COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUILDING PHYSICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERDAR AYDIN

Offered to

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Course Objective

In order to design energy-efficient buildings, an overall understanding of building physics is needed. In this course it is intended to offer methods to calculate and understand heat, air and moisture transfer in building components, in addition to sound insulation and fire protection techniques.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand, formulate, model and solve problems including heat, air and moisture transfer.
2   To learn how to assure low-energy demands of a given building by proper thermal design in accordance with standards and regulations.
3   To design optimal building envelope and assess thermal envelopes
4   To acquire fundamantels of sound insulation and acoustics.
5   To become familiar with higher temperature effects in buildings, fire dynamics and fire insulation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Energy sources and role of insulation in energy saving
2 Thermal conductivity properties of construction materials, thermal comfort
3 Heat and mass transfer
4 Heat transfer mechanisms: Conduction, convection, radiation
5 Thermal bridges
6 Thermal insulation of buildings and application principles
7 Heat loss calculations
8 Water and moisture protection, mosture transfer mechanisms
9 Water vapor diffusion, humidity and heat balance in buildings
10 Sound insulation and acoustics in buildings
11 Sound intensity, pressure and power levels, reverberation time
12 Fire dynamics
13 Fire protection of buildings
14 Heat, water, sound and fire insulation materials

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
- Hagentoft, C.E. (2003), Introduction to Building Physics, Studentlitteratur.
- TS 825 - Thermal insulation requirements for buildings.
Materials: Lecture notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations and assignments.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Serdar Aydın: serdar.aydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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