CIVL2240

Civil Engineering Materials

Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment School of Engineering

10 Units 2000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus	Semester 2

Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

Introduces the important physical and chemical properties of materials that are commonly used in civil engineering.

Objectives

To introduce civil engineering materials and their properties.

Content

Fundamental material properties and behaviour. Variability and uncertainty of material properties. Polymers and bituminous materials. Concrete: properties of fresh concrete, hardened concrete, durability, reinforcement, fire resistance, high strength concrete, mix design. Ceramic and composite materials. Metals and alloys:physical metallurgy, mechanical properties of metals, forming of metals, oxidation and corrosion, metals-their differences and uses, commercial structural steel, welding of structural steel, fire design.Timber. Masonry.

Replacing Course(s)

N/A.

Transition

N/A.

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

None.

Modes of Delivery

Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Lecture
Laboratory
Tutorial

Assessment Items

Examination: Formal	Formal 3 hour examination (closed book and no programmable calculators).
Reports	Laboratory reports. NOTE: Any modification to the above assessment arrangement will appear on the course outline normally issued in Week 1.

Contact Hours

Lecture: for 4 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Laboratory: for 18 hour(s) per Term for Full Term

Timetables