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Selected Topics in Building Materials Engineering
FAST-DJB043Acad. year: 2023/2024
The structure and properties of building materials and their classification, development trends of building materials technology and of the technology of building. The life cycle of building materials beginning with production up to building clearance, technical and environmental demands to product, importance of building materials design in structures, their failures. Management systems, securing the quality of building materials, legislative demands. Raw materials conditions of manufacturers in the Czech Republic, processing of secondary raw materials, recycling; Aggregates, lightweight concrete and cellular concrete. Ceramic materials their properties, utilization of products. Technology and properties of classical binders, their decisive influence on the most used building materials, mortars, concrete, control of their properties. Plastics and their utilization in the building industry. Types of composite materials. Particle composites. Fibre composites, types of fibres and matrices. Influence of structure to composite properties. Polymer-cement mortars and concrete. Service life of building materials and elements following the wear degree, mechanical and microstructure changes, testing methods. Concrete corrosion, classification of materials according to their durability, methods for building materials durability determination and possibility of their protection. Material for building structures rehabilitation.
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Basic literature
Chybík Josef: Přírodní stavební materiály, Grada Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-80-247-2532-1, 272 stran. (CS)
PYTLÍK, P. SOKOLÁŘ, R. Stavební keramika. Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., Brno, 2002, ISBN 80-7204-234-3, 287 stran. (CS)
PYTLÍK, P. Technologie betonu. VUTIUM, Brno, 2000, ISBN 80-214-1647-5, 390 stran. (CS)
Recommended reading
COULSON, J. Sustainable Use of Wood in Construction. Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-118-53966-8, 216 stran. (EN)
MAMLOUK, M. S., ZANIEWSKI, J. P. Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers (3rd Edition). Pearson, 2010, ISBN 978-0136110583, 582 stran. (EN)
MEHTA, P. K., MONTEIRO, P. J. M. Concrete: Microstructure, Properties, and Materials. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2013. (EN)
POPOVICS, S. Concrete Materials - Properties, Specifications. William Andrew Publishing/Noyes, 1992. ISBN: 0-8155-1308-9. (EN)
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- Programme DPC-S Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DPA-S Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DPC-S Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme DKA-S Doctoral 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
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