Course Name : Building Materials and Construction

Detailed Syllabus:

STONES, BRICKS AND TILES: Properties of building stones - relation to their structural requirements. Classification of stones - Stone quarrying - precautions in blasting, Dressing of stone, Composition of good brick earth, various methods of manufacture of bricks. Comparison between clamp burning and kiln burning.
WOOD: Structure - properties - Seasoning of timber. Classification of various types of woods used in buildings - Defects in timber. Alternative materials for wood, Galvanized Iron, Fiber-reinforced plastics, steel, Aluminum.
CEMENTS & ADMIXTURES: Portland cement - chemical composition - Hydration, Setting of cement - Structure of hydrate cement - Test on physical properties - Different grades of cement - Admixtures - Mineral and chemical admixtures.
AGGREGATES: Classification of aggregate - Particle shape & texture - Bond, strength & other mechanical properties of aggregate - Specific gravity, Bulk density, porosity, adsorption & moisture content of aggregate - Bulking of sand - Deleterious substance in aggregate - Soundness of aggregate - Alkali aggregate reaction - Thermal properties - Sieve analysis - Fineness modulus - Grading curves - Grading of fine & coarse Aggregates - Gap graded aggregate - Maximum aggregate size.
FRESH CONCRETE: Workability - Factors affecting workability - Measurement of workability by different tests - Setting times of concrete - Effect of time and temperature on workability - Segregation & bleeding - Mixing and vibration of concrete - Steps in manufacture of concrete - Quality of mixing water.
HARDENED CONCRETE : Water / Cement ratio - Abram's Law - Gelspaoe ratio - Nature of strength of concrete - Maturity concept - Strength in tension & compression - Factors affecting strength - Relation between compression & tensile strength - Curing.
TESTING OF HARDENED CONCRETE: Compression tests - Tension tests - Factors affecting strength - Flexure tests - Splitting tests - Non-destructive testing methods - codal provisions for NDT.
ELASTICITY, CREEP & SHRINKAGE - Modulus of elasticity - Dynamic modulus of elasticity - Poisson's ratio - Creep of concrete - Factors influencing creep - Relation between creep & time - Nature of creep - Effects of creep - Shrinkage - types of shrinkage.
MIX DESIGN : Factors in the choice of mix proportions - Durability of concrete - Quality Control of concrete - Statistical methods - Acceptance criteria - Proportioning of concrete mixes by various methods - BIS method of mix design.

TEXT BOOKS :

1. Properties of Concrete by A.M. Neville - Low priced Edition - 4th edition
2. Concrete Technology by M.S. Shetty. - S.Chand & Co. ; 2004
3. Building material by S K Duggal - New Age International Publishers; Second Edition
4. Building Construction by B.C.Punmia, Ashok Kumar Jain and Arun Kumar Jain - Laxmi Publications (P) ltd., New Delhi
5. Building Construction by P.C. Varghese, Prentice-Hall of India private Ltd, New Delhi

REFERENCES:

1. R.Chudly “Construction Technology “- Volumes I and II” 2nd Edition, Longman, UK, 1987.
2. Building materials by P.C. Varghese, Prentice-Hall of India private Ltd, New Delhi
3. Concrete Technology by M.L. Gambhir. - Tata Mc. Graw Hill Publishers, New Delhi
4. Concrete Technology by A.R. Santha Kumar, Oxford university Press, New Delhi