Advanced Concrete Technology

A full course on the materials that go into a building and how they are put together, covering aggregates, bricks, lime, cement, concrete, steel, timber and masonry construction. Each material is treated with its properties, field tests and quality criteria.

Dr. S. K. Panigrahi

Course notes on stones, bricks, timber, cement, mortar and concrete, followed by the construction techniques that use them: masonry, floors, roofs, plastering and painting. Written for students meeting these materials for the first time.

S. Ram Prasath

Covers cement chemistry, aggregates, admixtures, fresh and hardened concrete properties, mix design and testing. The core reference if you need to understand why a concrete mix behaves the way it does.

Vemu Institute of Technology