About the course
Cement and concrete is the backbone of infrastructure development and it is important that engineers have a clear understanding of issues involved not only with cement, hydration and strength development, but also porosity, permeability and durability. With the basic framework using Ordinary Portland Cement, the course focuses on developing the subject in light of advances in chemical and mineral admixtures. Though the subject matter is approached from the point of view of the concrete science, the fact that paste made with OPC alone or in combination with other cementitious materials, is almost never used in the field is not light of. Illustrative examples from actual applications will be included to show the applications of the scientific principles.
Intended Audience
Students of civil engineering in colleges and practicing professionals in the area of cement, concrete and construction industry
Prerequisites
No prerequisites. Only the fundamental knowledge of Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics at the level of first year of Engineering courses will be required.
Industries that will recognize this course
The cement, concrete and construction industry should find the course very useful.
Week 1:
General
Week 2:
Introduction
Week 3:
Portland Cement Based Paste System
Week 4:
Portland Cement Based Paste System (Contd.)
Week 5:
Mineral Admixtures
Week 6:
Mineral Admixtures (Contd.)
Week 7:
Paste & Concrete
Week 8:
Paste & Concrete (Contd.)
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_ce14
Course duration : 08 weeks
Start date and end date of course: 20 February 2017-14 April 2017
Date of exam: 23 April, 2017
Time of exam: Shift 1: 9am-12noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm
Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Registration url - Announcements will be made when the registration form is
open for registrations.
Exam Fee: The online registration form has to be filled and the
certification exam fee of approximately Rs 1000 needs to be paid.
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the
exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score.
Final score = 25% assignment score + 75% exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of scores of Best 6 out of 8 assignments
Certificate will have
your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will
have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kanpur. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.