1. A
SEMINAR REPORT
ON
APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Submitted by: -
Under the Guidance of
Rudra Pratap Singh
Ms. Charu Mishra
Sr. No. – 17/CE/10
Guest Lecturer
Final B.Tech Civil Engineering
Department Of Civil Engineering
Submitted To
Department of Civil Engineering
DR. B. R. A. E. C. I. T. BIJNOR
(HBTI KANPUR CAMPUS)
September 2013

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. HISTORY……………………………………………………………………………...
1
2. INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………...
2
3. APPLICATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION……………..
3
3.1. STRUCTURAL MATERIAL
3
3.1.1. Concrete
5
3.1.2. Reinforcement
9
3.2. STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE
13
3.2.1. Steel Structures, Joint and Welds
13
3.2.2. Nano-composites
15
3.2.3. Wood
16
3.2.4. Glass
16
3.3. COATING
17
3.4. NANOSENSORS
19
4. FUTURE CHALLENGES AND DIRECTIONS……………………………………
21
4.1 FABRICATION
21
4.2 HEALTH
22
4.3 ENVIRONMENT
22
4.4. COST
23
5. NANOTECHNOLOGY IN INDIA…………………………………………………..
24
6. CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………….
26
* REFRENCE…………………………………………………………………………...
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