Sathyabama University offers large number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses to the aspirants. The university basically deals with quality education and standard facility in its campus. B.E in Civil Engineering is one of the streams under this university.

Paper Description:

The Sathyabama University B.E in Civil Engineering-IInd Semester Building Materials - II Paper is basically a theory related paper and deals with the information about the structure of glass, plastics and aggregate etc. Applications and properties of different glasses, concrete are also a part of the syllabus of this paper.

Paper Pattern:

The Building Materials - II paper follows a simple pattern. The complete paper is categorized in to two parts, A and B respectively. The first part of this paper holds a maximum of ten questions with a total of twenty marks. All the questions are mandatory to attempt and each carrying equal marks. The next part holds a total of 60 marks with a total of five long answer type questions. Each question carries 12 marks and one should have to attempt all the questions from this part.

Frequently asked questions:

The questions that are generally repeated in almost every year from the Civil Engineering-IInd Semester Building Materials - II Papers are applications of no fines concrete, determination of content of aggregate, main properties of fiber glass, classifications of plastics etc. There are also some questions that are not repeated every year but asked in number of times, are types of glass, protective and decorative coatings, applications of high density concrete etc.

Full marks and time allotted:

The total marks and time span allotted for the B.E in Civil Engineering-IInd Semester Building Materials -II Papers are 80 and three hours respectively.

Books Recommended:

• Building Materials for Life, Volume II, by Millard Fuller