COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TUNNELING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MTS 3022 TUNNELING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CEMALETTIN OKAY AKSOY

Offered to

Industrial Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)
Mechanical Engineering
Textile Engineering
Mining Engineering (Evening)
Geophysical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Geological Engineering (Evening)
Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)
Geological Engineering

Course Objective

A tunnel planning, projecting and implementation issues of educating knowledgeable individuals.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Description of multidisipliner problems with the Mathematics, Applied and Engineering knowledge.
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
2 Tunnelling descriptions
3 Type of tunnels and purposes
4 Knowledge of rock mechanics in tunneling
5 Excavation types
6 Excavation types
7 Support elements in Tunneling
8 Support elements in Tunneling
9 Support design
10 Support design
11 Excavation Machines in tunneling
12 Transport methods in tunnelling
13 Ventilation in tunneling
14 Project Presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

E. Arıoğlu, Tünel Dersi Notları, Basılmamış ders notları,
I. Bickel, O. John, T.R.Kuesel,Tunnel Engineers Handbook, Kriger Publishing Company
Z.T. Bieniawski, Desing Methology in Rock Engineering (Theory, Education and Practice), A.A. Balkema.
R. Ulusay, H. Sönmez, Kaya Kütlelerinin Mühendislik Özellikleri, TMMOB JeoÖÇji Mühendisleri Odası, 2007.
Whittaker, B. N., Frith, R. C., Tunneling, Design, Stability and Construction, The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, ÖÇndon, 1990.
Shing, B., Goel, R. K., Rock Mass Classification A Practical Approach in Civil Engineering, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1999.
Arıoğlu, Ergin, Yüksel, A., Yılmaz, A. O., Püskürtme Beton, Bilgi Föyleri Çözümlü Problemler, TMMOB Maden Mühendisleri Odası, Istanbul Şubesi, Istanbul, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theorical instructions

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 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

MID-TERM EXAM (%50) +FINAL (%50)

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

okay.aksoy@deu.edu.tr
0232-3017522

Office Hours

Friday, 10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 80

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15335
LO.234432
LO.334442
LO.444442
LO.554541

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