Exam Details
| Subject | alternative building materials | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | b.arch | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | Visvesvaraya Technological University | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | 2018 | |
| City, State | karnataka, belagavi |
Question Paper
USN1 15CV653
Sixth Semester B.E Degree Examination, June-July2018
Alternative Building Materials
Time -3hrs Max Marks-80
NOTE: Answer five full questions, choosing one full questions from each module.
Assume any missing data suitably
MODULE
1. a.Discuss the Energy Embodied In Building Materials and Buildings. (8Marks)b.Discuss The
Environmental Issues Related To Building Materials.(8Marks)
OR
2.a.List the various environmental friendly and cost effective building technologies (8Marks)
b.Explain the role of construction industry in global warming. (8Marks)
MODULE-2
3.a. Explain the method of manufacturing the stabilized mud blocks(8Marks)
b.Calculate the energy embodied in a burnt brick wall without plastering in cement mortar CM 1:6
assume the details. (8Marks)
OR
4. a. Explain briefly the use of stones and laterite blocks against their compressive strength.(8Marks)
b.A Mangalore tiled roof is used to span a room of size 3m X 6m. The roof slope is 200 and assuming
wall thickness of 230mm and roof overhanging of 300mm at both ends of slope. Calculate the energy in
the roof per m2. Assume energy in one Mangalore tile 15MJ. (8Marks)
MODULE-3
5. a. What is lime- pozzolona cement? Explain the different of blending of lime and
pozzolona
.(8Marks
b.Discuss the different sources of lime stones. (8Marks)
OR
6.a. Explain the method of manufacture of lime pozzolona cement. (8Marks)
b.What are the different industrial wastes used effectively in construction industry. Explain any 3
materials. (8Marks)
MODULE-4
7.a.Write short notes on Ferro cement and Ferro concrete. (8Marks)
b. What are the concept and details of composite beam panel roof?(8Marks)
OR
8.a.Explain filler slab blocks of roof construction with a neat diagram using SMB.(8Marks)
b. Explain masonry vaults and domes. (8Marks)
MODULE-5
9.a. What is cost effective building design? Explain cost saving techniques. (8Marks)
b.Explain machine used for making stabilized mud blocks. (8Marks)
OR
10. a. Explain with a neat diagram the manufacture of concrete. (8Marks)
b. Explain how you precast a roof element. (8Marks)
Sixth Semester B.E Degree Examination, June-July2018
Alternative Building Materials
Time -3hrs Max Marks-80
NOTE: Answer five full questions, choosing one full questions from each module.
Assume any missing data suitably
MODULE
1. a.Discuss the Energy Embodied In Building Materials and Buildings. (8Marks)b.Discuss The
Environmental Issues Related To Building Materials.(8Marks)
OR
2.a.List the various environmental friendly and cost effective building technologies (8Marks)
b.Explain the role of construction industry in global warming. (8Marks)
MODULE-2
3.a. Explain the method of manufacturing the stabilized mud blocks(8Marks)
b.Calculate the energy embodied in a burnt brick wall without plastering in cement mortar CM 1:6
assume the details. (8Marks)
OR
4. a. Explain briefly the use of stones and laterite blocks against their compressive strength.(8Marks)
b.A Mangalore tiled roof is used to span a room of size 3m X 6m. The roof slope is 200 and assuming
wall thickness of 230mm and roof overhanging of 300mm at both ends of slope. Calculate the energy in
the roof per m2. Assume energy in one Mangalore tile 15MJ. (8Marks)
MODULE-3
5. a. What is lime- pozzolona cement? Explain the different of blending of lime and
pozzolona
.(8Marks
b.Discuss the different sources of lime stones. (8Marks)
OR
6.a. Explain the method of manufacture of lime pozzolona cement. (8Marks)
b.What are the different industrial wastes used effectively in construction industry. Explain any 3
materials. (8Marks)
MODULE-4
7.a.Write short notes on Ferro cement and Ferro concrete. (8Marks)
b. What are the concept and details of composite beam panel roof?(8Marks)
OR
8.a.Explain filler slab blocks of roof construction with a neat diagram using SMB.(8Marks)
b. Explain masonry vaults and domes. (8Marks)
MODULE-5
9.a. What is cost effective building design? Explain cost saving techniques. (8Marks)
b.Explain machine used for making stabilized mud blocks. (8Marks)
OR
10. a. Explain with a neat diagram the manufacture of concrete. (8Marks)
b. Explain how you precast a roof element. (8Marks)
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- b.e.
- biomedical equipments
- biomedical instrumentation
- building services - iv
- building services – ii
- building services – iv
- building structures-i
- clinical instrumentation - ii
- clinical instrumentation – i
- construction management and entrepreneurship
- data structure u sing c+ +
- design of machine elements
- design of steel structural elements
- digital communication
- dynamics of machinery
- electrical and electronic measurement
- electrical estimation and costing
- energy and environment
- environmental protection and management
- finite element method of analysis
- fundamentals of signals and dsp
- highway engineering (15cv63)
- history of architecture
- history of architecture -v
- laser physics and non – linear optics
- machine learning
- management and economics
- management and entrepreneurship
- management and entrepreneurship development
- management and entrepreneurship development.
- materials and methods in building construction
- materials and methods in building construction - vii
- materials and methods in building construction – v
- matrix method of structural analysis
- microcontroller
- non traditional machining
- numerical methods and applications (15cv663)
- operating systems
- optimization techniques
- power electronics
- power system analysis 2
- power system protection
- process control systems
- professional practice i
- signals and systems
- sociology and building economics
- software application lab
- solid waste management
- special electrical machines
- theory of elasticity
- turbomachines
- urban design
- virtual bio-instrumentation
- vlsi design
- water resources management
- water supply and treatment engineering