18C-303C: Building Materials & Construction Practice Syllabus for Civil Engineering 3rd Sem C18 Curriculum TSSBTET

Building Materials & Construction Practice detailed Syllabus for Civil Engineering (DCE), C18 curriculum has been taken from the TSSBTET official website and presented for the diploma students. For Course Code, Course Name, Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Internal Marks, Max Marks, Total Marks, Min Marks and other information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

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Unit-1: Stones, Bricks, Tiles and Sand

1. Classification of rocks, physical classification.
2. Characteristics of good building stone.
3. Common varieties of stones-granite, marble, Kadapa slab, Shahabad stones.
4. Dressing of stones – purpose.
5. Manufacture of bricks-Steps only
6. ISI specification for bricks IS-1077-1971(sizes).
7. Characteristics of good bricks.
8. Testing of bricks as per IS-3495-1966 – tests on water absorption and compressive strength of bricks.
9. Tiles -Types of tiles- roofing tiles (Mangalore tiles), floor tiles, Ceramic tiles, Vitrified tiles, Morbonite.
10. Characteristics of good tiles.
11. Characteristics of good sand,
12. Functions of sand.
13. Bulking of sand

Unit-2: Cement, Cement Mortar and Concrete

1. Chemical composition of cement.
2. Method of manufacture of cement – Dry process(Flow chart only).
3. Classification of cement – ordinary Portland cement, quick setting cement, white cement -Rapid hardening cement, Low heat cement, High alumina cement, Blast furnace slag cement and Pozzolana cement – uses of different types of cement.
4. Tests for cement as per ISI – fineness, consistency, setting time, soundness tests.
5. Define Fine aggregate and course aggregate
6. Mortar – List Classification of mortar -Cement mortar, Surkhi Mortar, Blended mortar.
7. Different proportions of mortars for various works.
8. Preparation of cement mortar.
9. Ingredients of plain concrete.
10. Proportioning – usual proportions for different items of work -C.C.bed, Footings, Columns, Slabs & Beams for ordinary buildings.
11. Plain concrete and reinforced concrete.
12. Water cement ratio – factors effecting water cement ratio.
13. Workability – Slump test on fresh concrete, hardened concrete – compressive strength test on hardened concrete.
14. Admixtures -only definition – types – 1) Chemical admixtures – Plasticizers (water reducers), super plasticizers, air entraining agents, accelerators and retarders 2) Mineral admixtures – Pozzolanas -fly ash, blast furnace slag, silica fume and rice husk.
15. Method of preparation of concrete – Hand and machine mixing.
16. Procedure of mixing, conveyance, placing, compaction and curing of concrete.
17. Curing – methods – suitability
18. Introduction to ready mix concrete – Advantages and disadvantages.
19. Use of fly ash, robo sand.

Unit 3: Timber and Surface Protective Materials

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Unit 4: Classification of Buildings ,Foundations and Types of Masonry

1. Component parts of a building -Their functions.
2. Classification of buildings according to National building code.
3. Site investigation for foundation as per N.B.C, Trial pit, auger boring.
4. Bearing capacity of soils -safe and ultimate bearing capacity.
5. Spread footing for columns and walls
6. Raft foundation.
7. Pile foundation and uses.
8. Different loads to be considered for the design of foundation as per IS 875 – 1987.
9. Spread foundation – Depth of foundation by Rankines formula- width of foundation -Thickness of concrete bed.
10. Construction of foundation – spread footing only.
11. Causes,effects and prevention of dampness at basement level.
12. Classification of stone masonry -Random rubble and Coursed Rubble Masonry – general principles to be observed while constructing stone masonry
13. Brick Masonry – Bonds in brick masonry – (English bond only) for one brick thick wall -General principles to be observed in construction of brick masonry.

Unit 5: Doors, Windows, Lintels, Scaffolding and Staircases

1. Doors and windows – parts of door window – positioning.
2. Common types of doors-panelled, Glazed and Flush doors.
3. Special types of doors – Flush doors with modern construction materials, revolving doors, collapsible doors, rolling shutters, sliding doors
4. Windows – Panelled and Glazed.
5. Ventilators – fixed, swinging type and louvered.
6. Lintels – Functions
7. Scaffolding – Purpose and types – tubular scaffolding only.
8. Location of stairs.
9. Types of stairs – straight, Quarter turn, half turn, Dog legged, open well, bifurcated, spiral, helical stair cases(only line diagrams)

Unit 6: Roofs ,Floorings ,Protective and Decorative Finishes

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Reference Books:

1. Engineering Materials by S C Rangwala
2. Building materials by Kulakarni
3. Construction materials by N.Sreenivasulu
4. Building Materials by Duggal S. K.
5. Building Material & Construction by S.P. Arora& S. P. Bindra
6. Construction Technology by Sarkar Oxford University Press
7. Building materials & components by C B R I
8. National Building code by N.B.C
9. Building Construction by Sushil Kumar
10. Building Construction by S.C.Rangawala
11. SP20 Explanatory handbook on Masonry code

Suggested E-learning references

1. http://nptel.ac.in
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMIl3krK-GI
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OAHO9zgeXM
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1bL_1NBvIc
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQGDP8kWEMM
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh1Z-i14-h0
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veF4uSUtrEY
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USat6LdENzU
9. https://www.nicee.org/EQTips.php

Course Outcome:

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Suggested Student Activities

1. Identify different types of construction materials available in market and study their properties
2. Collect and study different photographs of various foundations and prepare a report.
3. Collect and study different photographs of stairs.
4. Collect and study the different types of Damp Proofing materials and prepare a report.
5. Prepare models of various types of foundations.
6. Prepare models of different types of roof trusses.
7. Visit any nearby material testing laboratory and prepare a report on various tests conducted on building materials.
8. Prepare a report on prefabricated construction.
9. Prepare a report on the use of modern construction equipment in construction.
10. Tech fest/Srujana
11. Paper/Poster presentation
12. Quiz
13. Group discussion
14. Surprise Test

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