| CODE | CNM2421 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Materials for Construction 1 | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Construction and Property Management | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Study-unit Aims: The objectives of this study-unit is to introduce the major materials used in the local construction industry, namely stone and concrete block, in-situ and precast concrete, iron and steel, and timber. The review of construction materials will include sources, methods of extraction, production and manufacture, and an introduction to the main properties as relevant to the construction industry, including long-term behavior. Learning Outcomes: - Ability to select main construction materials in accordance with their physical and mechanical properties. - Ability to understand the influence of techniques of extraction, production and manufacture on the main properties of these construction materials. - Ability to understand the nomenclature used when describing these main construction materials, and their properties. - Ability to carry out simple tests to verify basic physical and mechanical properties. - Ability to predict the general long-term behavior of these materials. - Ability to draft main specification requirements for these construction materials. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Civil Engineering Materials, Edited by Neil Jackson & Ravindra K. Dhir, Fifth Edition, Publisher Palgrave, 1996. - Masonry Construction Manual, Pfeifer, Ramcke, Achtziger & Zilge, Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2001. - Dressed Stone, Hugues, Steiger & Weber, Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2005. - Concrete, A.M.Neville, Fourth and Final edition, 1996. - Concrete Technology, A.M.Neville, J.J.Brookes, 2nd Revised Edition, 2010. - Concrete Construction Manual, Kind-Barkauskas, Kauhsen, Polonyi & Brandt, Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2002. - Concrete, Peck (ed.), Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2006. - Steel Construction Manual, Schultz, Sobek, & Habermann, Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2000. - Building with Steel, Reichel, Ackermann, Hentschel & Hochberg, Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2007. - Construction Material Manual, Hegger, Auch-Schweik, Fuchs & Rosenkranz, Edition Detail, Birkhauser, 2006. - Materials, Reira Ojeda & Pasnik, Rockport Publishers, 2003. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Laboratory Session | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Jean Paul Vella |
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