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.