GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SPECIAL CASTING PROCESS AND SELECTION OF SUITABLE METHODS/5271337
Course Title: SPECIAL CASTING PROCESS AND SELECTION OF SUITABLE METHODS
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
Participants in this course; in addition to the known general casting methods, learn advanced casting methods, obtain detailed information about the process, usage areas and usage in casting industry.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  General Casting Processes (Green sand mold casting process, Plaster (Gypsum) casting process, Ceramic mold casting process) briefly re-examined.
2. Week  General Casting Processes (Green sand mold casting process, Plaster (Gypsum) casting process, Ceramic mold casting process) briefly re-examined.
3. Week  Introduction to advanced casting processes, metallurgical investigation in detail of the effects of metals and alloys besides their processing steps a
4. Week  Investment casting process, Lost foam (full mold) casting process,
5. Week  Low pressure casting processes, Counter gravity casting processes, Cosworth process,
6. Week  Magnetic stirring casting process, Vibration casting process, Continuous casting process,
7. Week  Protective atmosphere casting process, Vacuum casting process,
8. Week  Midterm exam
9. Week  True Centrifugal – Semi centrifugal – Centrifuge casting processes,
10. Week  Squeeze casting process, Semi-solid casting processes
11. Week  Directional solidification casting process, Single crystal material production casting process,
12. Week  Structural composite casting processes, Slush casting process, Twin roll casting process,
13. Week  Student presentations
14. Week  Student presentations
15. Week  Student presentations
16. Week  Final exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
40
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
1
10
 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
11
3
33
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
4
5
20
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
3
18
 Material Design and Implementation
2
2
4
 Report Preparing
4
5
20
 Preparing a Presentation
4
5
20
 Presentation
2
3
6
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
15
15
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
20
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
5
5
25
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
181
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.24
 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
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Dr. Hasan HASIRCI)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/hasirci)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (hasirci@gazi.edu.tr)