Course Details

Insulation Materials

Academic Year 2024/25

BJA014 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-SI / M Winter Semester 4th year

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Utility properties of the building work. 2. Insulation against moisture, methods of hydrophobisation. 3. Insulation materials and the technology for subgrade construction. 4. Insulation materials and the technology for the upper part of structure. 5. Technology of bituminous strips production, insulation techniques. 6. Moisture in building materials, degradations processes of building materials. 7. Description of moisture passage in building materials and structures. 8. Building acoustics, hygienic demands. 9. Sound field, acoustics of building structures and building materials. 10. Air and footstep sound-proof insulation, materials for acoustic insulation. 11. Measuring methods for evaluation of acoustic and physical properties of building materials. 12. Utilization of materials for noise reduction. 13. Occurrence of radon, insulation against radon, technology of assembling. Modern heat-insulations, direction of development of alternative energy sources, currently alternative sources of energy.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Introductory exercise requirements for completion of the course, safety rules for the implementation of practical laboratory exercises. 2. Testing of bituminous materials. 3. Testing of waterproofing membranes. 4. Testing of thermal conductivity of building materials using a hot wire. 5. Testing of surface emissivity building materials. 6. Testing of absorption coefficient. 7. Testing of capillary absorption coefficient. 8. Basic calculations of the acoustic properties. 9. Aplication of equations for the formulation of sound power. 10. Noise parameters, determining the equivalent noise levels. 11. Design and computational evaluation of acoustic barriers. 12. Calculation reverberation time of the enclosure. 13. Completation of obligations in the exercise test.