COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EARTH WORKS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4085 EARTH WORKS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI TOPAL

Offered to

Course Objective

The course will provide methodologies and applications for the preparation of construction areas before the structural works.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Earthworks types, the stages of the earthworks and to classify the soils.
2   To recognize required working machines and their properties for earthworks
3   Efficiency of earthwork machines and specify the factors with main lines that affect the efficiency
4   To select the appropriate working machine type which is suitable for excavation,
5   To calculate road cross-sections area, the volume of excavation and filling
6   To decide soil distribution with Bruckner's diagram
7   To indicate productivity and organization with main lines in earthworks construction sites.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General introduction of earth works, the stages of earth works, types of earth works.
2 The types and properties of soil in earth works, soil types in earth works, swelling and settling of soils, the compaction of embankments, the degree of compaction, the calculation methods of width and height related to embankments.
3 The earth works in highway engineering, the quick and approximate calculation of volume of earth work, the application of the alignment to the land.
4 Volume calculations, volume calculations based on the types of cross section
5 Bruckner's diagrams, soil distribution, the properties of Bruckner's diagrams
6 Excavation methods and the general evaluation of excavation works.
7 The production and compaction methods of embankments, the diagram and use of proctor.
8 The material selection for filling purposes, compaction equipments and their efficiency.
9 The mechanical tools used in earth works, the calculation of efficiency and cycle period, transportation types and equation of motion.
10 MIDTERM EXAM
11 Applications related with the calculation of efficiency and cycle period.
12 The types of explosives used in earth works, the opening of drains, the calculation of the quantity of explosives related to earth works
13 The productivity and organization in construction sites in terms of earth works, criteria for yield, the organization types and the selection of appropriate structure. The cost in earth works construction sites, the cost of operating vehicles in sites, calculation of cost of operating vehicles, expenses in earth works
14 Homework submission, presentations and general discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Toprak Işleri, Güngör Evren, Birsen Yayınevi, Istanbul, 1998 ISBN:9755111948

Supplementary Book(s):
Toprak Işleri ve Iş Makineleri B.Mazlum BIRECIKLI, Birsen Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2009 ISBN: 9789755115269

Materials: Presentations used in lectures and lecture notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visual presentations of the course, presentation slides and lecture notes (lecture notes and presentations will be sent to the students by e-mail before the lesson)

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 QUZ QUIZ
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE*0.25 + QUZ *0.05 + ASG *0.20 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE*0.25 + QUZ *0.05 + 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 1-3: it is evaluated with assignment/presentation
LO4: it is evaluated with quiz.
LO 5-7: it is evaluated with midterm exams and final questions

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance to the course will be required. Writing instructions of the term paper and Topics will be send to students at the beginning of the term.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Ali Topal: ali.topal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

When course schedule is announced, it will be announced by the instructor. Lecture notes, presentations and student term papers will be sending via DEBIS.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Quiz etc. 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.12
LO.22
LO.32
LO.4244422
LO.532
LO.642
LO.723322

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