COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGNING WITH GEOSYNTHETICS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5141 DESIGNING WITH GEOSYNTHETICS IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI HAKAN ÖREN

Offered to

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Geotechnicel Engineering
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to provide the necessary concepts on geosynthetics in terms of geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes, geosynthetic clay liners, geofoam and geocomposites. Thus, the course will be initiated with the basic description of geosynthetics. Then, their beneficial use in Geotechnical Engineering will be held based on their design purposes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Identify the gesynthetic types
2   Introduce laboratory methods to determine geosynthetic properties,
3   Compare gesynthetics based on their properties
4   Categorize the geosynthetic types against engineering problems
5   Provide sufficient information on geosynthetics for geotechnical design,

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction 1.1. Basic description of Geosynthetics 1.2. Overview of Geosynthetic types
2 Designing with Geotextiles 2.1. Design methods, 2.2. Geotextile functions and mechanisms 2.3. Geotextile properties and test methods
3 Designing with Geotextiles (continued) 3.1. Allowable versus ultimate geotextile properties, 3.2. Designing for seperation 3.3. Designing for roadway reinforcement 3.4 Designing for soil reinforcement
4 Designing with Geotextiles (continued) 4.1. Designing for filtration 4.2. Designing for drainage 4.3. Designing for multiple functions 4.4. Designing for construction methods and techniques using geotextile
5 Designing with Geogrids 5.1. Geogrid properties and test methods 5.2. Designing for geogrid reinforcement 5.3 Design critique and construction methods
6 Designing with Geonets 6.1. Geonet properties and test methods 6.2. Designing for geonet drainage 6.3 Design critique and construction methods
7 Mid-term exam
8 Designing with Geomembranes 8.1. Geomembrane properties and test methods 8.2. Liquid Containment Liners
9 Designing with Geomembranes (continued) 9.1. Covers for reservoirs and quasi-solids 9.2. Water conveyance (canal) liners 9.3. Landfill liners
10 Designing with Geomembranes (continued) 10.1. Landfill covers and closures 10.2. Wet (bioreactor) landfills 10.3. Underground storage tanks 10.4. Hydraulic and geotechnical applications 10.5. Geomembrane seams 10.6 Details and miscellaneous items
11 Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs) 11.1. GCL properties and test methods 11.2. Designing with GCLs 11.3. Design critique and construction methods
12 Designing with Geopipes 12.1. Geopipe properties and test methods 12.2. Theoretical concepts 12.3. Design applications 12.4. Design critique and construction methods
13 Designing with Geocomposites 14.1. Geocomposites in separation 14.2. Geocomposites in reinforcement 14.3 Geocomposites in filtration 14.4 Geocomposites in drainage 14.5 Geocomposites in containment
14 Mid-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Koerner, R.M. (2005). Designing with Geosynthetics. Pearson Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

Supplementary Book(s):
Shukla, S.K. and Shukla S. (2002). Geosynthetics and their Applications. Thomas Telford Publishing, London.
Shukla, S.K. and Yin, J-H. (2006). Fundamentals of Geosynthetic Engineering. Taylor & Francis Group, London.

References: Course notes and supplementary documents (standards, articles and etc.) will be sent to students for every week.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses will be held in class (3h). The course will be done by presentations. The necessary and important parts of presentations will be deleted. These deleted presentations and other supplementary documents will be sent to students prior to course. Students should take a printout of these notes before coming to class. Then, course notes, which include important parts, will be presented in the class. At the same time, students can complete blank parts of the presentation on their notes while listening.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1, 2, 3: Measured with mid-term exams.
LO3, 4, 5: Measured with homework and final presentation.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

The attendance to the class will be considered during grading. Homework should be given on time.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof. A. Hakan ÖREN: ali.oren@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:00 - 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15
LO.25
LO.3555
LO.453455453
LO.5544455534

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