872333 Sustainable design and use of mineral based materials
- Type
- Lecture and exercise
- Semester hours
- 1.5
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Voit, Klaus
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Wintersemester 2024/25
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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General knowledge about material cycles of mineral materials and their recyclability is provided. The following content is taught in detail: the reasons for recycling mineral materials, resource consumption in the production of aggregates, cement and concrete, shortage of natural resources, waste generation, recycling ("urban mining"), recycling of excavated tunnel material, processing of recycled aggregates.The focus is on material recycling of mineral building materials (urban mining), material cycles and waste generation. One focus is on the production of environmentally friendly cements and resource-saving concrete.
- Previous knowledge expected
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Fundamentals of materials science and building materials testing
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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The Students will be able to optimally design the material selection based on their knowledge of the mechanical properties of materials, specifying values, testing procedures as well as the resource consumption and availability in a national and global view. They will also be able to assess the amounts of waste generation and recycling rates (nationally and globally) and implement the concept of circular economy.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.