Concrete Engineering

Academic unit or major

Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Instructor(s)

Mitsuyasu Iwanami

Class Format

Lecture

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Class

-

Course Code

CVE.E201

Number of credits

200

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

3Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 19, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course focuses on the material characteristics of concrete as one of important construction materials, and also provides fundamental knowledge essential to design and construction of infrastructure. This course covers the fundamental knowledge on constituent materials of concrete and their characteristics, properties of fresh concrete, properties of hardened concrete including durability, the concept of mixture design of concrete and the standard method, and production and execution of concrete on site.
While there are many kinds of construction materials, concrete is used the most in construction project of infrastructure. Concrete is a kind of composite materials, consisting of water, cement, fine aggregate (sand), coarse aggregate (gravel), and etc. It is quite important to understand the characteristics of these constituent materials. We have to know the properties of hardened concrete as well as fresh concrete, which is not hardened yet. Civil engineers should have the ability of designing the mixture proportion of concrete to satisfy the requirement.

Course description and aims

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand the characteristics of constituent materials of concrete as one of major construction materials.
2) Understand the properties of fresh and hardened concrete.
3) Conduct basic design of mixture proportion of concrete.
4) Apply practical knowledge on production and durability of concrete to design and construction of infrastructure.

Student learning outcomes

実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)

The practical problems in the field of concrete engineering that the lecturer have experienced at the national research institute will be explained, and the lecturer will show that it is important to acquire the fundamental knowledge to solve the problems.

Keywords

Concrete, construction material, mixture proportion design, cement, aggregate, additive, fresh concrete, hardened concrete, strength, durability, production, execution, ready-mixed concrete

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The content of the assigned textbook is explained according to the course schedule. As necessary, exercises are imposed to grasp students' understanding during the class. Students are required to prepare and review every class by at least reading the textbook.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Concrete Engineering
by Mitsuyasu Iwanami, Hajime Ito, Hiroshi Minagawa and Takahiro Sagawa
ISBN: 978-4-8446-0909-4

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None required.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Exercises during the classes: 20%, Final examination: 80%

Related courses

• CVE.A201 ： Mechanics of Materials and Members
• CVE.E301 ： Structural Concrete
• CVE.N231 ： Concrete and Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory I
• CVE.N331 ： Concrete and Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory II

Prerequisites

None required.