UNIT I

STONES - BRICKS - CONCRETE BLOCKS

12

Stone as building material - Criteria for selection - Tests on stones - Deterioration and Preservation of stone work - Bricks - classification - Manufacture of city bricks - Tests on bricks - compressive strength - Water Absorption - Efflorescence - Bricks for special use - Refractory bricks.

UNIT II

LIME - CEMENT - AGGREGATES - MORTAR

12

Lime - Preparation of lime mortar - Cement Ingredients - Manufacturing process - Types and Grades Properties of cement and cement mortar - Hydration - Compressive strength - Tensile strength - Soundness and consistency - Setting time - Aggregates - Natural stone aggregates -Industrial by products - Crushing strength - Impact strength - Flakiness - Abrasion Resistance -Grading - Code Practices.

UNIT III

CONCRETE

Concrete - ingredients - Manufacture - Batching plants - RMC - Properties of fresh concrete - Slump Flow and compaction - Principles of hardened concrete - Compressive and Tensile  strength Tests - Mix specification - Mix Proportioning (IS method) - High Strength Concrete and HPC - Other types of Concrete - Code Practices.

UNIT IV

TIMBER AND OTHER MATERIALS

12

Timber - markets forms - Bamboo - industrial timber - plywood - Veneer - Steel - Mechanical treatment - Aluminium - composition - uses - Market forms - Paints - Varnishes - Distempers - Code Practices.

UNIT V

MODERN MATERIALS

12

Glass - Ceramics - Sealants for joints - Fibre glass reinforced plastic - Clay products - Refractories - Composite materials - Types - Geosynthetics for Civil Engineering applications - Fly ash.

TOTAL: 60

TEXT BOOKS:

Sl. No. 

Author(s) 

Title of the Book 

Publisher 

Year of Publication 

1.

Rangwala

Engineering Materials

Charotar Publishing House

2007

REFERENCE BOOKS:

Sl. No. 

Author(s) 

Title of the Book 

Publisher 

Year of Publication 

1.

Shetty M S

Concrete Technology (Theory and Practice)

S Chand and

Company Ltd

2000

2.

Rajput R K

Engineering Materials

S Chand and Company Ltd

2000

WEB URLs:

•  http://www.howconcreteworks.com/properties_of_concrete.html
•  http://www.howconcreteworks.com/types_of_concrete.html
•  http://www.howconcreteworks.com/application_of_concrete.html
•  http://parisaramahiti.kar.nic.in/PDF/publications/FLY%20ASH.pdf