Construction Materials
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Dr. Deepak Kumar Sahu
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Course Name: Construction Materials
Code(Credit) : CUTM1064(0-0-2)
Course objective
| ● To introduce students to various materials commonly used in civil engineering construction and their properties. |
Course outcomes
| COs | Course outcomes | Mapping COs with POs (High-3, Medium-2, Low-1) |
| CO1 | Able to learn basic theory about the conventional and sustainable building construction materials. | PO1[3], PO7[2] |
| CO2 | Able to analyze the right materials choice through field investigation. | PO2[2], PO4[2] |
| CO5 | Understand how to quantify the good construction material properties using modernize tools. | PO5[2] |
Course Syllabus
THE CLASSES WILL BE DELIVERED IN FLIP CLASS MODE.
MODULE I: STRUCTURAL AND NONSTRUCTURAL
MATERIALS (3 hrs)
Overview of Materials and Building/Structural Types, Factors Affecting Choice of Materials and Structural Form, Mechanical Properties, Non-Mechanical Properties (physical properties, durability), Individual Building Materials Manufacturing, Properties, Comparative Behavior, Structural Steel, Composition, Material Properties, and Behaviour, Non-ferrous metals.
MODULE II: STONES, BRICKS, CONCRETE BLOCKS (3 hrs)
Stone as a building material, Criteria for selection, Refractory bricks, Concrete blocks, Lightweight concrete blocks, Air Cleaning Bricks, Passive Cooling Ceramics or hydro ceramic bricks, Fly ash bricks, AAC, ECA, CLC blocks, EPS Building.
MODULE III: TIMBER, ROOF & FLOORING MATERIALS (4 hrs)
Timber, Market forms, Industrial Timber, Plywood, Mass timber, laminated timber and glue, laminated timber, Veneer, thermocol, Panels of laminates, Steel, Aluminum and Other Metallic Materials, Composition, Aluminium composite panel, Market forms, Mechanical treatment, Granite, Tile flooring, Cladding of tiles, materials according to types of roof, Elements of a pitched roof, Trussed roof, Steel Truss, Different roofing materials, R.C.C. Roof.
MODULE IV: NONSTRUCTURAL MATERIALS, ACCESSORIES, AND FINISHES (5 hrs)
Materials for doors and windows, Paneled door, Flush door, Collapsible door, Rolling shutter, PVC Door, Review of Nonstructural Materials and Criteria for Selection, Polymer Floor Finishes, Paints, varnishes, enamel, distemper, Tiles, Acoustic Treatment, Drywalls, Anchors, plumbing and sanitary fittings.
MODULE V: EXTERIOR WALL MATERIALS (4 hrs)
Gypsum Area Separation Walls, Insulated Vinyl Siding, Tilt, Up Walls, OVE Framing, ICF Walls, House Wrap Installation Tips, Common Cladding Alternatives, Insulated Wall Panels, WPC sheets, Cinder Block Walls, GFRG panels, Alusion panels,3D, printed bioplastics.
MODULE VI: NEW GENERATION CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (4 hrs)
Glass, Ceramics, Sealants for joints, Fibre glass-reinforced plastic, Clay products, Refractories, Composite materials, Types, Applications of laminar composites, Fibre textiles, Geomembranes and Geotextiles for earth reinforcement, Illuminating Cement, Prefabricated panels, Bubble deck slab, Terracotta hollow brick, Cigarette Butts, Recycled cardboard, Sensitile, electrified wood, flexicombo, Richlite, liquid granite, carbon fibre, bendable concrete, concrete canvas, low e glass, transparent aluminum, paper insulation, Concrete, Masonry, Programmable Cement, Strand Rods, Concrete: Admixture, translucent concrete, FRP, Shotcrete, Epoxy resin, and grouting.
MODULE VII: GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS (2 hrs)
Bamboo, Reclaimed wood, cork, mycelium, recycled steel, straw bales, rammed earth, hempcrete, grasscrete, GGBFS, CSF, geopolymer, Silica fume, Fly ash, Red Mud, copper slag, construction demolition waste, waste plastic.
Text Books:
- Varghese.P.C,"Building Materials", PHI Learning Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 2012.
- Rajput. R.K., "Engineering Materials", S. Chand and company Ltd., 2008.
Session Plan
Session 1
Overview of Materials and Building/Structural Types, Factors Affecting Choice of Materials and Structural Form, Mechanical Properties, Non-Mechanical Properties (physical properties, durability)
Session 2
Individual Building Materials Manufacturing, Properties, Comparative Behavior, Structural Steel, Composition, Material Properties, and Behaviour, Non-ferrous metals.
Session 3
Stone as a building material, Criteria for selection, Refractory bricks, Concrete blocks, Lightweight concrete blocks.
Session 4
Air Cleaning Bricks, Passive Cooling Ceramics or hydro ceramic bricks, Fly ash bricks, AAC, ECA, CLC blocks, EPS Building.
http://Smart bricks: https://youtu.be/_Yf0KEcXIYA
Session 5
Timber, Market forms, Industrial Timber, Plywood, Mass timber, laminated timber and glue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eErOqTWwjc
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/timber,land/544146/
Session 6
Veneer, Thermocol, Panels of laminates, Steel, Aluminum, and Other Metallic Materials, Composition, Aluminium composite panel.
Session 7
Market forms, Mechanical treatment of materials, scaffolding materials.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2ZDfWLtN4
https://www.avontus.com/blog/major-types-of-scaffolding-in-construction/
Session 8
Various types of floors, Granite, Tile flooring, Cladding of tiles, materials according to types of roof, Elements of a pitched roof, Trussed roof, Steel Truss, Different roofing materials, R.C.C. Roof.
https://www.nationwide.com/lc/resources/home/articles/types-of-roofing
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/recommended-flooring-types-844656
https://theconstructor.org/building/types-of-flooring-materials-uses-building/16992/
Session 9
Materials for doors and windows, Paneled door, Flush door, Collapsible door, Rolling shutter, PVC Door.
Session 10
Review of Nonstructural Materials and Criteria for Selection, Polymer Floor Finishes, Paints, Tiles, Acoustic Treatment, Drywalls, Anchors.
https://freevideolectures.com/course/3516/modern-construction-materials
Session 11
Plumbing and sanitary fittings.
https://www.thespruce.com/types-of-home-piping-materials-1824879
https://theconstructor.org/building/plumbing-sanitary-items/31211/
Session 12-13
Gypsum Area Separation Walls, Insulated Vinyl Siding, Tilt, Up Walls, OVE Framing, ICF Walls, House Wrap Installation Tips.
https://www.thebalancesmb.com/exterior,wall,materials,used,in,building,construction,844846
Session 14-15
Common Cladding Alternatives, Insulated Wall Panels, WPC sheets, Cinder Block Walls, GFRG panels
Session 16-17
Fireproof materials and soundproof wall, Alusion panels, 3D printed bioplastics.
Session 18
Glass, Ceramics, Sealants for joints, Fibre glass-reinforced plastic, Clay products, Refractories.
Session 19
Composite materials, Types, Applications of laminar composites, Fibre textiles, Geomembranes and Geotextiles for earth reinforcement, Illuminating Cement, Prefabricated panels, Bubble deck slab, Terracotta hollow brick, Cigarette Butts.
Session 20
Recycled cardboard, Sensitile, electrified wood, flexicombo, Richlite, liquid granite, carbon fibre, bendable concrete, concrete canvas, low e glass.
Session 20-21
Transparent aluminum, paper insulation, Concrete, Masonry, Programmable Cement, Strand Rods, Concrete: Admixture, translucent concrete, FRP, Shotcrete, Epoxy resin, and grouting.
https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/Masoud180/13,construction,material,from,the,future
Session 22-23
Bamboo, Reclaimed wood, cork, mycelium, recycled steel, straw bales, rammed earth, hempcrete, grasscrete.
Session 24-25
GGBFS, CSF, geopolymer, Silica fume, Fly ash, Red Mud, copper slag, construction demolition waste, waste plastic.https://www.bigrentz.com/blog/the,future,of,building,materials https://aquicore.com/blog/10,new,materials,changing,commercial,/
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