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Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components (THD)

The student would manage the goal of the subject by acquiring knowledge on problems of corroded construction and mainly with regard to the cause of breakdown, kind of corrosive surrounding, choice of suitable construction materials, acquaintance with the methodology for forecasting the endurance of construction material and detecting endurance of construction substances with the possibility of protection.

knowledge of possibility of plastics added into cement mortars and concrete,Theoretical and Technological Fundamentals of Inorganic Building Binders,the chemistry and technology of plaster, lime and cement manufacture. Basic knowledge necessary for the task to design composition of concrete with demanded final properties, the basic properties of input raw materials for concrete manufacture and the testing methods.General overview of ceramic raw materials properties, their processing, shaping methods in ceramics, drying, burning, properties of burnt body.

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

1.Familiarization with problems of corroded buildings, durability, degradation.
2.Reasons of failures and defects of separate building materials.
3.Types of corrosive (aggressive) medium. Selection of adequate building materials, kinds of waters corroding the reinforced concrete structures.
4.Kinds of gaseous media, effect of solid material, mineral greases and oils etc. Mechanism of volume changes.
5.Explanation of chemical micro-structural and mechanical changes during corrosion.
6.Reinforced concrete degradation initiated by the effect of aggressive media.
7.Degradation of building materials initiated by the effect of aggressive media.
8.Corrosion of metals.
9.Galvanic corrosion and the measuring methods.
10.Primary protection of building materials, influence of composition and of production technology.
11.Secondary protection of concrete. Surface treatments improving the resistance of building structures against aggressive media – classification.
12.Surface treatments – properties, testing methods, failures and defects, prognosis of surface treatment service life.
13.Methods of building materials durability determination including the possibilities of protection. Prognosticating possibility of building materials durability.

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Introduction to problems of corroded constructions especially with respect to failure reasons, kinds of corrosive surroundings, selection of suitable building materials. Acguaint of building materials durability prognosis and the methods of building materials durability determination and possibilities of their protection.

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

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DROCHYTKA, Rostislav: Trvanlivost stavebních materiálů. Studijní opora, VUT v Brně, FAST., 2007. [https://intranet.fce.vutbr.cz/pedagog/predmety/opory.asp] (CS)
MATOUŠEK, Milan a DROCHYTKA, Rostislav: Atmosférická koroze betonů. Praha: IKAS, 1998. 80-902558-0-9. (CS)

EMMONS, Peter a DROCHYTKA, Rostislav a JEŘÁBEK, Zdeněk: Sanace a údržba betonu v ilustracích. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství, CERM, 1999. 0-87629-286-4. (CS)
EMMONS Peter: Concrete repair and maintenance Illustrated. Baltimore: RS Means, 1994. 0-87629-286-4. (EN)