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Structures and Properties of Construction Materials

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of this course is to provide students with the fundamentals of building materials. Types of materials, properties and applications.
  • Course Goals
  • Quality Education

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    Introduction to engineering materials. Material properties: physical, chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties. Testing machines and Strain measurements. Basic properties of non-metallic materials (Building stones, Bricks, Timber, Isolation materials, glass, Ceramics, Polymers, advanced composite materials and Concrete). Behavior of metals under static loads (Tension, Compression, Flexure, and Shear).
  • Arabic Description

    Introduction to engineering materials. Material properties: physical, chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties. Testing machines and Strain measurements. Basic properties of non-metallic materials (Building stones, Bricks, Timber, Isolation materials, glass, Ceramics, Polymers, advanced composite materials and Concrete). Behavior of metals under static loads (Tension, Compression, Flexure, and Shear).
  • Department
    Structural Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (25) + tr.Major Assessment (30 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 30% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 1, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    75
  • Equivalent ECTS
    3
  • - Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers, Michael Mamlouk and John P. Zaniewski, Prentice Hall, Second Ed., ISBN: 0-13-147714-5 - Second edition – 2012
  • - Construction materials for civil engineering projects
  • https://mplbci.ekb.eg/MuseProxyID=1106/MuseSessionID=0811j17n6/MuseProtocol=https/MuseHost=search.proquest.com/MusePath/pqdtglobal/docview/305324175/abstract?source=fedsrch&accountid=178282
  • - Egyptian codes of practice for reinforced concrete (2019) & Steel structures
  • - Egyptian Standard Specifications for different construction materials (Updated versions) - Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers, Michael Mamlouk and John P. Zaniewski, Prentice Hall, Second Ed., ISBN: 0-13-147714-5 Second edition – 2012 - Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers, Michael Mamlouk and John P. Zaniewski, Prentice Hall, Second Ed., ISBN: 0-13-147714-5 Second edition – 2012.