GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN CONSTRUCTION/5351332
Course Title: COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN CONSTRUCTION
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 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
It will be able to explain the relations between microstructure and properties of composites.
It will be able to model the behaviour of composites under stress.
It will be able to define concrete as a composite material.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Identification of on the issue terminology
2. Week  Definition of composite, properties, application fields.
3. Week  Relations between microstructure and properties of composites
4. Week  State of stress and behaviour of granular composites under stress, Basic models and equations.
5. Week  Rheological models and other Models
6. Week  Investigation of physical and mechanical properties of composite materials.
7. Week  Classification of fiber composites, general properties
8. Week  Midterm Exams
9. Week  Composites with parallel and non-parallel fibers
10. Week  Composites with discontinuous fibers
11. Week  Cement based composites
12. Week  Optimisation of composites
13. Week  Concrete as a composite material
14. Week  Laminated composites
15. Week  Presentations
16. Week  Final Exam / Presentations
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
1
20
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 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
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
5
4
20
 Searching in Internet and Library
8
5
40
 Material Design and Implementation
7
6
42
 Report Preparing
3
3
9
 Preparing a Presentation
3
4
12
 Presentation
2
4
8
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
5
10
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
3
3
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
186
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.44
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Doç. Dr. Gökhan DURMUŞ)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/gdurmus)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (gdurmus@gazi.edu.tr)