Building materials

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Building materials

The construction of any engineering structure requires wide range of materials called engineering materials or building materials . Building materials play an important role in modern technology. Building material industry is an important contributor in our national economy, as
its output governs both the rate and the quality of construction work.
The choice of the building materials is wide open with the rapid advancement of
constructional methods, mechanical tools and plants and variety of materials. But the materials chosen should have such properties that they are safe, economical, eco-friendly and serviceable for the purpose for which they are used.
The building industry economists should have working knowledge of building materials, their Optimum application based on their principal properties and their manufacturing techniques, in order that the buildings and installations may have optimum engineering, economic  performance and efficiency.

The building materials can be broadly classified into 

  • Traditional materials : like stones ,timber, bricks , lime , cement , tar , bitumen , mortar, ferrous , and non ferrous metals , ceramic materials.
  • Alternative building materials : like mud blocks , concrete blocks, plastics , glass , aluminium , paints , flyash.
  • Composite materials : like RCC, fibre-reinforced concrete, ferro-cement, plastic laminates , asbestos sheets etc.
  • Smart or Intelligent materials : Exhibiting unique properties which are highly sensitive to deformation and very precise, when subjected to external force acting as actuators and sensors .eg .. optic fibre , piezoelectric material etc .


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