Tarang | IIT Bombay

About Us

It’s just the beginning. The best is yet to come.

Our team is very thankful to Civil Engineering Department for helping us in terms of providing necessary laboratory facilities, staff support, administrative support and financial support as well in the form of seed grant for this competition.

March 2015

Formation of team

A team of 15 B.Tech Civil Engineering students formed under the guidance of Prof. Prakash Nanthagopalan.Started work on plan of action, technical strategies and research on materials.
30 April 2015

Submission of 1st report

Successfully submitted 1st report. Completed structural and stability design of the canoe. Commenced material testing.
30 May 2015

Submission of 2nd report

Completed final structural and stability design with architectural and aesthetics optimization. Accomplished material testing, sustainability analysis of materials, mould design and construction procedure plan.
20-21 June 2015

Casting of Canoe

Casting activity of canoe spanned through 2 days. On day one dry mix was prepared and packed and on day two casting was started which went on for 12 hours, completing the whole activity by 21st June, leaving more than a month for curing, strength gain and subsequently for testing.
22 July 2015

Testing of Canoe

Canoe was tested for floating and stability for the first time on July 22nd. The test was successful in terms of both sailing and stability. Now it was just the matter of giving it the final touch with proper finishing and aesthetics.
25-30 July 2015

Aesthetics and Fine-tuning

Canoe was painted and team logo was put on it completing the aesthetic aspects and also marking the end of final stage of canoe making. Now our canoe was all set for the competition.
31 July 2015

Submission of 3rd report

Completed all construction, aesthetics work and fine tuning of the canoe.
August
22nd-23rd
Competition Date

About The Competition

National Concrete Canoe Competition (NCCC) 2015

During the World War II, concrete was used in making warships. After this, countries like the USA, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and UAE started making concrete canoes. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) conducts National Concrete Canoe Competition every year (http://www.asce.org/concretecanoe/). This is a highly successful program and students from various universities make their own concrete canoe and participate in this competition. The science and technology behind the making of concrete canoe has developed significantly in the past several years. For example, advanced software programs are used to perform the structural design and stability analysis. Also, advanced materials (carbon fibers, glass fibers, polystyrene, rubber, admixtures, glass microspheres, etc.) are used to build light-weight and high-strength concrete. The construction procedure also plays a vital role in achieving the desired structural/material properties and stability/safety of the canoe.

IIT Madras is associating with the Indian Concrete Institute to launch the National Concrete Canoe Competition (NCCC) 2015. The winning team will be featured in the Concrete Matters (monthly newsletter published by Indian Concrete Institute) and The Masterbuilder magazine, which is a widely circulated construction magazine.