2015/16 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
CIVE3300 Civil Engineering Materials III
10 creditsClass Size: 150
Module manager: Professor I G Richardson
Email: I.G.Richardson@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2015/16
Pre-requisites
| CIVE1301 | Civil Engineering Materials I |
| CIVE2301 | Civil Engineering Materials II |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should have gained an appreciation of several of the more significant recent changes in the fields of concrete technology and cement-based composites arising from:(a) introduction of new materials;
(b) development of new techniques;
(c) concerns regarding durability;
(d) increasing emphasis on sustainability.
They should also understand the importance of research, development and pre-standardization activities in promoting innovations within the construction industry, recognizing barriers that are associated with the long expected service-lifetimes of most structures and components and the serious consequences of premature failure.
Syllabus
- Developments in cementitious binders incorporating slag, fly ash, silica fume and metakaolin
- Calcium aluminate cements
- Concrete admixtures
- Nature of high performance concrete
- Production and application of secondary aggregates from wastes
- Mechanisms of degradation of reinforced concrete including corrosion, alkali-aggregate reaction and sulfate attack
- Non-destructive testing techniques and their applications to management of concrete structures.
Non-structural (intrinsic) cracking in concrete - a review of the different types of cracks, their causes, the consequences of, and ways of minimizing their occurrence. Selected examples of current research areas.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Consultation | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Lecture | 20 | 1.00 | 20.00 |
| Practical | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Tutorial | 3 | 1.00 | 3.00 |
| Private study hours | 70.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 30.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
75 hours - directed reading, writing up case studies/practicals.Methods of assessment
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 3 hr 00 mins | 100.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 15/01/2016
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