Alternative Building Materials Civil 6th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme (Professional Elective-2)

Alternative Building Materials detail syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17CV653), 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 6th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Civil 6th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-2 subjects do refer to Professional Elective-2. The detail syllabus for alternative building materials is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This Course will enable students to:

1. understand environmental issues due to building materials and the energy consumption in manufacturing building materials
2. study the various masonry blocks, masonry mortar and structural behavior of masonry under compression.
3. Study the alternative building materials in the present context.
4. understand the alternative building technologies which are followed in present construction field.

Module 1

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Module 2

Elements of Structural Masonry : Elements of Structural Masonry, Masonry materials, requirements of masonry units’ characteristics of bricks, stones, clay blocks, concrete blocks, stone boulders, laterite Blocks, Fal- G blocks and Stabilized mud block. Manufacture of stabilized blocks. Structural Masonry Mortars: Mortars, cementations materials, sand, natural & manufactured, types of mortars, classification of mortars as per BIS, characteristics and requirements of mortar, selection of mortar. Uses of masonry, masonry bonding, Compressive strength of masonry elements, Factors affecting compressive strength, Strength of Prisms/wallets and walls, Effect of brick bond on strength, Bond strength of masonry: Flexure and shear, Elastic properties of masonry materials and masonry, Design of masonry compression elements subjected to axial load.

Module 3

Alternative Building Materials: Lime, Pozzolana cements, Raw materials, Manufacturing process, Properties and uses. Fibers- metal and synthetic, Properties and applications. Fiber reinforced plastics, Matrix materials, Fibers organic and synthetic, Properties and applications. Building materials from agro and industrial wastes ,Types of agro wastes, Types of industrial and mine wastes, Properties and applications. Masonry blocks using industrial wastes. Construction and demolition wastes

Module 4

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Module 5

Equipment for Production of Alternative Materials: Machines for manufacture of concrete, Equipments for production of stabilized blocks, Moulds and methods of production of precast elements, Cost concepts in buildings, Cost saving techniques in planning, design and construction, Cost analysis: Case studies using alternatives.

Course Outcomes:

After studying this course, students will be able to:

1. Solve the problems of Environmental issues concerned to building materials and cost effective building technologies;
2. Suggest appropriate type of masonry unit and mortar for civil engineering constructions; also they are able to Design Structural Masonry Elements under Axial Compression.
3. Analyse different alternative building materials which will be suitable for specific climate and in an environmentally sustainable manner. Also capable of suggesting suitable agro and industrial wastes as a building material.
4. Recommend various types of alternative building materials and technologies and design a energy efficient building by considering local climatic condition and building material.

Program

Course Objectives:

• Engineering knowledge
• Problem analysis
• Interpretation of data

Text Books:

1. KS Jagadish, BV Venkatarama Reddy and KS Nanjunda Rao, Alternative Building Materials and Technologies, New Age International pub.
2. Arnold W Hendry, Structural Masonry, Macmillan Publishers

Reference Books:

1. RJS Spence and DJ Cook, Building Materials in Developing Countries, Wiley pub.
2. LEED India, Green Building Rating System, IGBC pub.
3. IGBC Green Homes Rating System, CII pub.
4. Relevant IS Codes.

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Civil, 2017 regulation do visit Civil 6th Sem syllabus for 2017 Regulation.

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