, Split tensile strength, Flexure test on beams, Modulus of elasticity
  5. Tests on bricks – Crushing strength, water absorption and efflorescence
  6. Basic tests on Bitumen.

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