The properties of building materials. Management systems, securing the quality
of building materials. Raw materials and secondery raw materials, recycling.
Ceramic material and metals. Classical binders. Concrete properties and
composite materials. Composites and fibre composites. Polymercement mortars and
concrete. Special building materials and durability of building materials.
Literature
M. ILLSTON and P. L. J. DOMONE, Construction materials – their nature and behaviour, edited by J., Spon Press, 2007
Advised literature
DUGGAL, S.K. Building materials. NY(USA): Taylor and Francis, 2007. ISBN 90 54107642.
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