COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENERGY GEOTECHNICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5168 ENERGY GEOTECHNICS 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YELIZ YÜKSELEN AKSOY

Offered to

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Geotechnicel Engineering
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to teach students the fundamental aspects of design and analyses of geotechnical applications related to energy and sustainability, geotechnical design concepts related to some of the current and emerging energy projects, Constitutive behaviour of soils, including stress, strain, heat and mass transfer, and the application of this knowledge in practical engineering problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   LO1. Understand constitutive behaviour of soils, including stress, strain, heat and mass transfer.
2   LO2. To get information on problems about the soil depending on the thermal changes.
3   LO3. Design and analyse foundation of energy geostructures.
4   LO4. Provide sufficient information on design and analyses of foundations of energy geostructures.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Constitutive behaviour of soils, including stress, strain, heat and mass transfer, and the application of this knowledge in practical engineering problems.
2 Constitutive behaviour of soils, including stress, strain, heat and mass transfer, and the application of this knowledge in practical engineering problems.
3 Thermal changes effects on the engineering behavior of soils: Permeability, Shear strength
4 Thermal changes effects on the engineering behavior of soils: Volume deformation of soils
5 An introduction to energy geostructres.
6 Geotechnical design concepts related to some of the current and emerging energy projects
7 First mid-term exam
8 Designing geothermal foundations and geological storage facilities
9 Designing geothermal foundations and geological storage facilities
10 Other energy geotechnical problems include the design and analyses of offshore foundations for oil and gas platforms
11 Other energy geotechnical problems include the design and analyses of offshore foundations for oil and gas platforms
12 Carbon geosequestration facilities subjected to high temperatures, pressures and hydrological conditions
13 Second mid-term exam
14 Design and analyses of geotechnical applications related to energy sustainability
15 Design and analyses of geotechnical applications related to energy sustainability

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Thomas Nagel, Norbert Böttcher, Uwe-Jens Görke, Olaf Kolditz. Computational Geotechnics: Storage of Energy Carriers (Springer Briefs in Energy) 1st ed. 2017 Edition, Springer.

2. Alessio Ferrari, Lyesse Laloui. Energy Geotechnics: SEG-2018 (Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering) 1st ed. 2019 Edition, Springer.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Courses will be held in class (3h). The course will be done by presentations. 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 + MTE 2/2 * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 + MTE 2/2 * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1, LO2, LO4: Measured with mid-term exams.
LO3: Measured with homework and final presentation.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Professor Yeliz Yükselen Aksoy
yeliz.yukselen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Preparing assignments 2 10 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 2,5 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1555
LO.25444443
LO.354
LO.45545

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