BUILDING CONSTRUCTION & MATERIALS Syllabus — Government College of En…
Full syllabus, topics and curated resources for BUILDING CONSTRUCTION & MATERIALS (Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu).
Building materials, construction practices, masonry, foundations, damp proofing, flooring, doors, windows and plastering
- Subject code: CEP6301
- University: Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu
- Course: BE (2022 onwards)
- Branch: Civil
- Semester: 3
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION & MATERIALS syllabus
Unit 1: CEMENT
- Methods of manufacture of Portland Cement
- Various types of Cement and their uses
- Engineering Properties of Cement
- Storage and Testing of cement as per Indian standards
Unit 2: AGGREGATES
- Fine and course aggregates
- physical properties of both fine and course aggregates as per Indian standards
Unit 3: Structural Timber
- Classification of trees
- Structure of timber
- Properties
- Classification of timber as per Indian standards
- Characteristics of good timber
- Seasoning of timber
- Defects in timber
- decay of timber
- Suitability of timber for specific uses
- testing of timber as per Indian standards
Unit 4: Clay Bricks
- Composition of good brick earth
- Various methods of manufacturing of bricks
- testing of bricks as per Indian Standards
- Indian Standard classification of Bricks
Unit 5: Steel
- Mild steel
- High Tensile steel
- Rolled steel sections
- Reinforcing steel bars
- mechanical properties of steel and their testing as per Indian Standards
Unit 6: Modern Materials
- Sand Lime bricks
- Fly Ash bricks
- Cement concrete hollow blocks
- Concrete Paver blocks
- Geosynthetics
- Smart materials
- Composite materials
- Paints, Enamels and Varnishes
Unit 7: Basic Principles underlying the Planning and Construction of Buildings
Unit 8: BRICK MASONARY
Unit 9: STONE MASONARY
Unit 10: FOUNDATIONS
- Purpose
- site exploration
- Methods of Testing Bearing Capacity of Soils
- Types of Foundations
- Combined Footing and Raft Foundation
- Excavation of Foundations in water logged sites
- Pile Foundation
- Concrete Piles
- Pile Driving
- Cofferdams
Unit 11: DAMP PROOFING
- Problems of dampness
- Causes
- Sources of Dampness
- Methods of Damp Proofing
- Materials used in treatment