Course Details

Application of building materials

Academic Year 2024/25

BIB010 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-EVB Summer Semester 1st year

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

summer

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. 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.