DE5208 – Civil Materials
Module code
DE5208
Module title
Civil Materials
Prescription
To introduce the properties and application of a range of civil engineering materials and the fundamentals
of geological and geomorphological processes.
Programmes
- EN1603
NZQA Level
Level 5
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Content
- - Concrete: cement, aggregates, concrete manufacture, properties, testing, admixtures, hot and cold weather concreting, mix designs and masonry.
- Metals: engineering properties of steel (tensile strength, modulus, hardness, ductility), reinforcing steel. Applications of other metals (aluminium, alloys, etc). Corrosion - causes, effects, protection against. Joining methods, welding, bolting.
- Timber: strength, durability, conversion, moisture state, seasoning, defects, grading, classification, preservation, wood-based products, jointing. Engineered timbers.
- Geosynthetics, polymers, polyrock, adhesives. Common rock forming minerals, formation and properties of rocks, Mechanical and chemical weathering, erosion, deposition, landslides.
- Structural geology, geological maps, Earthquake terminology, magnitude, plate tectonics, effects of earthquakes, case studies. - Learning Outcomes
- 1. Describe and evaluate the properties and applications of concrete in Civil Engineering.
2. Describe and evaluate the properties and applications of metals, timber and new materials in Civil Engineering.
3. Identify and describe the composition of minerals and rocks, and discuss soil and rock
formation processes.
4. Describe and evaluate earthquakes, physical and structural geology, and interpret geological maps. - Assessment Criteria
- Practicals*/Assignments 25%
Tests 25%
Examination 50%
* See section 3.5 of regulations
