DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI

PROGRESS REPORT FOR II SEMESTER 2012-2013

Name of Scholar

MISS MEERA

Entry No

2013CEZ8063

Registered for & Category

PhD, Full Time

Specialization

Civil engineering

Supervisor

Dr. Supratic Gupta

Date of Joining

23.07.2013

Date of Registration

23.07.2013

Title of Thesis (Proposed)

Low Cement Concrete and Mortar

Course work

: CEP769, CEL773 CEL774, CEP726, RDL705 & HUL810 completed.

Publications

: Meera, M., Khair, A.N., Raj, K.S., Gupta, S. (2014) Conceptual

Development for Prediction of Strength of Foam Concrete, Structural
Engineering Convention 2014, will held in IIT Delhi, New Delhi, 22-24
December, 2014. Paper accepted
Meera, M., Gidey, M.B., Gupta, S. (2014) Confirmation Of Efficiency
Factor In Low Strength Range, Structural Engineering Convention 2014,
will held in IIT Delhi, New Delhi, 22-24 December, 2014. Paper accepted

Signature of Supervisor

Signature of Research Scholar

Progress Report
Fly ash utilization is very important for decreasing the cement consumption and making construction
sustainable. Prediction of strength and the proportion of cement to be decreased has been always an issue.
Pusa proposed efficiency factor for design and strength prediction of concrete for normal concrete range.
This work was limited in many sense. Murumi has extended the verification of this proposal in normal
strength ranges. The present research focuses on the verification of this efficiency factor concept in low
strength range. The current research present a set of possibilities starting from the minimum limits for
structural concrete to minimum strength required for bricks. An experimental study has been done to
investigate the strength, Modulus of elasticity and water permeability of the low cement concrete. All these
experiments highlight the possibility of minimizing cement consumption and verification of the efficiency
factor formulation for fly ash in low strength range.

WORK DONE FOR THE SEMESTER

Literature review literature review on Efficiency factor of fly ash and utilization of marble and granite
powder in concrete.
Courses completed CEL774 (Construction Engineering Practices), CEP726 (Structural Engineering
Laboratory, RDL705 (Rural resources and livelihood)
Publications To be published, enlisted above.

PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

Description

Literature Review
Coursework
Comprehensive
Experimental Setup
Trial Casting
casting and testing
Results Analysis

Year 2013
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REFERENCES
1. IS 456:2000, Plain and Reinforced Concrete - Code of Practice, Bureau of Indian Standards
2. Neville, A.M & Brooks J. Concrete technology.2008.
3. Pusa, V., 2011, Study on mechanical and durability properties of concrete with specific reference to fly
ash, MTech Thesis, IIT Delhi.
4. Babu, K.G., and Rao,G.S.N., Efficiency of fly ash in concrete with age,Cement and

Concrete Research,vol.26,no.3,pp.465474,1996.
5. IS 3812 (Part 1): Pulverized fuel ash specification for use as admixture in cement mortar and
concrete, Bur. Indian Stand. Manak Bhavan, New Delhi 110002
6. IS 3812 Part 2: Pulverized fuel ash For use as pozzolana in cement, cement mortar and concrete, Bur.
Indian Stand. Manak Bhavan, New Delhi 110002
7. Khuito, M., Gupta, S., Evaluating the k-value of fly ash for predicting compressive strength of fly ash
concrete, SEC 2014, IIT Delhi