COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ROCK MECHANIC EXPERIMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DYT 4022 ROCK MECHANIC EXPERIMENTS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Natural Building Stones Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAKAN ELÇI

Offered to

Natural Building Stones Technology

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 Midterm
8 Tests and related standards determining the mechanical properties of rocks
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 + ASG * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG * 0.25 +RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

I. Mid-term exam %25: Assessment of the theoretical information.
II. Assignment %25: Providing the investigation of the fundamental topics.
III. Final Exam %50: Assessment of the all learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.elci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 89

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.21
LO.311
LO.41
LO.51

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