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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Building Materials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 223-0116/04
Abbreviation SH
Course title Building Materials
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Building Materials and Diagnostics of Structures
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jana Daňková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lecture:
[1] Structure and properties of building materials (physical, mechanical,
chemical, others)
[2] The stone and gravel
[3] Binders
[4] Cement
[5], Mortar, additives for binding materials
[6] The Concretes - classification, basic components
[7] The Concretes - design, production, processing and curing
[8] Concrete - concrete types, use, basic properties and testing of concrete
[9] Lightweight concrete
[10], Plastics, rubber, synthetic resins, adhesives, sealants
[11] Building insulation resin
[12] Wood
[13] Metals
[14] Glass, ceramics

Exercise:
Resp.: project, seminar, practice, excursions, field exercises
[1] Introduction, standards for materials, errors of measurement and evaluation, training
safety in the laboratory of building materials
[2] Statistical quality control of concrete according to CSN 73 2404 and PENV 206, enter
Program No. 1
[3] Testing of aggregates for construction purposes
[4] Laboratory - test volume and bulk density, Protocol No. 1
Grain test, protocol # 2
[5] Testing of aggregates for construction purposes
[6] Laboratory - test floating particles, Protocol No. 3
shape index of aggregate test, protocol # 4
[7] Testing of binders - gypsum, lime, mortar
[8] Cement - classification, physical and mechanical properties
[9] Laboratory - test the normal density cement slurry, Protocol No. 5
[10] Testing concrete mixtures and concretes
[11] Design of concrete mixtures - according to Pavlik and Bolomeye, Program 2
[12] Testing of wood, metal, hardness
[13] Testing of brick and plastic products, credit test
[14] Credits

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.

Advised literature

1.Allen, E., Iano, J.: Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods. Wiley, 2008, 1008 p. ISBN 047007468X .
2.Cowan, J.H., Smith, R.P.: The Science and Technology of Building Materials. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc., N.Y. , 1998.
3.Duggal S.K. Building Materials. Balkema, 1998. ISBN 905410 2527 .
4.Vimrová, A., Výborný, J.: Building Materials 10: Materials and Testing Methods. ČVUT Praha, 2002.