Building Materials

Garant předmětu:

Alena Vimmrová

Lecturer:

Miloš Jerman, Eva Vejmelková

Tutor:

Jaroslav Čižmodij Dušek, Lukáš Fiala, Jan Fořt, Petr Hotěk, Miloš Jerman, Jan Kočí, Václav Kočí, Dana Koňáková, Jitka Krejsová, Jiří Maděra, Martin Mildner, Adam Pivák, Vojtěch Pommer, Lenka Scheinherrová, Kateřina Šádková, Eva Vejmelková

Supervisor:

Department of Material Engineering and Chemistry

Synopsis:

Building materials - basis course. Clasification of the materials. Structure of materials. Main properties of materials. Application of materials in building constructions. Introduction to material testing.

Requirements:

No prerequisities.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Materials in construction - history, European codes and standards.

2. Materials performance and its measurement.

3. Chemical, physical and biological properties of structural materials.

4. Binding inorganic materials - air lime, gypsum, hydraulic lime.

5. Cement, rendering and plastering mortar.

6. Aggregates for concrete - aggregate grading

7. Concrete - fresh and hardened concrete, properties of concrete.

8. Ceramics, clay masonry units - durability, requirements for CMU.

9. Metals - steel, metals used in construction.

10. Corrosion of metals, corrosion of inorganic materials.

11. Dampness in buildings - interconnection of voids and pore structure.

12. Plastics - thermoplastic material, thermosetting resins.

13. Materials for thermal and watertight insulations.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction, density, bulk density.

2. Laboratiry lesson 1:Cement I.

3. Laboratory lesson 2: Aggregates.

4.Laboratory 3: Cement II.

5. Laboratory 4: Modulus of elasticity

6. Laboratory 5: Tensile strength.

7. Laboratory 7: Thermal conductivity.

8. Calculations 1: Bulk density, density, water content, porosity, particle size distribution.

9. Calculations 2: Stremgth, modulus of elasticity, concrete mixture design.

10. Seminar 1: Silicate based materials, binders.

11. Seminar 2: Natural organic materials.

12. Seminar 3: Metals.

13. Seminar 4: Polymers.

Study Objective:

Recognition of the main building materials. Basic knowledge of the materials properties and their testing .

Study materials:

Luboš Svoboda a kol.: Stavební hmoty, Jaga, Bratislava 2005, ISBN 80-8076-007-1

Note:

Further information:

https://k123.fsv.cvut.cz/stavebni-hmoty-sh01/

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Stavební inženýrství, obor Konstrukce pozemních staveb (compulsory course)
• Stavební inženýrství, obor Konstrukce a dopravní stavby (compulsory course)
• Stavební inženýrství, obor Příprava, realizace a provoz staveb (compulsory course)
• Stavební inženýrství, obor Management a ekonomika ve stavebnictví (compulsory course)
• Civil Engineering (compulsory course)
• Civil Engineering (compulsory course)
• Stavební inženýrství, specializace Pozemní stavby (compulsory course)
• Stavební inženýrství, specializace Vodní hospodářství a vodní stavby (compulsory course)
• Management a ekonomika ve stavebnictví (compulsory course)
• Management a ekonomika ve stavebnictví (compulsory course)
• Management a ekonomika ve stavebnictví (compulsory course)
• Stavební inženýrství, specializace Pozemní stavby (compulsory course)
• Stavební inženýrství, specializace Příprava, realizace a provoz staveb (compulsory course)
• Stavební inženýrství, specializace Materiálové inženýrství (compulsory course)