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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Building Materials

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 223-0116/06
Abbreviation SH
Course title Building Materials
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Building Materials and Diagnostics of Structures
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vlastimil Bílek, Ph.D.

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.

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.