Terminated in academic year 2018/2019

Technology of Building Materials

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	542-0477/01
Abbreviation	TSM
Course title	Technology of Building Materials
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Vojtěch Václavík, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Stone and stone - specifications, raw materials, distribution, technology
production, use
2. Cement - raw materials, modules, distribution of cement, properties and uses
3. Technology Cement - dry process, individual operations
4. The equipment used in dry process
5. The technology of cement production - wet process, individual operations
6. The equipment used in wet process
7. Mortar - raw materials, production, properties, use
8. Lime - raw materials, production, properties, use
9. Drying
10. Burning
11. Brick raw materials - division, modification, use of
12. Quartz and silica - processing, use
13. Dolomite, Magnesite, Talc, Refractory products
14. Graphite
15. Kaolin and Feldspar
Practice
1. Density of aggregates pycnometric
2. Volumetric weight of aggregates
3. Bulk density of aggregates
4. Volumetric coefficient and shape index
5. Crushing and milling
6. Screening
7. Abrasion index
8. Graphite froth flotation

Literature

Ramachandran, V. S., Beaudoin, J. J.,: Handbook of analytical techniques in concrete science and technology : principles, techniques, and applications. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge USA 2001. ISBN 0-8155-1437-9 (váz.)
Sherwood P.T. (2005). Alternative Materials in Road Construction.- Thomas Telford Publishing, London
Allen, E., Iano, J.: Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods. Wiley, 2008, 1008 p. .
Cowan, J.H., Smith, R.P.: The Science and Technology of Building Materials. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc., N.Y. , 1998.
Duggal S.K. Building Materials. Balkema, 1998. .

Advised literature

Duggal S.K. Building Materials. Balkema, 1998. .

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