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Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components (THD)

After the successful completion of the course students will be acknowledged with the latest trends and they will gain the expert knowledge in the field of lightweight building materials. Particularly it concerns the classification of the lightweight building materials, various technologies of its production and processing. Furthermore it includes the knowledge of the physico-mechanical and utility properties, those of which results their possible use in building industry. Based on this knowledge graduates are able to:
• define natural and artificial porous aggregates including the determination of the properties of concrete made of these aggregates,
• describe of technology of lightweight building materials production,
• describe in detail the various technologies of cellular concrete production and their manufacturing differences including the possibility of secondary raw materials utilization,
• define the ways of optimal lightweight building materials utilization in construction according to their property characteristics,
• describe the possibilities of industrial waste utilization as a lightweight building materials or as a raw material for lightweight building materials production.

Theoretical and Technological Fundamentals of Inorganic Building Binders, namely the chemistry and technology of plaster, lime and cement manufacture.Basic knowledge necessary for the task to design composition of concrete with demanded final properties, the basic properties of input raw materials for concrete manufacture and the testing methods.General overview of ceramic raw materials properties, their processing, shaping methods in ceramics, drying, burning, properties of burnt body

The student who will sign up for the course should be able to understand the basic concepts of mining and preparation of raw materials and binders. During the course the students will necessarily apply their knowledge in the field of physical chemistry, building materials physics, laboratory methods knowledge, environmental technologies of secondary raw materials utilization and optimal building materials utilization.

The content of the lectures is prepared in the digital form of presentations with the largest share of graphic details that will allow to closer understanding the objective issue. The content of exercise lectures is based on the digital presentation of task, which is then clearly undertaken by experiment and then student must compile and evaluate the results in the reports.

Students process protocols during the practical exercises. Student`s participation in practical exercises is compulsory. The credits will be awarded to the students on the basis of the submission of properly processed protocols, adequate participation in practical exercises and on the basis of a successful final test passing (with the success rate of at least 65 %). Subsequent exam of this course consists of written and oral parts. For successful completion of the course the student must succeed

1.Introduction, classification of lightweight building materials.
2.Basic general properties of lightweight building materials etc.
3.Sorption properties of lightweight building materials.
4.Volume changes and durability of lightweight building materials.
5.Reinforcement of lightweight building materials.
6.Natural cellular aggregates and concrete manufactured from these materials.
7.Other industrial non-treated wastes (for instance cinder, power plant fly ash etc.)
8.Industrial wastes prepared as cellular aggregates (slag, fly ash aggloporite etc.)
9.Artificially manufactured cellular aggregates (ceramsite, expandite, vermiculite etc.)
10.Lightweight organic fillers (saw dust, wood shavings, lightweight plastic fillers) and mineral fibres.
11.Classification of cellular concrete. Individual cellular concrete technologies.
12.Sorts of input raw materials, demands concerning their treatment.
13.Shaping, autoclaving etc.Individual sorts of products, properties, storing, utilization of different products in building structures.

The possibility of work traineeship will be offered to several student candidates. Internships with companies in the Brno vicinity are pre-arranged in the following areas relating to lightweight building materials: production of expanded polystyrene, the production of lightweight wood-concrete composites and in the research of the lightweight aggregates of industrial wastes production.

The aim of the subject is to introduce the students into all produced lightweight building materials, their production, properties and utilization in construction work, obtaining of knowledge about natural porous aggregates and concrete produced from them. Obtaining knowledge of industrial wastes utilization (for instance slag, power plant fly ash etc.), detailed knowledge of cellular concrete production technology.

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Within the course of lightweight building materials the students will be allowed to attend seminars and conferences co-organized by Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering. Furthermore they can participate in traditional excursion to the building materials production factories organized by the Institute of Building Materials and Components and Faculty of Civil Engineering.

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DROCHYTKA, Rostislav, VÝBORNÝ, Jaroslav, KOŠATKA, Pavel, PUME, Dimitrij: Pórobeton. Brno: VUT v Brně FAST, 1999. 80-214-1476-6. (CS)
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MALHOTRA, V.M.: Recent Advances in Concrete Technology. USA: American Concrete Institut, 2004. 0-87031-147-6. (EN)
Recent Advances in Concrete Technology – supplementary papers. USA: Las Vegas, 2004. (EN)

26 hours, compulsory

1. Introduction exercise, occupational safety, the laboratory regulations
2. Preparation and properties testing of perlite concrete, lightweight aggregate concrete
3. Determination of different types of lightweight aggregate properties
4. Preparation and testing the properties of polystyrene concrete
5. Determination of properties of raw materials for the cellular concrete producing
6. Preparation of non-autoclaved cellular concrete
7. Preparation of autoclaved cellular concrete
8. Preparation of the foam concrete
9. Preparation and testing of properties sawdust concrete
10. Production of ceramic light weight aggregate (ceramsite)
11. Excursion to the cellular concrete production plant
12. Credit test
13. Control of protocols, granting the credits