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Materials Testing and Properties

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of this course is to provide students with the behavior of steel, the properties of metals under different types of stresses are included, a clear understanding of concrete constituents, differentiate between the different types of each constituent, identify the properties, and be aware of testing methods of each constituent, comprehend the properties and testing methods of concrete in the fresh and hardened stages, judge the fresh and hardened concrete quality, and overview the different alternatives for specific job conditions. with great
  • Course Goals
  • Quality Education
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Requirements

CES251s

Description

  • English Description

    Concrete materials: Cement (Manufacture, Chemical composition, Hydration of cement, Physical and mechanical properties, Testing of cement, Common types of cement), Aggregates (Types, Physical, chemical, and mechanical properties), Mixing water, Reinforcing steel (Types, Properties, and Standard specifications), Admixtures (Chemical, Mineral, and Air entrained). Surface hardness of metals. Behavior of metals under dynamic loads (Impact) and repeated loads (Fatigue). Creep of metals.
  • Arabic Description

    Concrete materials: Cement (Manufacture, Chemical composition, Hydration of cement, Physical and mechanical properties, Testing of cement, Common types of cement), Aggregates (Types, Physical, chemical, and mechanical properties), Mixing water, Reinforcing steel (Types, Properties, and Standard specifications), Admixtures (Chemical, Mineral, and Air entrained). Surface hardness of metals. Behavior of metals under dynamic loads (Impact) and repeated loads (Fatigue). Creep of metals.
  • Department
    Structural Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (15) + tr.Student Activities (25 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 5% , tr.Seminar 20% ) + tr.Oral/Practical (10) + Exam Grade (50)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2.0, Tutorial Hours: 0.0, Lab Hours: 1.0
  • Required SWL
    100
  • Equivalent ECTS
    4.0
  • - 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
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  • - Egyptian codes of practice for reinforced concrete (2020) & 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.
  • - Concrete Technology, A.M.Neville and J.J.Brooks
  • - Concrete Microstructure, Properties and Materials, P.K. Mehta and Pauli J.M. Monteiro