Academic year/semester: 2024/25/2

ECTS Credits: 7

Available for: All OU students

Lecture hours: 1
Seminarium:0
Practice: 0
Laboratory: 2
Consultation: -

Prerequisites: none

Course Leader: Prof. Fehérvári Sándor

Faculty: Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, 1146 Budapest, Thököly út 74.

Course Description:
Students become familiar with the basic mechanical and physical properties of construction materials. Basic physical, mechanical, and hydromechanical properties of the most important structural materials: iron, steel, timber, ceramics, bricks and masonry elements, artificial and natural stones, glass, polymers.

Competences:
able to distribute, share and prioritize architectural or engineering tasks; able to manage working groups and to integrate the input of other related engineering fields taking part in the design process

Topics:
1. week: Natural stones
2. week: Artificial stones
4. week: Wood and timber
5. week: Metals I., construction metals
6. week: Metals II., joints and corrosion
7. week: Ceramic products
8. week: Insulation materials
9. week: Waterproofing materials
10. week: Polymers used in construction
11. week: Glass products
12. week: Summarisation
13. Repetition possibility for the tests

Assessment: Two midsemester tests, homework, exam

Exam Types:

Written Exam

Compulsory bibliography: -

Recommended bibliography: -

Additional bibliography: -

Additional Information: -