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| MDML7261 | Utilization of rocks in engineering | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Kadir KARAMAN | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Standarts of main rock mechanics tests,areas of usage of rocks in engineering |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Standarts of main rock mechanics tests, | 2,3 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 2 : | areas of usage of rocks in engineering | 2,3 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 3 : | Technical properties of rocks for the puspose | 2,3 | 1,3,5, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction, the standards of the rock mechanics experiments, general information of gabion, enrockment, broken stone material, concrete aggregate, rock fill, building and facing stone, required tests for the rocks to be used in the geotechnical applications as gabion, enrockment, broken stone material, concrete aggregate, rock fill, building and facing stone, interpreting the test results. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Overview of the course content (rock material, sample preparation), references | | | Week 2 | Standards of main rock mechanics tests
| | | Week 3 | Characteristics of gabion rock and its areas of usage | | | Week 4 | Required tests for the rocks to be used as gabion | | | Week 5 | General information about enrockment
| | | Week 6 | Required tests for the rocks to be used as enrockment | | | Week 7 | General information about broken stone | | | Week 8 | Midterm exam | | | Week 9 | Required tests for the rocks to be used as broken stone | | | Week 10 | Utilization of rock aggregate in concrete and required properties | | | Week 11 | General information about building stone | | | Week 12 | Required tests for the rocks to be used as building stone | | | Week 13 | General information about facing stone | | | Week 14 | Required tests for the rocks to be used as facing stone | | | Week 15 | Case studies | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Franklin, J. A., Dusseault, M.B., 1991. Rock Engineering Applications, Publisher, McGraw-Hill Professional, 431 s. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 25/11/2021 | 60 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 23/12/2021 | 60 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 14 | 13/01/2022 | 60 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 3 | 12 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 207 |
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