Construction Material
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The official GTU curriculum for Construction Material (subject code DI01006021) as prescribed for Electronics · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 61 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (DI01006021)Unit 1 Overview of Construction Material 04 14
- Scope of construction materials in Building Construction
- Transportation Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Irrigation Engineering (applications only). 1.2
- Selection of materials for different civil engineering structures on the basis of strength
- Eco friendly and economy. 1.3
- Broad classification of materials – Natural
- finishing and recycled
Unit 2 Natural Construction Materials 08 29
- Requirements of good building stone
- general characteristics of stone. 2.2
- Structure of timber
- general properties and uses of good timber
- different methods of seasoning for preservation of timber
- defects in timber. 2.3
- bitumen and tar used in construction
- properties and uses. 2.4
- Properties of lime
- its types and uses. 2.5
- Properties of sand and uses. 2.6
- Classification of coarse aggregate according to size and its use
Unit 3 Artificial Construction Materials 08 29
- Constituents of brick earth
- Conventional / Traditional bricks
- Modular and Standard bricks
- Special bricks –fly ash bricks
- Characteristics of good brick
- Classification of burnt clay bricks and their suitability
- Manufacturing process of burnt clay brick
- fly ash bricks
- Aerated concrete blocks. 3.2
- Flooring tiles – Types and its uses. 3.3
- Manufacturing process of Cement - dry and wet (only flow chart)
- types of cement and its uses
- Program Name: Diploma in Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Civil Engineering Course / Subject Code : DI01006021 Course / Subject Name : Construction Material 3.4
- Pre-cast concrete blocks- hollow
- pavement blocks, and their uses. 3.5
- particle board
- laminated board and their uses. 3.6
- Types of glass: soda lime glass
- lead glass and borosilicate glass and their uses. 3.7
- Ferrous and non-ferrous metals and their uses
Unit 4 Special Construction Materials 04 14
- Types of material and suitability in construction works of following materials: Water proofing
- Termite proofing
- Thermal and sound insulating materials. 4.2
- Fibers – Types –Jute
- Plastic Asbestos Fibers
- (only uses)
Unit 5 Processed Construction Materials 06 14
- Constituents and uses of POP (Plaster of Paris)
- POP finishing boards
- sizes and uses. 5.2
- Paints- whitewash
- cement paint
- Oil Paints and Varnishes with their uses
- (Situations where used). 5.3
- Industrial waste materials- Fly ash, Blast furnace slag
- Granite and marble polishing waste and their uses. 5.4
- Agro waste materials - Rice husk
- coir fibres and their uses. 5.5
- Special processed construction materials
- Ferro Crete
- Artificial timber
- artificial sand and their uses
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