Course detail

Building materials

FAST-BI01Acad. year: 2009/2010

Basic information about constitution, basic properties of building materials and their use as building materials.
Testing methods of physical-mechanical properties and durability with a view to destructive methods. Basic deformable characteristics of building materials and their observation.
Properties of building materials according to their division: stone, aggregate, binders, concrete, mortars, building ceramics, metals, timber, high molecular matters, bitumens, insulating materials, composite materials.
Practical laboratory tests of chosen building materials with individual tasks for individual students including elaboration of seminary paper.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Testing (SZK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

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

Prerequisites

Mathematics I, Physics, Chemistry

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction
2. Basic properties of construction materials I.
3. Basic properties of construction materials II.
4. Construction materials durability. Construction lifetime, material degradation, corrosion and protection against it. Construction reliability.
5. Building stone. Aggregate for building purpose.
6. Binding agents I.
7. Binding agents II.
8. Concrete and reinforced concrete.
9. Metals. Scheme of metallurgical processing.
10. Lumber, Properties and types of lumber.
11. Glass. Glass for building purpose. Fiberglass. Composites.
12. Polymers. Division and properties.
13. Insulating materials.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

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

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

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

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Adámek a kol.: Studijní opora pro komb. st. - Modul BI01 – M02 Maltoviny a kamenivo. CERM, 2004. (CS)
Adámek a kol: Studijní opora pro komb. st. - Modul BI01 – M03 Beton. Cerm, 2004. (CS)
Adámek a kol.: Studijní opora pro komb. st. - Modul BI01 – M04 Keramika, dřevo, kovy a sklo. Cerm, 2004. (CS)
Adámek a kol.: Studijní opora pro komb. st. - Modul BI01 – M05 Polymery a živice. CERM, 2004. (CS)
Adámek, J.,: Stavební materiály. CERm Brno, 1992. (CS)
Adámek,J., Hobst,L.: Studijní opora pro komb. st. - Modul BI01 – M01 Struktura a vlastnosti stavebních látek. CERM, 2004. (CS)
Cikrle, Heřmánková, Mařík, Havlan, Mitrenga: Studijní opora pro komb. st. - Modul BI01 – M06 Laboratorní cvičení 1. CERM, 2004. (CS)
Cikrle, Heřmánková, Mařík, Havlan, Mitrenga: Studijní opora pro komb. st. - Modul BI01 – M07 Laboratorní cvičení 2. CERM, 2004. (CS)
Svoboda a kol-: Stavební hmoty. JAGA, 2008. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch VS , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, Ph.D.

Exercise

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, Ph.D.