BUILDING MATERIAL SCIENCE | VBM070 |
Aim
The objective is to give the student a deeper understanding of the relationships between the composition and structure of materials and their mechanical/physical properties and their durability and to give an ability to apply this understanding to various issues in buildings and structures.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
· understand how properties of materials depend on the composition and structure of materials.
· have deepened knowledge on how material properties are theoretically predicted from their composition and structure.
Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must
· be able to use models for predicting material properties and performance of materials
· be able to use this knowledge in advanced applications and to generalize it to completely new applications in buldings and structures.
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
Contents
Deepening of the basic course in Building Materials. The course deals with those important parts of materials in later courses. Material Science (relationship material structure - material properties). Material structure, phase diagrams, composite models. Fracture mechancal properties. Transport processes in porous materials. Moisture in materials. Long term deformations. Methods of measurement. Material testing and translation of results. Deterioration mechanisms. Service life calculations. Environmental consequences of materials.
Relevance for an environmentally sustainable development: The construction industry is the countrys largest consumer of materials. Consequently, a sustainable utilization of materials requires a predictable service-life of our structures. Durability aspects are treated in depth in the course.
Literature
Fagerlund, G, Nilsson, L-O: Text book in Building Materials Science (in Swedish), KFS i Lund AB 2006