223-0114 – Building materials (BMAT)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Building Materials and Diagnostics of Structures
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Vlastimil Bílek, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
223-0114/01 2019/2020 4
223-0114/02 2019/2020 4

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The aim is to introduce the basic properties of the building materials, their composition, structure, testing and evaluation of their possibilities and their practical applications. Students will be acquainted with inorganic building materials such as stone and aggregates, binders, concrete and mortar, ceramics and glass, but also with organic, primarily wood, bitumen and polymers.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Experimental work in labs

Summary

Znalost vlastností a chování stavebních materiálů a výrobků patří mezi základní odborné dovednosti budoucích úspěšných architektů. Cílem předmětu je seznámit posluchače se základními vlastnostmi stavebních materiálů, jejich složením, strukturou, jejich zkoušením a hodnocením a možnostmi jejich praktických aplikací. Posluchači se seznámí zejména s anorganickými stavebními materiály, jako jsou kámen a kamenivo, pojiva, betony a malty, keramika či sklo, ale také s organickými, primárně s dřevem, asfalty a polymery.

Compulsory literature:

DUGGAL, S.K. Building materials. NY(USA): Taylor and Francis, 2007. ISBN 90 54107642. FARNY, J. A., MELANDER, J. M., and PANARESE, W. C. Concrete Masonry Handbook for Architects, Engineers, Builders. 2008. Portland Cement Assn; 6 edition. ISBN 978-0893122607. 304 p. M. ILLSTON and P. L. J. DOMONE, Construction materials – their nature and behaviour, edited by J., Spon Press, 2007 EDWARD ALLEN, JOSEPH IANO. 2013. Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods, 6th Edition. 1024 pages ISBN: 978-1-118-13891-5.

Recommended literature:

BERGE, Bjorn. The ecology of building materials. Routledge, 2009. SPIEGEL, Ross; MEADOWS, Dru. Green building materials: a guide to product selection and specification. John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.