Course Details
Life Cycles of Building Materials
Academic Year 2024/25
NJB026 course is part of 1 study plan
NPC-SIR Summer Semester 1st year
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
3 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. Formulation of basic notion in the field of lifetime building materials (divided to physico-mechanical and physico-chemical influences).
2. Physilco-mechanical influences (effects of moisture, freeze, loading etc.).
3. Evaluation of particular sort of corrosive conditions and their influence on building materials (gaseous media).
4. Evaluation of particular sort of corrosive conditions and their influence on building materials (liquids).
5.–7. Mechanism of concrete deterioration and corrosion of reinforcement (corrosion of steel elements in concrete, genesis of cracks, peeling, calcareous and magnesium expansions, sulphate attack, etc.).
8. The basic principles of protection building materials.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Definition of basic terms in testing the durability of building materials.
2. Preparation of specimens for testing the corrosion resistance of cement composites, production aggressive solutions.
3. Preparation of specimens for testing the basic parameters of durability of concrete (frost resistance, water resistance, etc.).
4. Implementation of durability testing, evaluation.
5. Introduction to physical-chemical analyzes in evaluating the state of building materials.
6. Practical application of physical-chemical analyzes in the evaluation of the material exposed in the specific kontext.
7. Laboratory testing of the effectiveness of secondary protection.
8. Credit test, granting the credit.