Materials, Testing & Construction Practices detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2019-20 scheme is taken from AKTU official website and presented for AKTU students. The course code (KCE401), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/Week, Practical Hr/Week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration, and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
For all other civil 4th sem syllabus for b.tech 2019-20 scheme aktu you can visit Civil 4th Sem syllabus for B.Tech 2019-20 Scheme AKTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for materials, testing & construction practices is as follows.
Course Outcomes:
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Unit I
Scope of Study of building Materials: building materials and their performance, economics of the building materials.
Stones: Requirement of good building stone, characteristics of building stone sand their testing. Common building stones.
Bricks: Manufacturing process of clay bricks, classification of clay bricks. Properties of clay bricks, testing methods for clay bricks. Problems of efflorescence & lime bursting in bricks & tiles. Different types of bricks.
Gypsum: properties of gypsum plaster, building products made of gypsum and their uses.
Cement: Raw materials used, Process of Manufacturing, Chemical composition, compounds formed and their effect on strength, Types of cement, Testing of cement properties, Uses of cement.
Cement Concrete: Constituent materials and their properties, Grades of concrete, Factors affecting strength, Properties of concrete at fresh and hardened stage, Testing of concrete, Methods of Curing of concrete.
Pozzolona: Chemical composition and requirements for uses, Natural and Artificial flyash, Surkhi(burnt clay pozzolona), rice husk and ash pozzolona, properties and specifications for use in construction. Timber: Classification and identification of timber, Fundamental Engineering Properties of timber, Defects in timber, Factor affecting strength of timber, Methods of seasoning and preservation of timber. Wood based products.
Asphalt: Bitumen and Tar: Terminology, specifications and uses, Bituminous materials.
Unit II
Plastics: classification, advantages of plastics, Mechanical properties and use of plastic in construction. Paints, varnishes and distempers: Common constituents, types and desirable properties, Cement paints. Ferrous metals: Desirable characteristics of reinforcing steel. Principles of cold working. Strength ,Telemechanical, physical Properties and chemical composition. Brief discussion on properties and uses of Aluminum and lead. Glass: Ingredients, properties types and use in construction. Insulating Materials: Thermal and sound insulating material, desirable properties and types. [8 Hours]
Unit III
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Unit IV
Doors and Windows: Construction details, types of doors and windows and their relative advantages & disadvantages. Types of roof and roof treatments, Lintel sand Chhajja, Principles of building Planning.
Unit V
Natural Ventilation, Water Supply and Sanitary fittings (Plumbing), Electric Fittings. Heating Ventilation & Air conditioning (HVAC), Mechanical Lifts and Escalators, Fire Fighting and Fire Protection of Buildings. Acoustics. Plastering and its types, pointing, Distempering, Colour washing, Painting etc. Principles & Methods of building maintenance. [8 Hours]
Books and References:
- SK Duggal, Building Materials New Age International
- Purushothama Raj, Building Construction Materials & Techniques Pearson Edu.
- PC Varghese, Building Materials PHI
- Rangwala, Building Materials Charotar Publishing House.
- Sushil Kumar, Building Construction Standard Publisher.
- Domone, Construction Materials 4/e, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group.
- Adams, Adams’ Building Construction Adams CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group.
- BC Punmia, Building Construction Laxmi Publication.
- Jha & Sinha, Building Construction Khanna Publishers
- Sahu, Building Materials and Construction Mc Grew Hill Education
- Deodhar, Civil Engineering Materials Khanna Publishers
- Mehta, Building Construction Principles, Materials & Systems 2/e, Pearson Education Noida.
- Sandeep Mantri, Practical building Construction and its Management Satya Publisher, New Delhi.
- Khanna S. K., Justo C.E.G, & Veeraragavan A., Highway Materials and Pavement Testing, Nem Chand and Bros.
- Various related updated & recent standards of BIS, IRC, ASTM, RILEM, AASHTO etc.
- Chudley, R. Greeno, Building Construction Handbook, Butterworth.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of B.Tech Civil, 2019-20 scheme do visit Civil 4th Sem syllabus for 2019-20 scheme.
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