NPTEL : NOC:Advanced Topics in the Science and Technology of Concrete (Civil Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Manu Santhanam, Dr. Ravindra Gettu


Lecture 1 - Calcium sulfoaluminate cement-based binder: Properties and application

Lecture 2 - Micro-structural characterisation of cementitious materials - Part 1

Lecture 3 - Micro-structural characterisation of cementitious materials - Part 2

Lecture 4 - Micro-structural characterisation of cementitious materials - Part 3

Lecture 5 - Interview with Prof Karen Scrivener

Lecture 6 - Performance of Fiber reinforced materials

Lecture 7 - Ultra-High performance concrete (UHPC): Material design and properties - Part 1

Lecture 8 - Ultra-High performance concrete (UHPC): Material design and properties - Part 2

Lecture 9 - Closed-Loop testing - Part 1

Lecture 10 - Closed-Loop testing - Part 2

Lecture 11 - Uni-axial tensile test of textile reinforced concrete (TRC) panel

Lecture 12 - Fiber reinforced concrete: Notched beam flexural test

Lecture 13 - Strain softening response of concrete Under uniaxial compression

Lecture 14 - Tension test of 7-wire steel strand

Lecture 15 - Bond Test of Strand-concrete System

Lecture 16 - Interview with Prof. S. P. Shah

Lecture 17 - Introduction to concrete durability

Lecture 18 - Sulphate attack of concrete

Lecture 19 - Development and performance approach for durability and service life production for structures

Lecture 20 - Colorimetric test to assess carbonation resistance in concrete

Lecture 21 - Experiments on durability index: Rapid chloride permeability test, Oxygen permeability test, and Water Sorptivity test

Lecture 22 - Prof. Mark Alexander

Lecture 23 - Chloride induced corrosion and service life of reinforced concrete structures - Part 1

Lecture 24 - Chloride induced corrosion and service life of reinforced concrete structures - Part 2

Lecture 25 - Corrosion control and cathodic protection of steel reinforcement: Past, present, and future

Lecture 26 - LCA of cement and concrete - Part 1

Lecture 27 - LCA of cement and concrete - Part 2

Lecture 28 - 8. Chloride threshold testing using linear polarization resistance (LPR) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)

Lecture 29 - Interview with Prof George Sergi