Course detail

Concrete Technology – Laboratories

FAST-BJA006Acad. year: 2025/2026

Basic technological tests of aggregates in accordance with applicable IEC.
The design methods of concrete composition.
Procedures for testing of fresh and hardened concrete theory and practical implementation of the various tests.
Verification of the proposed concrete tests.
Monitoring the impact of water, additives and ratio of coarse and fine aggregates on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete.
Students often attend seminars in teaching laboratories in concrete technology.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jiří Brožovský, CSc.

Department

Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components (THD)

Entry knowledge

Theoretical fundamentals of concrete technology, theoretically and practically mastered methods for testing concrete components.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

The aim of the subject is obtaining practical knowledge about fresh and hardened concrete properties. Acquire test procedures of input components and parameters of fresh and hardened concrete. Practical verification of theoretical design for concrete composition.
The student would manage the goal of the subject by acquiring practical experience on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete. By acquiring the testing procedures of input elements and parameters of fresh and hardened concrete. By practical verification of theoretical proposition for concrete composition.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BODNÁROVÁ L., BYDŽOVSKÝ, J. Návody do cvičení. ÚTHD, FAST, 2002. (CS)
Neville, A. M. Properties of Concrete. LONDON, ISBN: 0582279380, 1996. (EN)

Recommended reading

HELA, R. Technologie betonu I. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, FAST, 2005 (CS)
POPOVICS, S. Concrete Materials - Properties, Specifications . William Andrew Publishing/Noyes, ISBN: 0-8155-1308-9, 1992. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization M , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jiří Brožovský, CSc.

Syllabus

  • 1. Overview of tests for concrete components, fresh and hardened concrete.
  • 2. Basic technological tests of aggregates.
  • 3. Calculation of aggregates mixing relations, blending of fractions.
  • 4. Design methods for concrete composition.
  • 5. Methods for determining the consistency of fresh concrete.
  • 6. Calculate the composition of concrete for the given class, consistency, type of cement and aggregates.
  • 7. Study trip in a transport-concrete plant.
  • 8. Verification of the basic properties the designed concrete.
  • 9. Checking of water quantity influence in concrete under constant dose of cement on concrete workability and on concrete strength after 7 days of standard hardening.
  • 10. Study of the influence plasticizing additives influence on properties of fresh and hardened concrete.
  • 11. Study of the influence between fine and coarse aggregates on the consistency of fresh concrete and on the strength of hardened concrete.
  • 12. Study of the influence of aerating additives effect on concrete properties.
  • 13. Final-test.