BUILDING CONSTRUCTION –I

 

CE 122                                                                                                No. of hrs/week : 03

                                                                                                No. of credits  : 03

 

This includes a study of the properties of materials of construction and methods of manufacturing.

1.         a)  Stones:  Classification, properties and uses.

b) Bricks & tiles: Types, properties and uses, Refractive bricks & their application.

            c)  Precast blocks: Types & uses.

2.  Timber: Varieties, properties, uses, defects, seasoning merits & demerits, plywood - types & uses.

3. Soil:  I.S. classification of soils, soil structure - single grained, flocculated and dispersed structures.

4.   a)  Cement:  Ingredients, types, properties and uses. Physical tests on cement as per  I.S.

      b)  Lime:   Types, properties & uses.

      c) Mortar: Lime, cement and surkhi mortar - Properties and uses, compressive strength of cement mortar.

5        Floor tiles:  Mosaic tiles, natural and artificial stone slabs - properties and   application.

6.  Modern building materials:  Paints and varnishes, Plastic, rubber, glass, ferrocement, gypsum, bitumen and tar.

7.  Metals:  Ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

8.     a)  Concrete:  Definition, Ingredients - properties, water cement ratio.

        b)  Tests on aggregates and fresh concrete as per I.S.

  c) Fresh concrete: Workability, mix proportion - batching, mixing, transportation, placing,   compacting, various methods of curing.

        d) Hardened concrete: Compressive strength, bond strength, high strength concrete  -    definition and uses,  Non-destructive tests.

9.  Admixtures in concrete:  Brief description and their effects on concrete.

 

REFERENCES:

 

(1)  A text book of Engineering Materials by G.J.Kulkarni.

(2)  Concrete Technology : Theory and Practice by M.S. Shetty.

(3)  Relevant I.S. Codes.

(4)  Materials of Construction by R.C. Smith.

(5)  Materials of Construction by Johnson.

(6)  Materials of Construction by Mills, Hayward & Rader.

(7)  Materials of Construction by Spencer, Powell and Hudson.

(8)  Reinforced Concrete Engineering by Bresler.

(9)    Properties of Concrete by Neville.