COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CONCRETE DAMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5130 CONCRETE DAMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AHMET ALKAN

Offered to

HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES
HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES

Course Objective

The main objective of the course is to introduce the types of concrete dams. Concrete
gravity, buttress, arch and roller compacted concrete dam is to provide the design
concepts and criteria.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the types of concrete dams,
2   To define the concepts and criteria related to cocrete gravity dams,
3   To define the concepts and criteria related to buttress dams,
4   To define the concepts and criteria related to arch dams,
5   To define the concepts and criteria related to the roller compacted dams,

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction,
2 The purpose of construction of dams, construction materials, clasifications,
3 Shapes and sizes of concrete gravity dams,
4 Strength calculations,
5 Foundation and construction,
6 Shapes and sizes of concrete buttress dams,
7 Strength calculations,
8 Foundation and construction,
9 Shapes and sizes of concrete arch dams,
10 Strength calculations,
11 Foundation and construction,
12 Foundation and construction,
13 Strength calculations, foundation and construction ,
14 MidTerm Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Creager, W.P.; Justin, J.D.; Hinds, J. (1955) : Engineering for dams. New York, Wiley,
5.b., 345+618+929 s.
Golze, A. R. (ed.) (1977): Handbook of dam engineering. New York, Van Nostrand-
Reinhold, 793 s.
Thomas, H. H. (1976): The engineering of large dams. London, Wiley.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Topics related to the descriptions

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 MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahmet.alkan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 10 130
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.153244
LO.253244
LO.353244
LO.453244
LO.553244