Course detail
Testing and Technology
FAST-BIA002Acad. year: 2023/2024
The content of the subject is divided into two specialized sections:
1) Testing in civil engineering and
2) Technology of concrete and silicate production.
Ad 1)
Requirements for building materials according to the EU directive on building products and the system of tests of materials, segments and constructions.
Division of tests into certificate tests and checking tests, destructive and non-destructive.
Regression relations and statistic evaluation of results.
Essentials of non-destructive testing methods and their application in laboratories (electro-acoustic, magnetic and hardness non-destructive measurement methods).
Radiometric methods of the detection of reinforcement location, volume mass and moisture of bulk materials and radon in buildings.
Ad 2)
Technology of concrete production. Types and components of concrete.
Fresh concrete processing, concrete hardening and curing.
Basic findings about production and usage of silicate products.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
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Department
Offered to foreign students
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Aims
Acquainting with physical principles of destructive and non–destructive testing principles, determination of the possibilities of particular testing methods within building structures surveys, the ability of practice realizing of particular testing methods. Principles within design and produce of fresh concrete, concrete types and its testing, properties and possibilities of ceramic products using.
Students will be able to determinate the possibilities of particular testing methods within building structures surveys, the ability of practice realizing of particular testing methods. Principles within design and produce of fresh concrete, concrete types and its testing, properties and possibilities of ceramic products using.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Wntb8Xryq4JOMAs-RJltSGloG8rPoP89 - Readings (EN)
BODNÁROVÁ, L.; SOKOLÁŘ, R.; STEHLÍK, M.; KOCÁB, D.; POSPÍCHAL, O. Testing and Technology BI02_M01, M02, M03. Testing and Technology. VUT Brno. Brno: VUT Brno, 2011. p. 1-182 (EN)
Durability of Concrete: Design and Construction, Mark Alexander, Arnon Bentur, Sidney Mindess, CRC Press, 2017 (EN)
Handbook on Nondestructive Testing of Concrete, V.M. Malhotra, Nicholas J. Carino, CRC Press, 2003 (EN)
HINKS, J. and COOK, G. The Technology of Building Defects. Routledge, 1997. p. 1-376. ISBN – 13: 978-0419197805 (EN)
Nedestruktivní zkoušení materiálů a konstrukcí, Bernard kopec a kol., CERM, 2008 (CS)
Non-destructive Characterization of Materials VII, Anthony L. Bartos, Robert E. Green Jr., Clayton O. Ruud, TTP, 1996 (EN)
Properties of Concrete 5th Edition, Adam M. Neville, Trans-Atlantic Publications, 2012 (EN)
RANSOM, W. H. Building Failures: Diagnosis and Avidance. Routledge, 2002. p. 1-192. ISBN-13: 978-0419142706 (EN)
Technologie betonu, Petr Pytlík, VUTIUM Brno, 2000 (CS)
Testing of Concrete in Structures: Fourth Edition, John H. Bungey, Steve Millard, Michael Grantham, CRC Press, 2018 (EN)
Základy zkušebnictví, Pavel Schmid, CERM, Brno, 2004 (CS)
Zkušebnictví a technologie – cvičebnice, Kolektiv autorů, CERM, Brno, 2022 (CS)
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Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Division of concrete types. Concrete components. Concrete composition, methods of calculation. 2. Rheology of fresh concrete. Processing of fresh concrete, formwork system and molds. Compaction of fresh concrete. 3. Hardening of concrete, accelerated hardening of concrete, concreting in winter, curing of concrete. 4. Mechanical properties of concrete, deformational characteristics, water tightness, permeability. Durability of concrete. 5. General and theoretical principles of silicate production. 6. Introduction - overview of testing methods. 7. Measurement of selected properties of building materials. 8. Tensometry. 9. Electroacoustic methods. 10. Dynamic and static moduli of elasticity of concrete. 11. Load tests. 12. Radon. 13. Radiometry in building construction.
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
prof. Ing. Pavel Schmid, Ph.D.
Ing. Věra Heřmánková, Ph.D.
prof. Ing. Jiří Zach, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Barbara Kucharczyková, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Vít Černý, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Ing. Adam Hubáček, Ph.D.
Ing. Martin Sedlmajer, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Lenka Nevřivová, Ph.D.
Ing. Petr Misák, Ph.D.
Ing. Tomáš Melichar, Ph.D.
Ing. Klára Křížová, Ph.D.
Ing. Lenka Mészárosová, Ph.D.
Ing. Šárka Keprdová, Ph.D.
Ing. Dalibor Kocáb, Ph.D.
Ing. Jindřich Melichar, Ph.D.
Ing. Vítězslav Novák, Ph.D.
Ing. Jakub Hodul, Ph.D.
Ing. Radek Hermann, Ph.D.
Ing. Vojtěch Bartoň
Ing. Jaroslav Šnédar
Ing. Silvestr Vasas
Ing. Šimon Baránek
Ing. Dominik Lisztwan
Ing. Jakub Niedoba
Ing. Aneta Dziadková
Ing. Jan Křepelka
Ing. Petr Nápravník
Ing. et Ing. Tomáš Mazán
Syllabus
1. Introductory laboratory practice. 2. Design of concrete composition. 3. Manufacture of concrete according to prescribed composition. 4. Tests on raw and adapted materials. 5. Tests on burned silicate fragments. 6. Quality control of concrete. 7. Tensometric measurement of stress of the material of construction. 8. Dynamic moduli of elasticity. 9. Static moduli of concrete. 10. Study load test of a bridge model. 11. Determination of radon content. 12. Radiometric determination of volume mass and moisture. 13. Final summary, credit.