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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS GEO 4280 GEOTECHNICAL TESTS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI BAHADIR YAVUZ

Offered to

Geological Engineering

Course Objective

The course objective is to teach in-situ determining of the engineering properties of soils and rocks. The in-situ tests provide correlation between the datas obtained from the bore holes and laboratory tests.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The recognization of the soil drilling machines 2   Taking disturbed and undisturbed test samples 3   In-situ recognization of engineriing properties of soils and rocks 4   Making comparison of laboratory and in-situ tests, determining correlation 5   Get the ability of performing in-situ tests

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Soil drilling machines 2 Taking undistrubed and distrubed test samples form soil boreholes 3 Taking undistrubed and distrubed test samples form soil boreholes 4 SPT 5 SPT 6 CPT 7 CPT 8 Pressiometer 9 Pressiometer 10 CBR 11 CBR 12 Vane Test 13 Vane Test 14 Borehole Seismics

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Ulusay, R. 2001., Uygulamalı jeoteknik Bilgiler, JMO Yayınları, No.38 Genişletilmiş 4. Baskı 2. Hunt, R.E., 1984 Geotechnical Engineering Investigation. Manual Mc Graw Hill Book Company, 938 p. (MTA, ODTÜ) 3. Genç, D. 2008 Zemin Mekaniği ve Temeller, JMO Yayın No. 100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lectures and applications

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

bahadir.yavuzdeu.edu.tr, 2323017365

Office Hours

Monday 3 and 4

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 2 28 Tutorials 14 2 28 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28 Preparation for midterm exam 1 18 18 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Midterm 1 8 8 Final 1 10 10 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 LO.1 4 5 LO.2 2 2 5 LO.3 3 5 5 3 3 LO.4 4 5 5 4 4 3 LO.5