Course detail

Building Materials

FAST-BI001Acad. year: 2024/2025

Basic information about structure, basic properties of building materials and their use as building materials.
Testing methods of physical-mechanical properties and durability with focus on destructive methods. Basic deformational characteristics of building materials and their monitoring.
Properties of building materials: stone, aggregate, binder, concrete, mortar, building ceramics, metal, timber, high molecular matters, bitumens, insulating materials, composite materials.
Practical laboratory tests of selected building materials with individual tasks for individual students including elaboration of records about the tests.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Věra Heřmánková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Testing (SZK)

Entry knowledge

Plane geometry, stereometry, goniometric functions, units of physical quantities and their transfers, the fundamental laws of physics, mechanics of bodies

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Acquainting and practising of building material selected basic properties,the ability to realize the basic tests of various kinds of building materials.

Basic information about constitution, basic properties of building materials and their use as building materials.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Věra Heřmánková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, good laboratory practice 2. Structure and properties of building materials 3. Determination of properties, testing and determination of properties of building materials 4. Building rock, aggregate and rock products 5. Binders and mortar I. 6. Binders and mortar II . 7. Concrete, special types of concrete and concrete products I 8. Concrete, special types of concrete and concrete products II 9. Silicates, silicate products and glass 10. Timber, timber products and construction 11. Steel, metals and non-ferrous metals 12. Polymers , other building materials, materials and products 13. Asphalts, tars and road construction materials

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Věra Heřmánková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction into laboratory practice 2. Physical properties of aggregate 3. Geometric and physical-mechanical properties of aggregate 4. Properties of fresh binders 5. Properties of fresh mortars 6. Properties of hardened mortars and binders 7. Physical properties of concrete and rock 8. Physical and mechanical properties of rock and concrete 9. Properties of silicates and brickmaking products 10. Properties of timber 11. Properties of steel and other metals 12. Properties of polymers 13. Final summary, credit