COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS OF NATURAL BUILDING STONES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 4193 ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS OF NATURAL BUILDING STONES ELECTIVE 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI BAHADIR YAVUZ

Offered to

Geological Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

To teach of geological and economical parameters of natural building stone effecting their production and processing process and usability performance.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To categorize the natural building stones using for engineering projects according to their geological origins and methods of production and processing.
2   To know economical parameters that effect on usability of a rock mass as natural building stone.
3   To know production methods and processing technologies of natural stones.
4   To know geological parameters that effect on rock mass properties.
5   To know identification and estimation methods that effect on usability of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks as natural building stone source.
6   To know that material properites, identification methods and related standards of natural building stones.
7   To know that durabilities and deterioration forms of natural building stones and caused factors.
8   To know production fields of natural building stones that produced in Turkiye and the world, categorization according to their geological properties and general properties.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Being able to describe natural building stones, to label according to their geological origins, usage forms and places.
2 Economical parameters that effect usability of a rock mass as natural building stone.
3 Methods of natural building stone production.
4 Technology of natural stone processing.
5 Geological parameters that effect to mass properties of rocks and their effects on usability as natural building stone source.
6 Geological parameters that effect to usability of igneous rocks as natural building stone source.
7 1. Midterm Exam
8 Geological parameters that effect to usability of metamorphic rocks as natural building stone source
9 Geological parameters that effect to usability of sedimentary rocks as natural building stone source
10 Identification and interpretation methods of geological parameters that effect on usability of rocks as natural building stone sources.
11 Material properties, identification methods and related standards of natural building stones.
12 Durability and deterioration forms of natural building stones and caused factors.
13 2. Midterm Exam
14 Production fields of natural building stones that produced in Turkiye and the world, to categorize according to their geological properties and to be taught general properties.

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference: 1. Karaca, Z., 2001 Mermer Madenciliği, DEÜ Torbalı Meslek Yüksekokulu yayınları, ISBN 975-441-165-4 Yayın No:01.Torbalı-Izmir.
2.Kulaksız, S., 2005, Doğal Taş (Mermer) Maden Işletmeciliği ve Işleme Teknolojileri TMMOB Maden Mühendisleri Odası Yayınları ISBN: 975-395-911-7 Ankara.
3.Kun,N.,2000, Mermer jeolojisi ve Teknolojisi, 2000 Tezer Matbası, Izmir.
4.Onargan,T., Köse,H.,Deliormanlı,A.H., 2006,Mermer, TMMOB Maden Mühendisleri Odası Yayınları ISBN: 975-395-847
Auxiliary references:
1. G.H.McNail.,1998, Soil and Rock Construction Material, British Library cataloguing in Publication Data, ISBN 0 419 21420 8

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literal presentation, laboratory studies and field trips.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail : bahadir.yavuz@deu.edu.tr, Tel : 02323017365

Office Hours

Mondays, 6th and 7nd hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 2 6 12
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Field study 2 12 24
Midterm 2 1,5 3
Final 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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