Course detail
Geology and Materials
FA-GAMAcad. year: 2011/2012
The subject is divided into two parts. The first one covers building materials, the second offers knowledge of geology. The subject's aim is to acquaint the students with the fundamental physical and utility properties of materials, and with the technologies of their production and application. The study covers the technology of concrete, production of building ceramics, the knowledge of wood, glass, binders, mortars, metals, insulation materials, technologies of surface treatment, sealants, adhesives and paints. The classes are followed by tutorials in laboratories. The part devoted to geology covers the fundamentals of petrography, the knowledge of the external and internal geological forces, geological action of water , and the foundation of buildings.
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
This concerns primarily the basic modifications of concrete, building ceramic, binders and mortars, metals, building glass, wood, thermal insulation, sound insulation and waterproofing materials, polymers, adhesives, textile. The student verifies his or her knowledge in laboratory practice and, by experiments, learns to know the properties of materials.
In the subject's part dedicated to geology, the student gains the knowledge of using stone as bulding material for a work of architecture, learns to know stone's properties, and the determination of conditions of engineering geology survey, which is an indispensable part of
foundation engineering.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The exam is written in the form of test that is assembled from questions related to presented subject matter. Final classification is created from training evaluation and test result.
Course curriculum
Concrete – components, sorts, characteristics, production concrete
Concrete – light concretes, special concretes
Wood like construction material
Glass at application in architecture
Bonding agent and mortar
Metals in building industries and architecture
Polymers, cement, glue, skin of paint masses
Isolation against dampness and water and isolation acid - proof isolation sound, heat et al.
Surface adjustment in architecture
Rock in architecture, bases petrography
Geology – incidence inner and outer geologic coaming,
Geologic activity waters and incidence waters
Geology – foundation engineering
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Basic literature
ERBEN, A. ; PETRŮJ, S.: Stavitelství I. Praha, SNTL, 1973. 399 s. (CS)
SCHÜTZNEROVÁ, V. ; SCHRÖFEL, J.: Geologie. Praha, Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1994. 159 s. (CS)
ŠAMALÍKOVÁ, M.: Geologie. Brno, Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., 1996. 120 s. (CS)
ŠAMALÍKOVÁ, M.: Inženýrská geologie a hydrogeologie. Brno, Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., 1996. 80 s. (CS)
ZÁRUBA, Q. ; VACHTL, J. – POKORNÝ, M.: Základy geologie a petrografie pro stavební fakulty. Praha, SNTL, 1972. 388 s. (CS)
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