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Lecture # 1
Civil Engineering Material
Introduction
Instructor:
Dr. Attaullah Shah
Department of Civil Engineering
Swedish College of Engineering and Technology-Wah Cantt.
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What is Civil Engineering?
• Profession of designing and executing structural works that
serve the general public, including:
• Buildings bridges, canals, dams, harbors, lighthouses, roads,
tunnels, and
• Environmental works (e.g., water supply systems)
• The modern field includes power plants, aircraft and airports,
chemical-processing and water treatment plants, and watertreatment facilities
• Civil engineering today involves:
• Site investigations and feasibility studies,
• Structural design and analysis, construction, and facilities
maintenance.
• The design of engineering works requires the application of
design theory from many fields (e.g., hydraulics,
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thermodynamics, nuclear physics)
What is Civil Engineering?
• A branch of engineering that encompasses the
conception, design, construction, and management of
residential and commercial buildings and structures,
water supply facilities, and transportation systems for
goods and people, as well as control of the environment
for the maintenance and improvement of the quality of
life.
• Civil engineering includes planning and design
professionals in both the public design professionals in
both the public and private sectors, contractors, builders,
educators, and researchers. Civil engineering is a
professional
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What is Civil Engineering?
• Engineering discipline that deals with the engineering
discipline that deals with the design and construction of the
physical and natural built environment, including works
such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and buildings.
• Civil engineering is the oldest engineering discipline after
military engineering, and it was defined to distinguish it
from military engineering
• Engineering is the application of objective knowledge to
creation of plans, designs and means for achieving desired
objectives.
• Technology deals with tools and techniques for carrying out
plans.
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Sub Disciplines of Civil Engg.
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Environmental engineering
Geotechnical engineering
Structural engineering
Transportation engineering
Water resources engineering
Materials engineering
Coastal engineering
Surveying
Urban planning
Construction engineering and Management
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Civil Engineering Materials Course
• Credit Hours 3 ( 2+1)
• Semester Weeks 16/18
• Evaluation/Grading
– Home Assignments (4) 10%
– Quiz test (4) unannounced 15%
– Midterm test: 25%
• Semester Exam 40%
• Industrial visit: Visit to a cement factory
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Books
• Text Book
– Engineering Materials, 5th Revised Edition by
Surendra Singh.
• Reference Books
– Materials of Construction by S. Z. H. Syed yy
– Building Materials, 2nd Edition by S. K. Duggal,
Allahabad, India.
– Materials of Construction by R. C. Smith
– Engineering Materials 3rd Revised Edition by R.
K. Rajput, Patiala, Ind
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Course outline
• Cement:
• Chemistry, manufacture, properties, tests, types, hydration.
• Aggregates:
• Coarse and fine aggregate, properties of coarse and fine
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aggregate, different test to measure different properties of
coarse and fine aggregate.
Introduction to the manufacture, properties, types and use of
concrete.
Lime, chemistry, manufacture, properties, test, types, Hydration.
Bricks, chemistry, manufacture, properties, tests, types,
applications.
Wood, types, seasoning and preservation techniques, laminated
materials, gluing and joining techniques.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Building Material
• Building Material
– Materials use for construction of
buildings, highways, bridges, mostly
infrastructure.
– Any material which is used for
construction purpose is called as
building material.
• Natural materials: Unprocessed, raw,
minimally processed.
• Synthetic materials
• Industrial processing
• Artificially composed
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Details of Syllabus
• Stone
• Definition
• Classification of rocks
• Physical and chemical characteristics of good
building stones.
• Tests of stones
• Quarrying and dressing of stones
• Deterioration mechanism of stones
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Selection of stones
Preservation of stones
Artificial or cast stones
Natural bed of stone and stone masonry
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• Bricks
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Definition
Classification of bricks
Manufacture of bricks
Comparison of stone and
Brick earth (composition, harmful substances)
Physical and chemical qualities of good bricks
Fire or refractory bricks
Tests done on burnt clay bricks.
Types of brick masonry bonds
Use of bricks in slabs
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• Timber
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Definition
Classification
Characteristics of hard and soft
Growth of timber and its structures
Characteristics of good timber.
Tests performed on timber.
Defects in timber and their effects on member
response.
Seasoning of timber.
Preservation of timber.
Use of timber in construction.
Veneers and plywood.
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• Paints and Varnishes
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Definition
Functions of paints
Composition of oil paints.
Preparation of oil paints
Characteristics of good paints
Types of paints
Rheological properties of paints
Defects in painting
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• Metals
– Introduction
– Composition, properties, uses and manufacture
of ferrous metals used in civil engineering
– Pig iron, cast iron, wrought iron and steel
– Heat treatment and their effect on steel ‹Heat
treatment and their effect on steel properties
– Corrosion and methods of its prevention
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• Plastics
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Definition
Classification of plastics
Properties of plastics .
Manufacturing processes
Use of plastics in building construction
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• Glass
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Introduction
Raw materials
Manufacturing processes of glass.
Types of glass
Properties of glass
Classification of glass
Uses of glass
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• Miscellaneous materials
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Lime
Gypsum
Tiles
Rubber
Asbestos
Paving Asphalt, Bitumen
• General description
• Composition varieties properties and uses of
bitumen
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Insulating materials
Water proofing materials
Heat insulating materials
Acoustic materials
Constituents of concrete
• General description of cement and phases of cement
clinker production
• Composition and manufacture of cement
• Properties of Portland cement
• Properties of Portland cement
• Discussion and properties of concrete constituents
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