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COURSE DESCRIPTION

GEOSYNTHETICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICE/6331308

Course Title:	GEOSYNTHETICS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICE
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc.Prof.Yüksel Yılmaz

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

www.gazi.edu.tr/~yyuksel

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

yyuksel@gazi.edu.tr

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

He or she knows which geosynthetics is appropriate for any geotechnical engineering application.
He or she can use geosynthetic in geotechnical deign works.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	History and development of geosynthetics.
2. Week	Production technology of geosynthetics.
3. Week	Production technology of geosynthetics.
4. Week	Geometrical, physical, mech., chemical and hydraulic prop. of geosynthetics.
5. Week	Geometrical, physical, mech., chemical and hydraulic prop. of geosynthetics.
6. Week	Midterm Exam
7. Week	Project realization.
8. Week	Bank and bed protection (sea and river).
9. Week	Roads and railways.
10. Week	Soil reinforcement.
11. Week	Soil Midterm Exam
12. Week	Drainage.
13. Week	Lining system at waste disposal areas.
14. Week	Lining system at waste disposal areas.
15. Week
16. Week

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

R.M.Koerner, Designing with Geosythetics, Prentice Hall, 2005.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

Not Applicable

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	2	30
Assignment	3	15
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	3	15
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		40

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Reading	14	0	0
Searching in Internet and Library	14	3	42
Designing and Applying Materials	14	0	0
Preparing Reports	14	2	28
Preparing Presentation	14	0	0
Presentation	14	0	0
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	2	10	20
Final and Studying for Final	1	20	20
Other	0	0	0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			194
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.76
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1					X
2					X
3					X
4						X
5					X
6						X
7					X
8						X
9					X
10					X
11						X
12						X

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