CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS’ LIST indicative

 

STONES,BRICKS AND BUILDING BLOCKS,MORTAR

CEMENT,CONCRETE,MATERIALS FOR BUILDINGS

SERVICES,SPECIAL MATERIALS

Classification – Selection – Application of stone in buildings – Requirement and testing of stones – Deterioration

and preservation of stone work – Artificial stones.

Manufacture of bricks – classification – Qualities – Test on Bricks – Fire bricks – building blocks types and uses -

joist and filter blocks – Curved shell units – Light weight concrete blocks.

Classification of mortar – Preparation – Selection of mortar – Tests for mortars – Manufacture of cement – Types

of cement – Characteristics – Aggregates – Basic Characteristics – Types of aggregates – Admixtures – Properties

of fresh concrete – Properties of hardened concrete – Slump Test – Vebe test – Flow test – Compacting factor test -

Types of Concrete.

Timber – Market forms – Industrial timber – Plywood Veneer – Thermocole – Panels of laminates – Steel -

Composition – uses – Market forms – Mechanical treatment – Paints – Vanishes – Distempers.

Glass – Ceramics – Sealants for joints – Sheets for pitched roof coverings – Fibre glass reinforced plastic – Clay

products – Refractories – Composite materials – Types – Applications of laminar composites – Fibre textiles – mats

and pads for earth reinforcement – Recycling of Industrial waste as building material – Polymers in Civil

Engineering.

CEMENT

BRICKS