1. Familiarization with problems of corroded buildings, durability, degradation. 2. Reasons of failures and defects of separate building materials. 3. Types of corrosive (aggressive) medium. Selection of adequate building materials, kinds of waters corroding the reinforced concrete structures. 4. Kinds of gaseous media, effect of solid material, mineral greases and oils etc. Mechanism of volume changes. 5. Explanation of chemical micro-structural and mechanical changes during degradation and corrosion. 6. Reinforced concrete degradation initiated by the effect of aggressive media. 7. Degradation of building materials initiated by the effect of aggressive media. 8. Corrosion of metals. 9. Galvanic corrosion and the measuring methods. 10. Primary protection of building materials, influence of composition and of production technology. 11. Secondary protection of concrete. Surface treatments improving the resistance of building structures against aggressive media – classification. 12. Surface treatments – properties, testing methods, failures and defects, prognosis of surface treatment service life. 13. Methods of building materials durability determination including the possibilities of protection. Prognosticating possibility of building materials durability.

1. Introductory lesson, work safety, laboratory regulations, preparation of samples for laboratory tests. 2. Basics of the issue of corroded buildings, durability, degradation. Preparation of other samples for laboratory tests 3. Calculation determination of building materials. 4. Determination of influence of different types of cements on degradation by acids. 5. Determination of influence of different types of cements on degradation of cement composites by organic acids of low concentration and other corrosive chemicals. 6. Comparison of influence of fluid and gaseous environment on cement composites and metals. 7. Secondary protection of concretes, surface treatment improving durability of structures against corrosive media – division, properties, methods of testing, flaws and failures, calculation of durability prognoses, effectivity. 8. Comparison of influence of liquid and gaseous media on paint systems on different bases. 9. Determination of effect of secondary surface protection based on different binders against corrosive media. 10. Influence of chlorides on corrosion of reinforcement in RC concretes, theory, preparation of samples. 11. Influence of chlorides on corrosion of reinforcement in RC concretes, calculation models according to EU standards, measurements on samples. 12. Excursions. 13. Checking results, protocols, consultation, granting the credit.