Building Materials R

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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 6: 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/

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Stavitelství (compulsory course)