COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DETEROTION OF NATURAL BUILDING STONE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DYT 3037 DETEROTION OF NATURAL BUILDING STONE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Natural Building Stones Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NURDAN GÜNEŞ

Offered to

Natural Building Stones Technology

Course Objective

The cource aims to provide the environmental works, regulations, and to gain the environmental protection stage.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To identify the main factors causing deterioration of stones
2   To identify the deterioration types of stone.
3   To identify the deterioration types of stone deterioration degree.
4   To aply the methods using for determining durability of natural building Stone.
5   To aply the methods using for determining durability of natural building Stone.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Classification of natural building stones according to their geological origin, usage type and place.
2 Classification of natural building stones according to their geological origin, usage type and place.
3 Definition and classification of material properties of natural building stones.
4 Definition and classification of material properties of natural building stones.
5 Classification of deterioration types of natural building stones.
6 Classification of deterioration types of natural building stones.
7 Factors affecting the durability of natural building stones.
8 Midterm exam
9 Determination of the deterioration degree of natural building stones.
10 Determination of the deterioration degree of natural building stones.
11 Durability determination techniques of natural building stones.
12 Durability determination techniques of natural building stones.
13 Effects of the material properties of natural building stones on their durability and determinig of their correct usage place according to their material properties.
14 Effects of the material properties of natural building stones on their durability and determinig of their correct usage place according to their material properties.
15 Homework Presentation and General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
Winkler, E.M., 1997 Stone in Architecture, Springer Verlag Heidelberg New York ISBN 3-540-57626-6.
Supplementary Book(s):
McNail.G.H.,1998, Soil and Rock Construction Material, British Library cataloguing in Publication Data, ISBN 0 419 21420 8.
Labuz,J.F., 1997 Degradation of Natutal Building Stone. Geotechnical Special Publication No.72 ISBN 0-7844-0279-5 The Geo-Institute of Civil Engineers.
Küçükkaya, A.G.,Taşların Bozulma Nedenleri ve Korunma Yöntemleri Birsen Yayınevi ISBN 975-511-360-6

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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

Midterm exam 25%: The ability to classify the types of degradation caused by the effects of degradation on natural building blocks.
Homework / Quiz 25%: Topic studies.
Final 50%: Examination of all learning outcomes.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nurdan.gunes@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Project Assignment 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 74

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

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