223-0116/06 – Building Materials (SH)
| Gurantor department | Department of Building Materials and Diagnostics of Structures | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Filip Khestl, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Vlastimil Bílek, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2011/2012 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students acquaintances with structure, features and production of building materials and their possible aplication in civil engineering. Meeting (Czech and European) standards, concerning building materials is an integral part of building materials education. Goal of the subject is to create knowledge and premises for competent and qualified designing and convenient application of building materials in construction building.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
The content of the subject belongs to the fundamental knowledge of study on FAST VŠB-TU Ostrava. Students will get acquainted with the basic properties of building materials, their composition, structure, their assessment in terms of compliance with harmonized standards and of course their use in building practice.At the same time, they will familiarize themselves with the methods of testing the physico-mechanical properties of these substances and with the deformation properties at the loads. In the framework of laboratory work they will gain practical experience, including seminar work. The greatest attention is paid to the most common building materials of the present - concrete and its basic components.
Students will get a basic overview of the building materials they need to the further study of other technical subjects at the Faculty of Civil Engineering.
Compulsory literature:
[1] Henry J. Cowan, Peter R. Smith: The Science and Technology of Building
Materials. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York c.1988.
[2] Vimrová, A., Výborný, J.: Building Materials 10: Materials and Testing
Methods.ČVUT Praha 2002.
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
At least 70% attendance at the exercises.
Absence, up to a maximum of 30%, must be excused and the apology must be accepted by the teacher (the teacher decides to recognize the reason for the excuse).
Requirements can be specified and supplemented by the teacher at the beginning of the semester.
Tasks assigned on the exercises must be hand in within the dates set by the teacher.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1.Building materials and elements, their classification. Structure of building materials. Basic physical, chemical and mechanical properties of building materials. Relation between structure and properties. Durability of building materials.
2.Natural stone and aggregate. Mining and processing. Classification of aggregate. Testing of natural stone and aggregate. Technical requirements on aggregate for concrete.
3.Gypsum plaster and lime. Technology of production, properties and utilization in building industry.
4.Hydraulic binder and cement. Raw materials, technology of production, properties and utilization in building industry. Classification of cement according to European standards. Hydration of cement. Testing of cement quality. Pozzolans and latent hydraulic binders.
5.Mortars. Basic components, control of their properties, testing.
6.Cellular concrete and lightweight concrete – components, production, properties and utilization in building industry.
7.Concrete. Basic components of concrete and methods of their quality determination. Properties of concrete. Methods for concrete design. Production of concrete. Treatment of concrete.
8.Concrete. Testing of fresh and hardened concrete. Concrete corrosion. Methods of concrete protection. Concrete rehabilitaion.
9.Ceramic materials. Raw materials for ceramic production. Technology of brickware production. Block bricks and roof tiles, their properties, utilization and testing.
10.Building glass – technology of production, properties and utilization. Heat insulations based on melted rocks and slag. Glass fibres.
11.Metals. Iron, cast-iron and steel. Technology of production, properties, testing and utilization in building industry. Mechanism of corrosion. Concrete steel. Non-ferrous metals – alluminium, copper, zinc, tin, plumbum, non-ferrous alloys. Properties and utilization.
12.Timber – classification, structure, properties and utilization. Basic timber products. Timber pests. Timber protection.
13.Asphalts and tars – chemical composition, properties, utilization. Asphalt concrete. Insulation materials - insulation against moisture and radon. Technology of bituminous strips and insulation roofing production.
14.Plastic materials, glues, paints, pigments. Basic types of polymers used in building industry – polyvinylchloride, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl acetate, polystyrene, polyurethane and epoxide. Chemical composition, properties, utilization. Recycling of plastic materials.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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