10CE201 CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND GEOLOGY

Credits: 4:0:0

Objectives:

• To understand the formation of rocks and properties of minerals

• To understand the properties of engineering materials
• To understand the tests to be done on materials

Outcomes:

• Students will be able to carry out engineering investigations

• Students will be able to identify important minerals
• Students will be able to select different building materials according to requirement

Unit I : General Geology and Mineralogy

Geology in Civil Engineering – branches of geology – Earth structure and composition –

elementary knowledge on continental drift and plate tectonics. Earth processes – weathering -
work of rivers, wind and sea and their Engineering importance – Elementary knowledge on
symmetry elements of important crystallographic systems – physical properties of minerals –
study of the following rock forming minerals – Quartz family, felspar family, hornblende,
calcite, garnet - Properties, behaviour and engineering significance of clay minerals.

Unit II : Petrology and Structural Geology

Classification of rocks –Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks - Description,

Occurrence, Engineering properties and Distribution of following rocks - Igneous rocks –
granite, pegmatite and basalt - Sedimentary rocks – sandstone, limestone, shale and
conglomerate - Metamorphic rocks - quartzite, marble, slate, gneiss and schist - Attitude of beds
– outcrops – geological maps – study of structures – folds, faults and joints – their bearing on
Engineering investigations. – Geological conditions necessary for construction of dams and
tunnels.

Unit III: Stones, Bricks and Timber :

(i) Stones, Requirement of good building stone, characteristics of stones and their testing.
Common building stones. Preservation of stones.
(ii) Bricks : Manufacture of clay bricks, and their classification. Properties of clay bricks and
their testing. Problems of efflorescence & lime bursting in bricks & tiles.
iii) Timber : Classification and identification of timber, Fundamental Engineering properties.
Defects in timber, seasoning and preservation of timber.
Unit IV : Civil Engineering Materials
Cement and Concrete – raw material – manufacture – type and properties of cement – steel –
heat treatment process – alloy steels – plain and deformed bars – relative merits – strength
specifications - Desirable characteristics of reinforcing steel - Principles of cold working -
Detailed Discussion on reinforcing steel mechanical and physical properties chemical
composition - Uses of ceramics – refractories – terracotta and glazed products –Paints –
varnishes – distemper - Plastic emulsions - Rubber, Aluminium, Glass, Plastics.

Unit V: Gypsum, Lime and Puzzolona :

(i) Gypsum : Forms of gypsum and gypsum plaster, properties of gypsum plaster, building
products of gypsum and their uses.
(ii) Lime : Manufacture of lime, classifications of limes, properties of lime.
(iii) Puzzolona : Natural and Artificial fly ash, Surkhi (burnt clay puzzolona), rice husk and ash
puzzolona, properties and specifications for use in construction.

Text Books:
1. Parbin Singh, Engineering and general Geology, Katson publication House, 1987.
2. Krynine and Judd, Engineering Geology and Geotechniques, McGraw Hill Book
Company 1970.
3. Rangwala, S.C., " Engineering Materials ", Charotar Publishing House, Anand, 1997.
4. Surendra Singh, " Building Materials ", Vikas Publishing Company, New Delhi, 1996.

Reference Books:
1. Legget, R.F., and Hatheway, A.W., Geology and Engineering, McGraw Hill Book
Company. 1988.
2. Blyth, Geology for Engineers, BLBS, 1985.