MRED 513 AGGREGATE AND BUILDING MATERIALS

Characterisation and type of aggregates, construction and building materials; technical works and structural elements; properties and selection of construction materials; requirements, standards, regulations; forms, properties and uses of natural stones; natural and synthetic aggregates, properties, requirements and standards; types and properties of powders and mortars, raw materials, production, usage, quality control; types and properties of concrete, raw materials, compositions, quality control.

Laboratory exercises: petrographic rock analysis; particle size distribution and composition of aggregates; determination of fines in sand; toughness, strength, wear, of aggregates; production of lime; slaking rate method.