53:086 Civil Engineering Materials

• COURSE SYLLABUS:

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• 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

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• Lab Materials

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• Assignments
  • Assignment #1
  • Assignment #3
  • Assignment #4
  • Assignment #5
  • Assignment #6
  • Assignment #7
  • Assignment #8
  • Assignment #9
  • Assignment #10
  • OPTIONAL PROJECT ASSIGNMENT

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• 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

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• 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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