COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ROCK MECHANICS EXPERIMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TGT 2006 ROCK MECHANICS EXPERIMENTS COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

GEOTECHNICS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAKAN ELÇI

Offered to

GEOTECHNICS

Course Objective

To be able to perform experiments to recognize the material properties of rocks in a laboratory or in the field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to recognize rocks
2   Taking samples from the field, preparing test samples in the laboratory
3   Recognizing and using rock mechanics standards
4   To be able to apply laboratory rock mechanics experiments
5   To be able to apply rock mechanics experiments in the field

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of rock mechanics, historical development, related disciplines, application areas
2 Concepts, definitions and field ethics
3 Standards, EN, ASTM, ISRM
4 Sampling and sample preparation
5 Experiments and related standards determining the physical properties of rocks
6 Experiments and related standards determining the physical properties of rocks
7 Tests and related standards determining the mechanical properties of rocks
8 Mid term exam
9 Tests and related standards determining the mechanical properties of rocks
10 Experiments and related standards determining the thermal properties of rocks
11 Experiments and related standards determining the thermal properties of rocks
12 Rock mechanics field experiments
13 Rock mechanics field experiments
14 Model studies and in-situ measurements

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Köse H, Kahraman B. 2009. Rock Mechanic 2009, (in Turkish)

Supplementary Book(s): Ulusay R, Gökçeoğlu C, Binal A. 2005. Rock Mechanic aboratory test (in Turkish)

References:

Materials: Rock Mechanic lecture notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation, discussion and field observation format. Lecture gives subject and students discuss and prepare some presentation and all students discuss each other. Additionally some tests apply in laboratory

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 +PRC * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + PRC * 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

Mid term exam : 25 %
Practice exam : 25 %
Final exam: 50 %

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Examination dates should be specified in the course content given below. The examination dates can be changed later.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.elci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10:30-11:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 10 2 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.21111
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

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