CE 2330 CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION

4 credits 4 lectures per week

Core for Odd semester Jul - Nov 2014
Offered during G Slot
Monday 1:00 1:50 PM & 4:45 5:35 PM,
Thursday 10:00 10:50 AM, Friday 9:00- 9:50 AM
Instructors:

Prof. Manu Santhanam (Ph: 4283; Email: manusanthanam@gmail.com)

Dr. Radhakrishna G. Pillai (Ph: 4303; Email: pillai@iitm.ac.in)

Course content:
Materials:
1. Materials engineering concepts
2. Nature of materials
3. Steel
4. Aluminium
5. Aggregates
6. Cement, water, admixtures
7. Concrete
8. Masonry
9. Bituminous materials
10. Wood and wood products
11. Plastics and polymers
12. Composites
13. Degradation and failure mechanisms

Construction:
1. Foundations
2. Masonry
3. Concrete and steel construction
4. Floors and roofs
5. Lintels, arches and staircases
6. Waterproofing
7. Formwork and scaffolding
8. Pavements
9. Construction equipment

Grading
In class assignments / Surprise Quizzes 10
Quiz I 20; Quiz II 20; Final exam: 50
Reference books
(a). Michael S. Mamlouk and John P. Zaniewski, Materials for Civil and Construction
Engineers, Addison Wesley Longman Inc., USA, 1999
(b). William D. Callister, Jr., Materials Science and Engineering An Introduction, 3rd Ed., John
Wiley and Sons, New York, 1994.
(c). P.C. Varghese, Building Materials, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi, 2008
(d). Shan Somayaji, Civil Engineering Materials, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2008
(e). Edward Allen and Joseph Iano, Fundamentals of Building Construction, 5th Edition, John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., New Jersey, 2008.
(f). B. C. Punmia, Building Construction, Laxmi Publications, New Delhi, 1993.
(g). R. Chudley, Construction Technology Volumes 1 and 2, 2nd Edition, Longman, UK, 1987.
(h). W. B. McKay, Building Construction Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4, 5th Edition, Orient Longman,
UK, 1993.

Tentative Schedule
Week
1

Days
Jul 31, Aug 1

No. of classes
2

2
3
4

Aug 4 (2), Aug 7, Aug 8

Aug 11 (2), Aug 14
Aug 18 (2), Aug 21, Aug
22
Aug 25 (2), Aug 28
Sep 1 (2), Sep 4, Sep 5
Sep 8 (2), Sep 11, Sep 12
Sep 15 (2), Sep 18, Sep
19
Sep 22 (2), Sep 25, Sep
26
Sep 29 (1 Friday TT)
Oct 9, Oct 10
Oct 13 (2), Oct 16, Oct 17
Oct 20 (2), Oct 24, Oct 25
Oct 27 (2), Oct 30, Oct 31
Nov 3 (2), Nov 7
Nov 10 (2), Nov 13, Nov
14
Nov 17 (2)
Nov 28

4
3
4

Batch 1
Batch 2
Common Intro, Materials Jul 31
Common Intro, Construction Aug 1
Materials
Construction
Construction
Materials
Materials
Construction

3
4*
1+3
4

Construction
Materials
Quiz, Construction
Materials

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Construction
Quiz, Materials
Construction

4$

Construction

Materials

1
2
3+1
4
4
3
4

Materials
Construction
Construction, Quiz
Materials
Construction
Materials
Construction

Construction
Materials
Materials, Quiz
Construction
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2
FINAL EXAM

Materials

Construction

5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Quiz I is on Monday, Sep 8, while Quiz II is on Friday, Oct 17