COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCE SUPPORT ANALYSES AND TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIN 5072 ADVANCE SUPPORT ANALYSES AND TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 2 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 CEMALETTIN OKAY AKSOY

Offered to

Mining Operation
Mining Operation
Mining Operation

Course Objective

This course will focus on the support analysis and tecniques with rock mass or soil contidition properties for underground openings and open excavations. Recent research articles on those subject will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Description of multidisipliner problems with the Mathematics, Applied and
2   The design of experiments to solve problems and to get results with the analyses
3   Solving the problems with the profesional knowledge and ethics.
4   Combining the results and show the most appropriate solution alternatives
5   To predict of the results of solved problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and Purpose
2 Determination of support analyses parameters for rock mess and soil
3 Support element and analyses parameters
4 Development of support system in rock condition
5 Development of support system in soil condition
6 Rock-support interaction analyses
7 Closed form support analyses
8 Convergence confinement support analyses
9 Support analyses for squeezing and swelling rock and soil
10 Support analyses for blocky condition
11 Empirical and semi-empirical support analyses
12 Non-Deformable support system and analyses
13 Yielding support system and analyses
14 Project Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Hudson JA (1992). Rock Engineering System: Theory and Practice. Ellis Horwood, Chichester.
2. Hudson JA (1995). Rock Engineering Systems 2: Implementation. Ellis Horwood, Chichester.
3. Cai J, Zhao J, Hudson JA (1998). Computerised rock engineering systems with neural networks and expert system. Rock Mech. and Rock Engng., 31, 135 152.
4. Barton N (1973). Review of a new shear strength criterion for rock joints. Engng. Geol., 8, 287 332.
5. Barton N (1986). Deformation phenomena in jointed rock. Geotechnique, 36, 147 167.
6. Brown ET, Trollope DH (1970). Strength of a model of jointed rock. J. Soil Mech. Foundns. Div., ASCE, 96, 685 704.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theorical instructions + Homework Project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE *0.25 +PRJ *0.15 +FIN *0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE *0.25 +PRJ *0.15 +RST *0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

MID-TERM EXAM (%25) + HOMEWORK (%15) + FINAL (%60)
MID-TERM (%25): LO1, LO2, LO3
HOMEWORK (%15): LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
FINAL (%60): LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

okay.aksoy@deu.edu.tr, 0232-301 75 22

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

okay.aksoy@deu.edu.tr, 0232-301 75 22

Office Hours

Thursday, 10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 45 45
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Midterm 1 35 35
Final 1 40 40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 201

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15435323
LO.23543442433
LO.33344453433
LO.445544232424
LO.5544442254

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