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Life Cycles of Building Materials
FAST-CJ055Acad. year: 2022/2023
♦ Introduction to the problems of lifetime of building materials, especially on models of constructions, which are exposed to very corrosive conditions. Formulation of basic notions in the area of lifetime building materials. Problems of protection of building materials against influences of external environment. Problems of lifetime prediction of building materials exposed to particular conditions.
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2. Physilco-mechanical influences (effects of moisture, freeze, loading etc.).
3. Evaluation of particular sort of corrosive conditions and their influence on building materials (gaseous media).
4. Evaluation of particular sort of corrosive conditions and their influence on building materials (liquids).
5.-7. Mechanism of concrete deterioration and corrosion of reinforcement (corrosion of steel elements in concrete, genesis of cracks, peeling, calcareous and magnesium expansions, sulphate attack, etc.).
8. The basic principles of protection building materials.
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