Course Details

Application of building materials

Academic Year 2024/25

BIB010 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-EVB Summer Semester 1st year

The methods of physical-mechanical properties and durability testing with a focus on destructive methods will be solved. Practical laboratory tests of properties of selected building materials with individual assignments for individual students will be carried out, including the processing of protocols on the above mentioned tests.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Pavel Schmid, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Testing

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Secondary knowledge of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

Basic Literature

Svoboda, L. a kol: Stavební hmoty, JAGA, 2005 (cs)
Kolektiv autorů: Stavební látky – cvičebnice, CERM Brno, 2014 (cs)
Elektronické studijní opory FAST VUT v Brně pro předmět BI01 Stavební látky, 2004 (cs)
www.envimat.cz - český katalog stavebních produktů a dopadů jejich výroby na životní prostředí (cs)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/282268

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, properties of building materials and environmental properties of building materials.
  • 2. Building stone, aggregates, recycled aggregates.
  • 3. Binders, mortars, plasters and bonding materials (cements, adhesives).
  • 4. Concrete, special types of concrete and concrete products.
  • 5. Ceramics, ceramic products.
  • 6. Wood - Basic Features and Testing.
  • 7. Wood - uses and products.
  • 8. Steel and other metals.
  • 9. Polymers, glass and their applications.
  • 10. Alternative building materials - types, usability.
  • 11. Materials for insulation (waterproofing, thermal insulation and radon insulation).
  • 12. Materials for floor coverings.
  • 13. Final summary.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Good laboratory practice, introduction to testing of building materials.
  • 2. Building stone, aggregates, recycled aggregates.
  • 3. Binders, mortars, plasters and bonding materials (cements, adhesives).
  • 4. Concrete, special types of concrete and concrete products.
  • 5. Ceramics, ceramic products.
  • 6. Wood - Basic Features and Testing.
  • 7. Wood - uses and products.
  • 8. Steel and other metals.
  • 9. Polymers, glass and their applications.
  • 10. Alternative building materials - types, usability.
  • 11. Materials for insulation (waterproofing, thermal insulation and radon insulation).
  • 12. Materials for floor coverings.
  • 13. Thematic expert excursion.