Course Details
Application of building materials
Academic Year 2023/24
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.
Course Guarantor
Institute
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.
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.
Prerequisites
Secondary knowledge of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
4 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
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.