Construction Materials

Construction materials notes for civil engineering students. Construction materials app almost covers all important topics which are given below :- Chapter 1. Stones Occurrence Characteristics and their testing Uses Quarrying And Dressing Important timbers Engineering properties Defects in timber Seasoning and treatment Wood Substitute Alternate materials for shuttering doors/windows Structural and Partition Brick and Tiles Chapter 2. Advance Construction Materials Use of fly ash in mortars Concrete Fly ash bricks Stabilized mud blocks D.P.C. materials Building materials made by Industrial & agricultural waste Clay products P.V.C. materials Window and Door Interiors materials for plumbing Chapter 3. Foundation Type of soils Bearing Capacity of Soils Soil slablisation and improvement of bearing capacity Settlement and safe limits Spread foundations Wall footings Grillage Well Foundation Causes of failure and remedial measures Foundation on shrinkable soils Black cotton soil Timbering for trenches Dewatering of foundations Chapter 4. Masonry and Walls Brick masonry Stonemasonry Casting and laying MASONRY CONSTRUCTION Brick cavity walls Load bearing and non load bearing walls Precast stone masonry block Hollow concrete block Plastering and pointing White and color washing Distemper DOORS, WINDOWS AND VENTILATORS Chapter 5. Floors and Roofs Types of Floors and Roofs Minimum thickness Construction Flat roofs Jack Arch Roof Pitched roof Plank and Joist Ferrocement roofing units WATER SUPPLY & DRAINAGE