Terminated in academic year 2018/2019

Building and Decorative Stone

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	223-0007/01
Abbreviation	SDK
Course title	Building and Decorative Stone
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Building Materials and Diagnostics of Structures
Course coordinator	doc. RNDr. František Kresta, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

• Basic types of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks used as building, statue and decorative stone, their composition and properties (lecture will be accompanied by practical show of chosen stones)
• Occurrence of the most important natural stones in Czech republic and abroad.
• Basic types of stonemason´s products.
• Processing of natural stone. Types and procedures of stone surface processing.
• Reasons and types of the stone degradation. Influence of internal composition of stone on its resistance to weathering.
• Testing methods to analyse mechanical and durability properties of stone (lecture will be accompanied by practical testing of basic properties of stone in laboratory)
• An overview of technical demands on stonemason´s products.
• Cleaning of stone and its basic types. Positives and negatives of each type of cleaning (cleaning by water, mechanical cleaning, chemical cleaning)
• Conservation methods and procedures. Basic types of inorganic and organic conservation agents used in preservation. Antigraffiti protection.
• Renovation of stone sights. Basic technologies of stone renovation. Materials suitable to stone renovation dependent on type and properties of stone.
• Artificial stone suitable to renovation of sights, its types, properties and durability.

Literature

[1] Rybařík, V.: Ušlechtilé stavební a sochařské kameny České republiky. Nadace Střední průmyslové školy kamenické a sochařské v Hořicích v Podkrkonoší, 1994, 218 s.(in Czech)
[2] Svoboda, L. a kol.: Stavební hmoty. JAGA Bratislava, 2004, 471 s. (in Czech)
[3] Syrový, B. a kol.: Kámen v architektuře. SNTL Praha, 1984, 349 s. (in Czech)
[4] Teplý, B.: Restaurování a konzervace kamene. Nadace Střední průmyslové školy kamenické a sochařské v Hořicích v Podkrkonoší, 1997, 199 s. (in Czech)
[5] valid Czech technical standards of natural stone and stone products properties testing.

Advised literature

[1] Březinová, D. a kol.: Praha kamenná. Národní muzeum, 1996, 287 s.(in Czech)
[2] Dojčár, O.: Dobývanie a spracovanie kameňa. Skripta VŠT v Košiciach, Alfa Bratislava, 1984, 216 s.(in Slovak)
[3] Kotlík, P., Šrámek, J., Kaše, J.: Opuka. Společnost pro technologie opravy památek, 2000, 109 s. (in Czech)
[4] Kužvart, M. a kol.: Ložiska nerudních surovin ČSR. Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 1983, 521 s. (in Czech)
[5] juornals Kámen a Stone.

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