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Study-Unit Description
CODE
CNM2421
TITLE
Materials for Construction 1
LEVEL
02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course
ECTS CREDITS4
DEPARTMENTConstruction and Property Management
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DESCRIPTION Study-unit Aims:
The objectives of this study-unit is to introduce the major materials used in the
local construction industry, namely stone and concrete block, in-situ and precast
concrete, iron and steel, and timber. The review of construction materials will
include sources, methods of extraction, production and manufacture, and an
introduction to the main properties as relevant to the construction industry,
including long-term behavior.
Learning Outcomes:
- Ability to select main construction materials in accordance with their physical
and mechanical properties.
- Ability to understand the influence of techniques of extraction, production and
manufacture on the main properties of these construction materials.
- Ability to understand the nomenclature used when describing these main
construction materials, and their properties.
- Ability to carry out simple tests to verify basic physical and mechanical
properties.
- Ability to predict the general long-term behavior of these materials.
- Ability to draft main specification requirements for these construction materials.
Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:
- Civil Engineering Materials, Edited by Neil Jackson & Ravindra K. Dhir, Fifth
Edition, Publisher Palgrave, 1996.
- Masonry Construction Manual, Pfeifer, Ramcke, Achtziger & Zilge, Edition
Detail, Birkhauser, 2001.
- Dressed Stone, Hugues, Steiger & Weber, Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2005.
- Concrete, A.M.Neville, Fourth and Final edition, 1996.
- Concrete Technology, A.M.Neville, J.J.Brookes, 2nd Revised Edition, 2010.
- Concrete Construction Manual, Kind-Barkauskas, Kauhsen, Polonyi & Brandt,
Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2002.
- Concrete, Peck (ed.), Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2006.
- Steel Construction Manual, Schultz, Sobek, & Habermann, Edition Detail,
Birkhauser, 2000.
- Building with Steel, Reichel, Ackermann, Hentschel & Hochberg, Edition Detail,
Birkhauser, 2007.
- Construction Material Manual, Hegger, Auch-Schweik, Fuchs & Rosenkranz,
Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2006.
- Materials, Reira Ojeda & Pasnik, Rockport Publishers, 2003.
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STUDY-UNIT Lecture and Laboratory Session
TYPE
METHOD OF Assessment Component/s
Assessment DueResit AvailabilityWeighting
ASSESSMENT Assignment
SEM1
Examination (1 Hour and 30 Minutes)SEM1
Yes
Yes
50%
50%
LECTURER/S Ruben Paul Borg
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