53:086 Civil Engineering Materials
COURSE SYLLABUS:
Class Notes
Class Period #1: Overview of Material to be Covered
Class Period #2: Primary & Secondary Types of Bonding
Class Period #3: Defects & Material Strength
Class Period #4: Microstructure of Metals
Class Period #5: Making Steel and Its Chemical Composition
Class Period #6: Corrosion and Welding of Steel
Special: Corrosion Protection of Steel
Class Period #7: Aluminum as a Structural Material
Selected Handouts Presented in Periods 4-7 on Structural Metals
Class Period #8: Aggregates
Class Period #9: Portland Cement Concrete (I): Cement Composition and the Hydration Reaction
Class Period #10: Portland Cement Concrete (II): Admixtures & Cement Replacement Materials
Class Period #11: Portland Cement Concrete (III): Mechanics of PCC
Selected Handouts Presented in Periods 9-11 on PCC
Class Period #14: Bituminous Materials (I): Asphalt and Tar
Selected Slides on FRPs
Lab Materials
Assignments
Assignment #1
Assignment #3
Assignment #4
Assignment #5
Assignment #6
Assignment #7
Assignment #8
Assignment #9
Assignment #10
OPTIONAL PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
Exam Preparation Materials and/or Sample Exams
2006
Mid-term Exam #1
Mid-term Exam #2
Final Exam
2007
Mid-term Exam
Final Exam
2008
Mid-term Summary
Mid-term Exam
Final Exam Summary
Final Exam
State of Art in Civil Engineering Materials circa 1890's
1890's Textbook on Civil Engineering by late Prof. Dennis Hart Mahan
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