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ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

EiABC
CAHIR OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
AND ENGINEERING DESIGN

I. COURSE INFORMATION

CHAIR: COURSE ECTS: 5

Construction Materials and Engineering Design SEMESTER: I

COURSE TITLE: ACADEMIC YEAR: 2018/19

Building Materials and Construction I CLASS SCHEDULE: Wednesday 2:30‐12:30 AM

COURSE NO: Arch 1162 INSTRUCTORS: Abenet Getachew

II. REFERENCES TEXTS, READING AND MATERIALS:


 Mikiyas Abayneh, Construction Materials.
 Shan Somayaji, Civil Engineering Materials.
 A.m Neville, Properties of concrete.
 Dr. B.C. Punmia, Building Construction (2001)
 Dr. Janardan Jha & Prof. S. K. Sinha, Building Construction
 DN GHOSE, MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION
 S.K. DUGGAL, BUILDING MATERIALS

III. COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course introduces students to materials that are used for construction purposes. In this
course: Raw materials, method of production, properties, nature and uses of construction
materials like lime, gypsum & Portland cement, mortar, clay brick, hollow and solid concrete
blocks, stabilized earth blocks are studied in‐depth. At the end general types of building stones
used in Ethiopia will be discussed.

IV. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:

After completing this course, students are expected to know:

 Classification, nature and properties of commonly used construction materials


 The raw materials, method of production, properties and uses of lime, gypsum,
Portland cement, clay bricks, concrete stabilized earth blocks
 Formation, methods of quarrying & finishing of building stones
V. COURSE OUT LINE
Chapter 1. Introduction to construction materials
 Definition of Terms
Chapter 2. Classification & Properties of materials
 Classification of Materials
 Properties of materials
 Behavior of building materials under load
Chapter 3. Binding Materials
 General
 Classification of binders
 Lime
 Production of lime
 Classification of lime
 Uses of lime
 Gypsum plasters
 Manufacture of plasters
 Other Derivatives
 Portland Cement
 Manufacture of Portland cement
 Composition of Portland cement
 Types of Portland Cement
 Tests on properties of Portland cement
 Mortar
 Types of mortar
 Uses of Mortar
 Properties of mortar
Chapter 4. Bricks, Concrete Blocks & Building Stones
 Bricks
 Raw materials
 Methods of production
 Properties of Brick
 Types of bricks
 Concrete Blocks
 Types of concrete Blocks
 Methods of production
 Building Stones
 Classification of stones
 Quarrying of stones
Chapter 5. Stabilized earth blocks
VI. LABORATORY WORKS
1. Steel
 Yield and Ultimate strength
 Elongation
2. Cement
 Standard Consistency test
 Initial & final setting time test
 Soundness Test
 Compressive Strength test (mortar Strength test)
3. Brick
 Compressive Strength
 Water absorption
4. Concrete Blocks
 Compressive strength
 Unit weight
5. Stone
 Compressive strength
 Abrasion
 Unit weight

VII. Course evaluation


Term of Evaluations

 Assignments and Laboratory Works‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐20 %


 Interim EXAMs (3 mid Exams) ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 50%
 Final exam ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐30%
Total ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 100%

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