COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL CONCRETES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5075 SPECIAL CONCRETES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HALIT YAZICI

Offered to

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Course Objective

Production techniques of special concretes, properties of materials, design methods and mechanical and other properties of special concretes will be discussed in this course

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   LO1. to define the main properties of special concretes.
2   to distinguish the different materials according to their source
3   to express the design concepts of special concretes
4   to compare the special type of concretes
5   to decide selection of the special type of concrete according to the requirements

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction-Concrete Technology
2 Lightweight concrete
3 Heavyweight concrete
4 Self Compacting Concrete
5 Fiber reinforced concrete
6 Shotcreate
7 Mid term exam
8 Under water concrete
9 Polymer concrete
10 Roller compacted concrete
11 Vacuum concrete
12 High performance concrete
13 High performance concrete, Repair materials
14 Homework Presantition

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Baradan et. al. (2012). Beton. D.E.Ü. Müh. Fak. Yayınları.
Supplementary Book(s):
Neville, A.M., Properties of Concrete, Longman Group Limited, Fourth Edition, 1995.
Aitcin, P.C. (2004). High-Performance Concrete, Taylor&Francis e-Library.
Baradan, B., Yazıcı H., Ün, H (2003). Betonarme Yapılarda Kalıcılık (Durabilite), D.E.Ü. Müh. Fak. Yayınları.
Materials: Presentations

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course book (given in the reference section.), visual slide presentations (presentations will be loaded to web sites of related lecturers after the class) and homework.

Assessment Methods

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

LO1-5: All learning outcomes will be evaluated by midterm, final examination and homework reports and presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance limits in class should be provided.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

halit.yazici@deu.edu.tr and http://kisi.deu.edu.tr/halit.yazici/

Office Hours

Will be announced by instructors after the completion of semester program.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 50 50
Preparation for Final Exam 1 20 20
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 15 15
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparing Presentations 1 30 30
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 215

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1342
LO.2342
LO.3342
LO.4342
LO.5342