Lecture Notes on Building Material and Construction Technology
Lecture Notes on Building Material and Construction Technology
Lecture Notes on Building Material and Construction Technology
This note covers about stones, Bricks, Clay products and refractory
materials, Cement, Sand, gravel, morrum and fly ash, Mortar and concrete,
Timber, Paint, Varnish and distemper, Iron and steel, Bituminous material,
Plastics, Heat proofing and acoustics material.
This note covers about stones, Bricks, Clay products and refractory
materials, Cement, Sand, gravel, morrum and fly ash, Mortar and concrete,
Timber, Paint, Varnish and distemper, Iron and steel, Bituminous material,
Plastics, Heat proofing and acoustics material.
This
note explains the following topics: Effective design and engineering for
building in the tropics, Climate and Natural Disasters in the tropics, Building
Materials, Building construction maintenance, technologies and infrastructural
works.
This
note offers an introduction to the history, theory, and construction of basic
structural systems as well as an introduction to energy issues in buildings. It
emphasizes basic systematic and elemental behavior, principles of structural
behavior, and analysis of individual structural elements and strategies for load
carrying. Topics covered includes: Introduction to Sustainable Design Issues,
Architecture Structures, Active Statics, Exterior Envelopes, Masonry, Metals,
Concrete.