bm building materials first sem
AR 1.4 BUILDING MATERIALS – I
L/s: 2/Wk Int: 50 End Exam: 50 Total: 100 End Exam: 3hrs Cr: 2Course Overview:
The course provides information on the properties, use, installation and costs of basic building materials.
Objectives of the Course:To impart knowledge on the various building materials, To highlight the current trends and innovations in the usage of building materials.
Expected Skills / Knowledge Transferred: Knowledge required for specifying appropriate materials for various spaces in buildings.
Course Contents:
Unit –I Brick:
Composition of earths, standard, market and ISI.size properties, as per ISI brick manufacturing processes, requirements and tests foe good bricks. Fire clay bricks - varieties; sand lime bricks; paving bricks; Terra-cotta-its varieties: ordinary, glazed, porous, polished and fine; sun dried brick, Special types of bricks, uses and properties Different uses of brick in construction.
Building Tiles: Roof, floor and wall tiles.
Unit –II Stones:
Classification of stones: granite, laterite, quartzite, marble and slates -properties and uses; stone units - khandki, rubble, black stones, stone metal, flag stones. method of quarrying of building stones, types of stone dressings defects in stone, stones used in construction, uses in construction, aggregates. tool used, Preservation of stone work.
Unit –III Sand :
Pit, river sea sand, gravel, bulk age of sand, impurities in sand their removal, tests for silt and organic contents different grades of sand with respective to size and their application. I.S.I. standards, use in mortar and concrete.
Unit –IV Cement:
Ingredients and properties of cement, Types of cement, Grades of cement, Initial and final setting time, Test of cements, ISI Standards, Pozolana material and its properties.
Unit –V Mortars:
Types, proportioning, mixing and grinding, mortar, cement mortar, lime mortar, methods of preparing, handling and uses of mortars, Surkhi-mortar, light weight mortars i.e. cinder, sawdust and fibrous plaster, gypsum plaster, Plaster of Paris and application Concrete: Concrete and its constituents, aggregate: coarse and fine, properties of concrete, strength, durability, etc. Effect of age on strength. Grading: importance, fineness modulus, combined aggregate, water cement ratio. Mixing and Curing.
Unit –VI Timber:
Building timber types and its properties, sawing of timber, shrinkage and distortion, wastage, methods of sawing. Drying and seasoning, moisture contents, purpose of seasoning, natural and artificial. Defects in timber. Use and application of timber in construction. Processed woods: Plywood and Synthetic boards properties and application. Use of alternative materials as substitute to wood.ISI standards
Unit –VII Ferrous Metals -
Pig iron, cast iron, wrought iron, steel, manufacturing processes and casting. Characteristics form and uses of cast iron, wrought iron and steel. Alloys steel, stainless steel, steel-treatment, steel tempering, annealing, normalizing, and case hardening, their objectives and effect on alloy steels. Galvanizing, oxidation and casting of metallic products, corrosion of iron and their prevention. Metallic protective coatings.
Non ferrous Metals: Basic idea of important ores, properties and uses of Aluminum, Zinc, Copper, Tin and Lead
Reference Books:
Hailey & Hancork, D.W. Brick Work & Associated Studies Vol. 2. MacMillan, London, 1979. Moxley, R. Mitchell’sElementary Building Construction, Technical Press Ltd. Rangwala, S.C. Building Construction, 22nd ed. Charotar Pub. House, Anand, 2004. Sushil Kumar.T.B. of Building Construction, 19th ed. Standard Pub, Delhi, 2003.
Note: Students should be exposed to on site and Laboratory tests of above materials. Students should conduct market survey of above
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