Course detail

Building Materials

FAST-BIA001Acad. year: 2020/2021

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

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Pavel Schmid, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Testing (SZK)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

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

Prerequisites

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

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

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.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

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

  • Programme BPC-MI Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme BPA-SI Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme BKC-SI Bachelor's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Pavel Schmid, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Tomáš Vymazal, 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

doc. Ing. Barbara Kucharczyková, Ph.D.
Ing. Dalibor Kocáb, Ph.D.
Ing. Sabina Olejková
Ing. Pavel Černý

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.