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1. What is cement concrete and describe its structural uses?

2. What are the constituents of Concrete and describe its characteristics?


3. Describe the properties of good aggregate with reference to IS 383:1970.
4. Describe the process for the gradation of aggregates.
5. Describe the composition of Clinker and explain its characteristics.
6. What are the properties of cement and also explain the quality of water used in the
concrete?
7. What is admixtures and explain its types and functions?
8. Explain hydration of different compounds.
9. What is w/c ratio and also explain Abram’s law?
10. What are the procedures for fresh and hardened concrete, explain in details?
11. Explain factors affecting workability of concrete.
12. Difference between segregation and bleeding and also explain causes of segregation and
its remedies procedure.
13. Explain the procedure for the quality control of concrete at site.
14. Describe the phases of hardened concrete.
15. Explain types of elastic moduli of concrete with neat sketch.
16. Describe terms creep, shrinkage and thermal expansion and also explain factors affecting
the creep, shrinkage.
17. Explain different types of load that may acts in the concrete.
18. Describe the effect of porosity, water-cement ratio and aggregate size in the ultimate
strength of concrete.
19. What are different types of special concrete and explain briefly about aerated concrete?
20. Explain your understanding about mix design of concrete, also describe in details about
the characteristics strength of concrete.
21. Illustrate mix design approach based on probabilistic concept with neat sketch.
22. Explain mix design of concrete based on IS 10262: 1982 method.
23. Describe concrete mix design by DOE method.
24. Explain in details about different concrete strength tests.
25. What are the roles of site engineer regarding quality control and quality assurance of
concrete?
26. Explain comparison of IS, BS and ACI methods of concrete mix design.

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