[vc_row el_class=”inner-body-content” css=”.vc_custom_1666846182529{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”COURSE OBJECTIVES” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1666846171562{margin-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]1. To familiarize students about the characteristics of construction materials used in civil engineering projects.
2. To develop the skills for identification and selection of suitable construction materials for civil engineering projects.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLO)” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]CLO:1 Have knowledge about various materials used in different types of civil engineering structures.
CLO:2 Understand the characteristics of civil engineering materials.
CLO:3 Have skills to compare characteristics and cost of alternative materials.
CLO:4 Have skills to identify/select suitable construction materials for a particular project.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”COURSE CONTENTS” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1666846153638{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]
- Materials and their Properties
- Introduction of materials
- Construction materials
- Physical, mechanical and chemical properties
- Electrical and thermal properties
- Binding Materials (Cement and Lime)
- Introduction and manufacture of ordinary Portland cement
- Constituents of cement
- Types of cement
- Properties and field tests of cement
- Special cements
- Introduction and preparation of lime
- Setting and hardening of lime
- Applications of lime
- Comparison (cost and characteristics) of lime and cement
- Fine & Coarse Aggregates and Stones
- Definition and introduction of aggregates
- Mechanical and physical properties of aggregates
- Importance and methods of grading of aggregates
- Introduction, types, applications, characteristics of good building stones
- Artificial stones
- Cementitious materials
- Introduction and methods of preparation of paste
- Properties and application of paste
- Introduction and methods of preparation of mortars
- Properties and application of mortars
- Introduction about concrete
- Components and manufacture of concrete, properties of concrete
- Types of concrete
- Self-Compacting/Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC)
- Effects of various chemicals on concrete
- Metals (Steel and Aluminum)
- Introduction to steel
- Mechanical and physical properties of steel
- Application of steel in civil engineering projects
- Introduction to aluminum
- Mechanical and physical properties of aluminum
- Application of aluminum in civil engineering projects
- Ceramics, Bricks and Blocks
- History and evolution of ceramics, Manufacture of ceramics
- Properties and applications of ceramics in buildings
- History and evolution of bricks, Properties and applications of bricks
- Dimensions, manufacture and classification of bricks
- History and evolution of blocks, Properties and applications of blocks
- Dimensions, manufacture and classification of blocks
- Glass and Wood
- Constituents of glass and methods of manufacture.
- Types, use and significance of glass in civil engineering
- Advantages and drawbacks of glass
- Structure of tree and general characteristics
- Types, seasoning and preservation of wood, Lamination of wood
- Pavement Materials
- Bitumen, Asphalt, Road Metal
- Miscellaneous Construction Materials
- Asbestos, Plaster of Paris, Abrasives
- Rubber, Cork, Plastics, Paint, Thermometry and acoustics
- Bamboo, Natural, artificial and steel fibers
- Modern Materials (Fiber reinforced polymer etc.)
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