Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Building Materials Course code: GRMA | 6 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies: Undergraduate applied studies
Year of Study: 1
Semester: 1
Requirements:
Goal: The objective of the course is to motivate civil engineers and civil engineers of architectural department to thoroughly study the properties of the material through the behavior of materials under different environmental conditions, as well as to master the possibilities ofapplication of building materials and products.
Outcome: The field of studying and testing building materials is very important for the education of both, civil engineers and civil engineers of architectural department. Taking this into consideration, through the course Building materials, students can gain the necessary knowledge and receive education as graduate engineers.At lectures students are familiarized with the properties of materials and conventional and modern building materials, while during exercises they encounter the problems of space materializationso that they can follow the material from the lectures. In this way, students apply theoretical knowledge from the lectures to practical problems through exercises and acquire the education that can be applied to specific problems during construction at the building site or designing in a design office.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1. Materials and products in the structure of an architectural facility as a complex system: hierarchical levels of the facility from the entirety and system to the components and materials, i.e. the product.
  2. Material properties: physical, chemical, mechanical and technological.
  3. Appearanceof the material: shape, size, color, texture, relief, shine. The behavior of the material in relation to external influences: water, gas and sunlight. Thermal properties of materials.
  4. Lectures on every material specifically include the following information: composition, raw material, method of production and manufacturing, properties and behavioral characteristics, causes for deformations and destruction, application. The following building materials are studied: wood, building stone, glass, ceramics, metals and alloys, binders, composite materials, plastics or other materials: caoutchouc – rubber, adhesives, paints, varnishes, building materials based on textiles and paper.
  5. Thermal calculation of structural elements of the building. Calculation of temperature through the elements of assembly, temperature diagrams, calculation of vapor diffusion, necessary measures to be taken in terms of improving energy efficiency in a building, reservoir, summer and winter regime.
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
  1. Content of theoretical instructionis transferred into practical application through exercises and practical exercises in teaching bases.
Textbooks and References
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures: 2
Practical classes: 2
Other types of classes: 0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
5
activities on practial excersises
20
seminary work
0
colloquium
50
Final exam
Points
Written exam
0
Oral exam
25