Introduction; hydraulic cements; water; aggregates for Portland cement and asphalt concrete mixes; admixtures; design of concrete mixtures; production, handling and placement of concrete; properties of fresh concrete; curing of concrete; properties of hardened concrete; asphalt types, physical properties, grading systems and usage of asphalt; asphalt concrete mix design; engineering properties and usage of structural steel. Laboratory sessions on tests of concrete constituents, fresh and hardened concrete, aggregate gradation and mix design; flexure behavior of reinforced concrete beams; physical properties and testing of asphalt binders, asphalt concrete mix design; hardness test, tensile and torsion tests on metals, measurement of Poisson’s ratio and stress concentration and bending tests on steel beams.

Pre-requisites: CE201 And CE206*

Co-requisites: CE 206