COURSE CONTENT :
Understanding concrete for floor slabs.
- Cement and Supplementary cementitious materials.
- Importance of concrete mix design.
- What is the interesting behaviour of concrete.
- Things you need to know about concrete.
Floor cracks
- What causes floor cracks?
- Types of floor cracks.
- How to mitigate floor cracks.
- Case studies
- Are floor cracks normal or defects?
- How to repair cracks.
- Is there any way to build a crack-free floor slab?
Causes of floor defects and how to avoid and rectify.
- What causes delaminated concrete floor.
- Craze cracks and Map cracks.
- Undulating floors and water ponding.
- Joints spalling.
- Sweat slab syndrome.
- Floor hardness & Abrasion resistance
- Case studies
