COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FILL DAMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5121 FILL DAMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OKAN FISTIKOĞLU

Offered to

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES

Course Objective

This course aims to provide a compherensive technical details for designing earthfill dams starting from planning stage to construction phase. The course is bringing together the fundamentals of hydrology, hydraulics and geotechnical engineering knowledge in designing dams.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to collect, interpret, apply, and evaluate the data.
2   To be able to solve the problems by using appropriate research methods.
3   To be able to have a critical approach to the gained knowledge and skills at the level of his expertise field.
4   To be able to have a systematic way to export the current developments and his/her work to the groups in and out of the field as written, oral and visual communication effectively.
5   To be able to gain high-level skills in using research methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Introduction to Dams
2 2. Classification of eartfill dams
3 3. Planning studies
4 4. Hydrologic studies
5 5. Derivation
6 6. Design of dam body
7 7. Stability Analysis
8 8. Design of foundation
9 9. Floods
10 10. Spillways
11 11. Bottom Outlets
12 12. Foundations and stability
13 13. New trends in earthfill dams in the world
14 14. Investigation of existing projects

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Öziş, Ü. (1983), Su Yapıları, D.E.Ü. Müh. Fak. Yayınları
Acatay, T. (1994), Küçük Toprak Barajlar (Göletler), D.E.Ü. Müh. Fak. Yayınları.
Supplementary Book(s): Bureau of Reclamation (1973), Design of Small Dams, Denver.
Mallet, E., Pacquant, J. (1965). (Çeviren Tırnakçı, M.) Toprak Barajlar, DSI, Ankara.
Sungur, T. (1989). Baraj ve Göletler, Teknik Rehber, DSI, Ankara

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture + Project

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 and LO 2 : Mid Term and Final Exam
LO 3 and LO 4: Project
LO 5: Final Exam and Project

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

okan.fistikoglu@deu.edu.tr, 0.232.3017026

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 32 32
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 202

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1333
LO.23
LO.33333
LO.43
LO.55555

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