COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DRILLING METHODS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 4805 DRILLING METHODS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET AKBULUT

Offered to

Geological Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The objectives of the course are to teach the drilling equipments, uses and types of drillings.
The students are being involved in making a hole such as crushing, abrading, impact, tearing, twisting, cutting, eroding, stirring/sluicing and excavating. With this knowledge, they will be able to alter the drilling method to suit each particular application.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To gain ability about drilling methods and techniques on every field of geological engineering works.
2   To learn choosing the drilling equipments for different applications such as, water wells, mineral exploration studies, site investigations, geothermal energy.
3   To be able to understand the geological formations by observing core and cutting samples
4   To have skill to design a borehole according to the depth, capacity and problems.
5   To be able to calculate the borehole costs.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Role and development of drilling in engineering
2 Drilling processes and types of drilling equipments
3 Principals and elements of percussion drilling
4 Elements of rotary drilling
5 Rotary drilling methods
6 Drilling for water well applications
7 Drilling for foundation investigations
8 Drilling for injection applications
9 Drilling for mineral exploration and mining
10 Drilling for geothermal sources
11 Logging and sampling methods in drilling
12 Formation identification
13 Borehole design - cost estimation - Problems, capacity and efficiency in drilling
14 Midterm exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Özgenç, I ., 2008. SONDAJ TEKNIĞI DERS NOTLARI
YALÇIN, A., 1991. SONDAJ YÖNTEMLERI VE UYGULAMALARI
AUSTRALIAN DRILLING INDUSTRY TRAINING COMMITTEE LIMITED 1996., THE MANUAL OF METHODS, APPLICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF DRILLING

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and site applications.

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4 and LO5 will be assessed via homework and midterm, final and makeup exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

makbulut@deu.edu.tr
nevin.karaoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 13:00-14:45

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Field study 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 82

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.124355
LO.2455334
LO.35445
LO.445
LO.5

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