GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
TIMBER STRUCTURES/İNM 370
Course Title: TIMBER STRUCTURES
Credits 2 ECTS 3
Course Semester 6 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will be able to explain the timber structures.
Students will be able to design connections used in timber structures.
Students will be able to calculate design loads of structural members of timber structures.
Students will be able to make cross-section tests of timber structural
Students will be able to design structural members of timber structures.
Students will be able to describe the protection methods of wooden structures against external factors and fire

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction, Properties of timber Materials, to take into consideration loads in timber structures, kinds of loading
2. Week  Coefficient of safety strain and to make rates of reducing, smallest section, inadequate section.
3. Week  Assembling devices: Assembling with wedge: Timber prismatic wedges (theory and applications)
4. Week  Steel wedges with special form (theory and applications)
5. Week  Assembling with bolt and pintle wedge (theory and applications)
6. Week  Assembling with nail, Assembling with steel plate and nail (theory and applications)
7. Week  Assembling with geared: Assembling with single geared (theory and applications)
8. Week  Midterm Exam/ Assembling with dual geared (theory and applications
9. Week  Using together different assembling devices (theory and applications),
10. Week  Week Tensile bars: General information
11. Week   Relevant application with tensile bars, Pressure bars: General information, Pressure bars –single piece (theory and applications) attached many pieces
12. Week  Separated many pieces pressure bars, transverse connections (theory and applications)
13. Week   Bending elements: General information, single piece beams (theory and applications)
14. Week   Bending elements: General information, single piece beams (theory and applications)
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
45
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
2
15
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
4
3
12
 Searching in Internet and Library
4
3
12
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
5
10
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
5
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
72
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
2.88
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having a sufficient substructure concerning basic mathematics as well as natural and applied sciences, also having the competence in use of theoretical knowledge along with application experiences in engineering solutionsX
2Equipped with determination, formulation and solution skills of complex engineering problems, and having the ability to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methodsX
3Ability to design a complex system, process, equipment or product meeting certain needs under realistic limitations and conditions. In this way, having the skill to use modern designing methods (realistic limitations and conditions include subjects such as economics, environmental conditions, sustainability, productivity, ethics, health, security, social and political problems)X
4Having the ability to develop, select and use of modern methods and tools, talented to use of informatics technologies effectivelyX
5Having the ability to design an experimental setup, carry out experiments, acquire data, analyze and interpret the outcomesX
6Having the ability to study in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams effectively and talented to carry out individual studiesX
7Having the ability in written and oral Turkish communication and use of a foreign language (at least)X
8Awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning, having the ability to access knowledge, following developments in science and technology and renewing himself/herselfX
9Awareness of professional and ethical responsibilitiesX
10Having informed of applications in professional life including project and amendment management, awareness of entrepreneurship, reformism and sustainable developmentX
11Information regarding the universal and social effects of engineering applications on health, environment and security as well as problems of era; awareness of legal results of engineering solutionsX
12Possessing administrative skillsX
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Doç. Dr. Gökhan DURMUŞ , Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Hanifi TOKGÖZ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/gdurmus , https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hanifi)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (gdurmus@gazi.edu.tr , hanifi@gazi.edu.tr)