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59106 Introductory Building Materials.
Danish title: Grundlæggende bygningsmateriallære.

Type: Å, Language: DDD
Credit points: 7,5 point
Previous course: 59201, C6101
Offered by: Department of Structural Engineering and Materials (BKM)
Prerequisite: 59000.69102
Recommended semester: 1st - 4th semester
Scope and form: Lectures and exercises in groups.
Examination: Approval of compulsory activities is a prerequisite for taking part in the ex. Written exam (13 point scale )
Remarks: For the 4-hours examination is only the following aid allowed: Bring: Calculating machine having exponential function. An alternative afternoon is arranged at the first lesson
Contact person: Kurt Kielsgaard Hansen, BKM, Building 118, Tel. +45 4525 1826
Aim: To give the students a basic knowledge of the most important building materials, their properties and testing methods.
Contents: The main emphasis is placed on properties of materials used in structures. The following materials are dealt with: concrete, wood and wood-based materials, bricks and tiles, mortar and lightweight concrete.
Seven laboratory exercises are carried out:
A. General materials properties
B. Moisture calculations
C. Testing of concrete aggregates
1. Design of concrete mixes and testing of fresh concrete
2. Testing of hardened concrete
3. Long-term properties of wood
4. Short-term properties of wood
Laboratory exercises A, B and C are reported the same afternoon in continuation of the practical work. Written reports of laboratory exercises 1 through 4 are submitted for evaluation not later than 14 days after the day at which the exercise is carried out.