COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOIL DRILLING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TOR 4050 SOIL DRILLING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Drilling Technology

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CELALETTIN ŞIMŞEK

Offered to

Drilling Technology

Course Objective

The course aims to provide the core and soil drilling technique, drilling machine properties, their standards, sampling equipment and standards.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To identify the main information of the soil drilling
2   To describe the main study of soil investigation methods
3   To identify the sampling methods for soil investigation
4   To solve the some drilling problems during soil investigation
5   To describe the casing properties and standards used borehole

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Soil survey and identification of work areas
2 Concepts, definitions and classification of the soil drilling
3 Geotechnical properties of rocks and soils
4 Soil drilling, sampling methods and equipment
5 Field strength tests
6 Soil permeability test
7 Mid term exam
8 Penetrate casing in borehole
9 Standard penetration test (SPT)
10 Distributed sampling methods
11 Undistributed sampling methods
12 Core sampling and assessment methods
13 Logging
14 Field trip

Recomended or Required Reading

Özbayoğlu Y. 1983. Diamond Drilling Technique (in Turkish)

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.

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

Mid term exam : %25
Homework: %25
Final exam: %50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

celalettin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday:15.30-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 24 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 67

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51