JAIN UNIVERSITY Estd u/s 3 of the UGC Act, 1956

Name of Dept: Civil Engineering Course Title: Building Materials and Construction Subject Code: 12CE-36 Total No of Hrs: 45 Credits: 3 Hours per week: 3

 

Text Books:

1. Mackay W.B. : Building Construction, Vol. I, II, III, Longman Publishing House 2. Sushilkumar : Building Construction, Standard Publishers Distributors.

Reference Books

1. Rangawala P.C. : Engineering Materials, Charter publishing House. 2 M.S. Shetty: Concrete Technology –Theory and Practice, S. Chand and Co  

1 Introduction: Definition, types of buildings as per national building code, components of buildings and their functions, Types of structure – load bearing structure & framed structures. Type of foundation and failures of foundation

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2 Stone Masonry – Technical terms, Selection of stone for masonry, Joints in stone masonry, random rubble masonry, coursed and un- coursed rubble masonry

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3 Brick Masonry – Classification of bricks, manufacturing tests and properties of burnt bricks, Bonds in brick masonry, Brick masonry construction, reinforced Brick masonry, Load bearing, cavity & partition walls

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4 Lintels and Arches – Technical terms, Types of arches, Method of construction, Definition and classification of Lintel Definition and functions of chejja, canopy and balcony

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5 Floors and Roofs– Types of Roofs & materials used for roofs, Flat roof, Types of Pitched roofs, trusses, Types of flooring, factors affecting selection of flooring

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6 Doors, Windows and Stairs –Location of doors, Size of doors, technical terms, Types of Doors, classification of windows, fixtures and fastenings, Definition of stairs, technical terms, location and requirement of good stairs, types of stairs, fixing of rise and tread for RCC dog-legged stair

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7 Plastering, White washing and Painting – Need for plastering, Surface preparation, Materials used for plastering and their application, defects in plasterwork, Pointing, White washing, constituents of paints and characteristics of paints, process of painting different surfaces, definition of varnish and distempers

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8 Special Aspects of Construction – Damp proofing, Fire-proof construction, Fire protection requirements, Sound proof Construction - factors affecting acoustical design, Expansion joints, Provision of construction joints in slabs, beams & columns. Introduction to glass, plastics with/without reinforcement, aluminum alloys, fibre reinforced concrete and ferrocement

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