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Chapter 2

Chapter 2 discusses reinforced concrete, detailing its components such as cement, aggregates, water, and admixtures. It covers the properties and proportions of concrete, including the water-cement ratio and the importance of quality control. The chapter also highlights high strength and performance concrete, reinforcement methods, and the use of various types of steel bars.

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Chapter 2

Chapter 2 discusses reinforced concrete, detailing its components such as cement, aggregates, water, and admixtures. It covers the properties and proportions of concrete, including the water-cement ratio and the importance of quality control. The chapter also highlights high strength and performance concrete, reinforcement methods, and the use of various types of steel bars.

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Materials

Chapter 2
Reinforced Concrete
• Concrete
– Cement
– Aggregate
• Coarse
• Fine
– Water
– Admixture
Cement
• Ordinary Portland Cement- Type I
• Chiefly calcium and aluminum silicate
• CaO-Limestone
• SiO2 Al2O3 -Clay or shale
• Ground, blended and fused to clinker in kiln
• Gypsum is added

• Comes in bag of 50kg


Cement
• Water-cement ratio- 0.4 to 0.6
• High strength concrete- as low as 0.21
• Hydration process- calcium silicate Hydrate
• Heat of hydration
Aggregate
• 70 to 75% volume
• Coarse aggregate- stone chips, brick chips, gravel
• Fine aggregate- sand
• Concrete unit weight -140 to 152 pcf, 145pcf
• Lightweight aggregate-shale, slate, slags, brick
chips
• Heavy weight aggregate
• Recycled concrete
• Proportioning and mixing
• Conveying, Placing, compacting and curing
Quality Control
Admixtures
• To improve concrete performance
• Air-entraining
• Accelerating
• Set Retarding
• Plasticizer, super plasticizers
• Viscosity modifying-self compacting
Properties in Compression
Poisson’s ratio 0.15 to 0.20
Creep
Properties in tension
High strength concrete
• 8 to 20 ksi or higher
• High performance concrete
Reinforcement
Strong Bond-no slip
Reinforcing Bars
Stress strain curves

TMT bars
Prestressing steel

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