GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
TEST METHODS FOR PLASTICS/5191336
Course Title: TEST METHODS FOR PLASTICS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 2 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
The students can choose the appropriate test methods and know how these test methods are applicated for the plastic material researches.
The students can evaluate and mathematically model the test results
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this courses is face to face and experimental applications.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  BASIC CONCEPTS AND ADVANCEMENTS IN TESTING TECHNOLOGY • Basic concepts • Specification and standards • Purpose of specifications
2. Week  MECHANICAL PROPERTIES • Tensile tests • Compressive properties • Flexural properties • Shear strength • Creep prope
3. Week  MECHANICAL PROPERTIES • Impact properties • Abrasion • Fatique resistance • Hardness tests
4. Week  THERMAL PROPERTIES • Tests for high temperature performance • Thermal conductivity • Thermal expansion • Brittleness tempe
5. Week  WEATHERING PROPERTIES • Accelerated weathering tests • Outdoor weathering of plastics • Resistance of plastic materials to fungi
6. Week  OPTICAL PROPERTIES • Refractive index • Luminous transmittance and haze • Photoelastic properties • Color • Specula
7. Week  MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION TESTS • Melt flow index test • Rheology
8. Week  MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION TESTS • Melt flow index test • Rheology
9. Week  MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION TESTS • Determination of the viscosity
10. Week  MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION TESTS • Thermal analysisi techniques • Spectroscopy • Material characterization test for thermosets
11. Week  FLAMMABILITY • Flammability test • Ignition properties of plastics • Oxygen index test • Smoke generation test • Fl
12. Week  IDENTIFICATION ANALYSIS OF PLASTIC MATERIALS
13. Week  FAILURE ANALYSIS
14. Week  FAILURE ANALYSIS
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
20
 Assignment
5
10
 Application
5
10
 Projects
2
10
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- 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
8
2
16
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
1
14
 Material Design and Implementation
5
3
15
 Report Preparing
2
3
6
 Preparing a Presentation
2
3
6
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
14
3
42
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
14
3
42
 Other (should be emphasized)
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
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc. Prof. Onuralp ULUER)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/uluer)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (uluer@gazi.edu.tr)