COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

GEOTECHNICS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HAKAN ELÇI

Offered to

GEOTECHNICS

Course Objective

To recognize gabion structures, to recognize and determine the material properties of rocks that can be used in gabion structures and applications, to make the necessary tests of rocks to be used in gabion structures and applications according to TS and ASTM standards and to decide whether the test results can be used in gabion structures and applications

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Highways Technical Specifications (HTS), 2013. General Directorate of Highways Türkiye, Ankara.
Uray, E., (2014), Investigation of Design Criteria for Gabion Type Retaining Walls, Selçuk University, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Civil Engineering, Master Thesis.
Uray, E. and Tan Ö. (2015), Gabion Type Retaining Structures. Engineering News of Türkiye. Issue: 485. S:19-29
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)Oganda L. R., 2015. Los Gaviones: análisis, evolución y comportamiento. Propuesta para las envolventes de las escuelas en la Rep. Dom. Universidat Politecnica De Cataluna, Tecnologica de arquietectura lnea de Construccion Arquitectonia-innovacion tecnologica. Master thesis

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be taught theoretically in the classroom. After explaining the subject, the lecturer will create a discussion atmosphere in the form of questions and answers about the gabion structure and rock properties for the relevant gabion application and will teach the subjects.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

I. Midterm 50% General characteristics of gabion retaining structures and material properties of the rocks to be used in gabion retaining structures be examined.
II. 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

To be specified in the course programme

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes