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Course Catalog 00/01


Civil and Mining Engineering

ABK019 Building materials, Basic course 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q II

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
U Olsson Forsk


PREREQUISITES


COURSE AIM
To provide knowledge of basic material science and of the behaviour of buildning materials under diffenent conditions.

CONTENTS
General part (10%): The structure of building materials. Mechanical properties. Environmental effects and durability.
Heat transfer and moisture flow (25%)
Cement chemistry and technology (25%)
Concrete (20%)
Metals, ceramics and composites (20%)



TEACHING
Lectures and laboratory work.

EXAMINATION
Written examination at the end of the course.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS

Laboratory work 0.75ECTS
Project work 1.50ECTS
Written exam 3.75ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE


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