COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL BUILDING STONES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
NBG 5003 MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF NATURAL BUILDING STONES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI BAHADIR YAVUZ

Offered to

NATURAL BUILDING STONES AND GEMSTONES

Course Objective

General definition of natural building stones, classification according to their geological origin and usage. Describing material (physical- mechanical, elastic, technologic) properties of natural building stones, changes in these properties according to rocks structure, their importance in determining the usage areas and the national and global standards.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the general properties of natural building stones.
2   To know the geological characterization of natural building stones and their effects to engineering behaviours.
3   Able to choose the right stone for a practise by the use of natural building stones structural characteristics
4   To be able to understand the standard tests related to the natural building stones physical characteristics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Description of natural building stones, their classification according to their geological origins and usage.
2 Material properties of rocks and describing the geological properties that effect these properties (magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks will be discussed separately).
3 Material properties of rocks and describing the geological properties that effect these properties (magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks will be discussed separately).
4 Identifying the physical properties of rocks and the relationship between these properties and the mineralogical petrographical and structural properties. The effects of these properties on being used as a natural building stone and the national and the global standards.
5 Identifying the physical properties of rocks and the relationship between these properties and the mineralogical petrographical and structural properties. The effects of these properties on being used as a natural building stone and the national and the global standards.
6 Identifying the physical properties of rocks and the relationship between these properties and the mineralogical petrographical and structural properties. The effects of these properties on being used as a natural building stone and the national and the global standards.
7 Mid-term exam
8 Describing the mechanical properties of natural building stones and the relationship between these properties and the mineralogical petrographical and structural properties. The effects of these properties on being used as a natural building stone and the national and the global standards.
9 Describing the mechanical properties of natural building stones and the relationship between these properties and the mineralogical petrographical and structural properties. The effects of these properties on being used as a natural building stone and the national and the global standards.
10 Describing the mechanical properties of natural building stones and the relationship between these properties and the mineralogical petrographical and structural properties. The effects of these properties on being used as a natural building stone and the national and the global standards.
11 Describing the mechanical properties of natural building stones and the relationship between these properties and the mineralogical petrographical and structural properties. The effects of these properties on being used as a natural building stone and the national and the global standards.
12 Elastic properties of rocks and the relationship between these properties and the mineralogical petrographical and structural properties.
13 The relationship between physical, mechanical and elastic properties of rocks. Technological properties of rocks and the changes of these properties according to physical and mechanical properties of the rocks.
14 II. Mid-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. ASTM: Section 04 Volume 04 building seals and Sealants; Fire standarsd; Dimansion Stone.
2. Borady. G.H.B and Brown T.E.. 1985 Rock Mechanics for Underground Mining. Great Britain at the University Pres, Cambridge.
3. I.S.R.M. 1981: Suggesled Methods for îhe Quantatitive Description of rock massesand DiscontInuties. Int. Soc. Rock. Meç. Comission Standrdization Loboratory and Field Tests. Document 2. Final Draft. I.S.R.M. Received 10 June. 53-60.
4. John A. And Dimes. G.F., 1990. Conservation of Building and Decerative Stone Volume 1-2. Newyork University, Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts.
5. Macnail.H.G.. 1988. Soil and Rock Construction Materials. British Library Catalague
6. Simit.R.M.. 1999. Stone: Building Stone. rock fiil and armaursîone in constructIon. Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publication No. 16.
7. Rollings P. M. and Rollings. S. R.. 1996. Geotecnical Materials in Construction. The Mcraw-HilI companies USA.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical course

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahadir.yavuz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 2 10 20
Preparation for Final Exam 1 20 20
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 5 5
Mid-term 2 2 4
Fina 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 142

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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