Concrete Technology

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Materials Science, Construction Materials

Course Contents

This course covers Portland concretes and other concrete types, Aggragates, water, concrete additives and additions, water reducer, retarder, hardening accelerator additives and air-entraining admixtures, mineral additives, natural pozzolans, fly ashes, silica fume ve crushed granule blast furnace cinder, fresh concrete properties, calculation of concrete materials mixture ratio, the production and transport of fresh concrete, the placement of fresh concrete, the compress of fresh concrete, the rectification of fresh concrete surface, the treatment of concrete, making concrete in hot weather conditions and making concrete in cold weather conditions, compressive strength of concrete, tensile and bending strength of concrete, fatigue strength of concrete, stress-unit deformation relation, poisson's ratio, elasticity module, shrinkage and creep, "Water absorption" and "Permeability" features of hardened concrete, durability of hardened concrete.

Weekly Schedule

1) Aggregates of concrete
2) Portland cement and other cement types
3) Water used in concrete
4) Concrete additives and concrete properties which they affect
5) Properties of fresh concrete: workability, consistency, bleeding, stiffening, setting, air-entrainment, unit weight, uniformity, batching, mixing, conveying, placing, compaction and curing
6) Calculation of concrete materials mixture ratio
7) Production and transportation of concrete, placement and compaction of fresh concrete
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Concrete curing, cold and design of concrete in hot weather conditions
10) Compressive strength of concrete
11) Tensile strength of concrete, fatigue strength of concrete.
12) Stress - strain relations, Poisson's ratio, modulus of elasticity and shear modulus
13) Permeability of concrete
14) Time-dependent behavior, shrinkage and creep
15) Durability of concrete
16) Final examination

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Turhan Y. ERDOĞAN, Beton, ODTÜ Geliştirme Vakfı Yay. ve İletişim A.Ş. Yay., Mayıs 2003.
2- Neville, A.M, ‘Properties of Concerte’, Longman Scientific & Technical, England, 1981.
3- S. AKMAN, ‘Yapı Malzemeleri’, İ.T.Ü. Yayınları, 1990.
4- Beton Teknolojisi, Prof. Dr. İlker Bekir Topçu, Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Mimarlık Fakültesi, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, Eskişehir, 2006.
5- Betonarme Yapılarda Kalıcılık, Prof. Dr. B. Baradan, H. Yazıcı, H. Ün, Dokuz Eylül Üniv. Müh. Fak. Yay., No. 298, 2002.
6- Ders notları / Lecture notes
7- Ders Notları
8- Dönem ödevi
9- Dönem ödevi
10- Ara sınav, yıl sonu sınavı
11- examination

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Lab / Workshop
4) Self Study
5) Problem Solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	20%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	80%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required