MDN720 - NON-MINING APPLICATIONS of ROCK MECHANICS
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NON-MINING APPLICATIONS of ROCK MECHANICS | MDN720 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Question and Answer | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof.Dr. Bahtiyar ÃœNVER | |||||
| Course objective | to give the student the basic theoretical and practical knowledge to develop an appropriate in rock mechanics. to have acquired the competency to carry out related assessment procedures; to plan an appropriate treatment program and to implement it rock mechanics. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Use of rock mechanics in the design of dam constructions, tunnels, foundations, nuclear waste disposal, underground storage of oil and gas, very large openings and caverns. | |||||
| References | Rock mechanics : for underground mining / B.H.G. Brady, E.T. Brown London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1993 Underground excavations in rock. Hoek, E. And Brown E.T. London: Institution of Mining and Metallurgy,1980 Support of underground excavations in hard rock, W.F. Bawden, P. K. Kaiser, Evert Hoek, February 2000 Underground Structures, Design and Construction, Sinha. R. S. Elsevier, Tokyo, 1991 Tunneling Engineering Handbook, Bickel O. Jhon, Chapman and Hall, USA, 1996 | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Basic theorical and practical knowledge about rock mechanics |
| Week 2 | Basic theorical and practical knowledge about rock mechanics |
| Week 3 | The importance of rock mechanics in engineering applications. |
| Week 4 | Non-mining applications of rock mechanics |
| Week 5 | Use of rock mechanics in dam construction |
| Week 6 | FIRST MIDTERM |
| Week 7 | Use of rock mechanics in tunneling |
| Week 8 | Use of rock mechanics in foundations |
| Week 9 | Use of rock mechanics in design of nuclear waste storages |
| Week 10 | Use of rock mechanics in design of underground petroleum and natural gas storages |
| Week 11 | Use of rock mechanics in design of large underground opennings |
| Week 12 | Use of rock mechanics in slope design |
| Week 13 | A genaral review about the course content |
| Week 14 | SECOND MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
| Week 15 | Preparation for final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 2 | 60 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 2 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 15 | 180 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 25 | 50 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 29 | 73 | 302 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. An ability to design, solve and improve the problems related to mining engineering by using extensively the basic and engineering sciences. | X | ||||
| 2. An ability to develop a new view, scientific method, design or application which innovate in the field of mining engineering or an ability to apply a known view, scientific method or design to the field of mining engineering. | X | ||||
| 3. An ability to design, apply, conclude and supervise an original research process related to mining engineering. | X | ||||
| 4. An ability to reach new knowledge in the field of mining engineering and to assess them systematically. | X | ||||
| 5. An ability to publish the outcomes of the academic studies related to the field of mining engineering in reputable academic environments. | X | ||||
| 6. An ability to assess scientific, technological, social and cultural developments and to transfer them to public by considering scientific objectivity and ethical responsibility. | X | ||||
| 7. An ability to assess, synthesis and analysis critically the views and developments in the field of mining engineering. | X | ||||
| 8. An ability to communicate verbally and in written form with the colleagues in the field of mining engineering and in wider scientific and social environments and to defend her/his own views. | X | ||||
| 9. An ability to make leadership in environments in which original and interdisciplinary problems are solved. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest