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Understand steel reinforcement

Efficient systems of concrete


Admixtures of concrete (know examples and what they do)
Flyash (what it is and benefits)
Know 4 additives
Different types of load (dead, live)
Calculations of loads (weight of concrete and calculating the load of a 200ml slab)
Concrete beams( bending effects, shear effects and working out stress)
What contributes to shear, shear behaviour, shear cracking
Concrete columns
Critical aspects
Stress contributions
Stress diagram (know it and what it means)
Know silica as an additive (benefits and use)

Post tension slabs
Concept
Where it is used
Post tension systems
Conventional formwork
Durability of concrete
Concrete frame
Flat slab
Adding extra reinforcement bars
Form work systems(application, cost etc.)
Material handling of concrete (e.g. concrete pump)
Know questions 2,7,8,9 form 2011 exam
Know your labs and the tests you done, you need to know what kind of concrete is more workable
what wet is used for what dry is used for etc.

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