Curriculum subject

Construction Physics

Subject
Subject code	AAP025
Subject name	Construction Physics
Credit points	4 ECTS
Grading method	Grade prelim

Curriculum subject
Curriculum	2008 EA
Study year	3
Semester	Fall semester
Subject type	Mandatory

Subject loads
Lecture	48

General description
Concept of building physics: thermal physics, acoustics and illuminance. Indoor climate. Thermal conductivity in stationary regime. Temperature field. Cold bridges. Identifying thermal resistance of perimeters. Humidity regime of an exterior perimeter. Humidity damages. Problems of thermal physics in renovation of buildings. Principles of building acoustics. Influence of noise to people. Sound defusion. Sound resistance of perimetres. Noise prevention. Principles and criteria of architectural acoustics. Acoustic structures designing rooms. Concepts of natural lighting. Evaluation and design of natural lighting of rooms.

General aim
The objective of the course is to learn and understand the most essential processes of designing indoor climate of buildings, and different fields of building physics: thermal physics, acoustics and lighting.

Aim
The student after completing the course knows physical characters for the indoor climate of buildings and can perform thermal and humidity flow technical calculations of perimeter structures.

Form description
Lectures, a seminar, independent work

Literature
Reinpuu, Robert Ehitusfüüsika .Tallinn: Tallinna Tehnikakõrgkool, 2006 Seppänen Olli, Seppänen Matti. Hoone sisekliima kujundamine. Tallinn: Koolibri. 1998. Hens, Hugo S. L. C. Building physics - heat, air and moisture : fundamentals and engineering methods with examples and exercises. Berlin: Ernst, 2007 Hagentoft, Carl-Eric. Introduction to building physics. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 2001 Diem, Paul Bauphysik im Zusammenhang: Baustoff, Bauteil, Gebäude, Wärme, Feuchte, Schall, Brand. Wiesbaden; Berlin: Bauverlag, 1987.

Current rounds
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