Course: Building Materials

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Course title Building Materials
Course code KME/SMA1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kubát Jan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Novák Michal, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Kubina Libor, Ing. CSc.
Course content
1st week: Parameters required from a construction, required use and placement of construction materials, required parameters of construction materials. 2nd week: Physical and chemical parameters of construction materials. 3rd week: System of quality parameters of construction materials. 4th week: Vertical structures. 5th week: Horizontal structures. 6th week: Roofs. 7th week: Surfaces (finishing of surfaces). 8th week: Areas exposed to outdoor conditions, drainage. 9th week: Durability of construction materials. 10th week: Economic use of construction materials. 11th week: Ecological aspects related to the use of construction materials. 12th week: Special materials. 13th week: Quality control on site during the realization of a structure and during its lifetime.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 65 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Define basic types of buildings and structures.
Skills
Describe the basic properties of the material.
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Orientation in species of building materials.
Describe the quality of building materials production.
Skills
Propose suitable building materials to the building.
Characterize the characteristics of building materials.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Lecture
Competences
Lecture
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Combined exam
Competences
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Materiály pro rekonstrukce staveb. ČVUT Praha.
  • Webové stránky ČNI - normy.
  • Adámek, Jiří. Kódování. 1. vyd. Praha : SNTL, 1989.
  • Svoboda, Luboš. Stavební hmoty. Bratislava : Jaga Media, 2007. ISBN 978-80-8076-057-1.


Study plans that include the course
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