COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INŞ 4196 ADVANCED CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Civil Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SELÇUK TÜRKEL

Offered to

Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

This lecture aims to transfer innovations about the alternative materials used in concrete technology. Students will discuss the usability of new types of concrete ingredients and special production methods within the scope of this course. Finally, modern statistical methods for quality control of concrete will be presented.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define and to know the properties of the components of concrete
2   To choose the most suitable cement, mineral and chemical additives for different engineering applications
3   To define the main information related to the concrete standard
4   To evaluate the concrete by using standard quality control methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, general information on concrete technology
2 Portland cement, aggregates and concrete mixing water
3 Chemical and mineral admixtures for concrete
4 New developments on concrete design
5 Strength acceleration methods for concrete; steam curing
6 Strength acceleration methods for concrete; autoclave curing
7 Ready mixed and prefabricated concrete production
8 General information about the TS EN 206-1 standard Hydro-power economy
9 Detailed analysis of the TS EN 206-1 standard
10 Fresh and hardened concrete quality control methods
11 Quality control of concrete: Non-destructive methods
12 Quality control of concrete: Destructive methods
13 Self-Compacting Concrete
14 General evaluation of the topics

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Baradan, B. (2012) vd., Beton, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi Yayınları

Supplementary Book(s): Erdoğan, T. Y., (2003): Beton, ODTÜ Geliştirme Vakfı Yayıncılık ve Iletişim Yayınları, 741s., Ankara.

Neville A.M. (1997), Properties of Concrete, Fourth Edition, Longman Limited, England.

Materials: Presentations used in class with a projector

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Visual presentations and the slides will be given in the course (will be distributed to the students before class to read).

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Criteria is mid-term exam and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Selçuk Türkel: selcuk.turkel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The course schedule will be announced by the instructor at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparation before-after PBL/lectures 14 2 28
Preparing presentations 0 0 0
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Final Assignment 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14
LO.24
LO.34
LO.443