Courses

 

Graduate Courses

Rock Mechanics

 Course aims

  • Describing physical properties of rock,
  • Giving stress and strain concept and formula,
  • Giving engineering characteristics of discontinuities,
  • Introducing rock mass classifications,
  • Obtaining some basic parameters in practical way.
  • Describing stress and strain concept for underground excavations,
  • Giving slope stability types and calculations,
  • Introduction to rock foundations and their design.

 

Course Contents

Physical properties of rocks, review of basic stress and deformation terms and formulas, stress and deformation types in rocks, analyses of natural stress resources, geotechnical properties of discontinuities, failure criteria defined for general purposes and rocks, early and sophisticated rock mass classifications, obtaining some rock mechanics parameters by using practical methods.

Stress distribution analysis in underground excavations, deformation analysis in underground excavations, general design criteria in underground excavations, plain failure, wedge failure, circular failure, toppling failure and calculating factor of safety, rock foundations on different lithologies and their bearing capacity.


Literature

  1. E. Akyol, Course notes, Pamukkale University
  2. R. Goodman , Kaya Mekaniğine Giriş (Terc.:K. Kayabalı), Gazi, 2002.
  3. Hudson J. A. & Harrison J. P., Mühendislik Kaya Mekaniği : İlkelere Giriş (Terc.: H. Arman, K. Kayabalı ve H. Çetin), Gazi, 2005.
  4. Hudson J. A. & Harrison J. P., Mühendislik Kaya Mekaniği : Çözümlü Örnekler (Terc.: K. Kayabalı ve H. Çetin), Gazi, 2005
  5. E. Hoek & E.T. Brown, Underground Excavation in Rock, IMMM, 1982.
  6. A.R. Jumikis, Rock Mechanics, Trans Tech, 1983.
  7. J.A. Hudson, Rock Mechanics Principles in Engineering Practice, Butterworths, 1989
  8. R. Ulusay v.d., Kaya Mekaniği Laboratuar Deneyleri, TBBOB, 2001.
  9. Wyllie D. C & Mah C. W., Kaya Şev Mühendisliği (Terc.: Kamil Kayabalı), Gazi, 2006.
  10. D.C. Wyllie, Foundations on Rock, E &FN Spon, 1992.

   

Syllabus

  • 1st week Introduction
  • 2nd week Mechanical terms and parameters
  • 3rd week Stresses and strain
  • 4th week Discontinuities
  • 5th week Rock failure criteria
  • 6th week Lab
  • 7th week Assessment of lab results
  • 8th week Rock mass classification I
  • 9th week Rock mass classification II
  • 10th week Underground excavations I
  • 11th week Underground excavations II
  • 12th week Slope stability
  • 13th week Rock foundations
  • 14th week Rock as natural material

 

 

Environmental Geology

Course aims

  • Understand the relations between geological process and people

 

Course Contents

Principles of environmental geology, natural processes and natural disasters, resources and pollution, environmental management, global perspective and community

 

Literature

  1. E.A. Keller, İntroduction to Environmental Geology; Çeviri E. Akyol ve K. Kayabalı (Gazi Kitapevi)

Syllabus

  • 1st week Introduction
  • 2nd week Natural hazards
  • 3rd week Natural hazards
  • 4th week Water pollution
  • 5th week Water pollution
  • 6th week Pollution from minerals and mines
  • 7th week Pollution from energy resources
  • 8th week Soil and environment
  • 9th week Soil and environment
  • 10th week Waste as a resource
  • 11th week Air pollution
  • 12th week Global climate change
  • 13th week Geology, community and future
  • 14th week Current issues

 

Postgraduate Courses

 

Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering 

Course aims

  • Understand soil and rock behavior,
  • Understand stress, strain and consolidation mechanisms,
  • Geotechnical studies at engineering structures,
  • Learning problematic soils.

 

Course Contents

Soil and rock nature, underground water and engineering aspects, geotechnical features of engineering structures, problematic soils and their improvement

Literature 
  1. D. P. Coduto, 1999, Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Applications, Prentice-Hall (Geoteknik Mühendisliği: İlkeler ve Uygulamalar, M. Mollamahmutoğlu, K. Kayabalı, Gazi Kitabevi, 2006)
  2. E. Akyol, Course notes, Pamukkale University

 

Syllabus

  • 1st  week     Introduction
  • 2nd  week    Soils
  • 3rd  week     Rocks
  • 4th week      Stresses
  • 5th week      Consolidation
  • 6th week      Underground water and its control
  • 7th week      Retaining walls
  • 8th week      Foundations I
  • 9th week      Foundations II
  • 10th week    Problematic soils I
  • 11th week    Problematic soils II
  • 12th week    Soil improvement I
  • 13th week    Soil improvement II
  • 14th week    Geotechnical earthquake engineering

 

 

Natural Hazards and Mitigation Measures

Course aims

  • Describing effects of natural hazards,
  • Explaning common natural hazards and their mitigation measures,
  • Explaning hazards evaluation principles,
  • Giving hazard management principles.

 

Course Contents

Natural Disasters, Geological hazards, Earthquake effects and their hazards, Estimation and assessment of earthquake damages and mitigation measures, Volcanic hazards, Assessment, mapping and classification of volcanic hazards and mitigation measures, Assessment of volcanic tsunami hazards and mitigation measures, Slope stability and its assessment, Floods, Mitigation measures of floods, Desertification, Mitigation measures of desertification, Hazards management

 Literature 
  1. E. Bryant, 2005, Natural Hazards, Cambridge University Press, ISBN:0-511-08022-0, 330 pg.
  2. R.E. Hunt, 2007, Geologic Hazards: A field guide for geotechnical engineers, Taylor & Francis, ISBN:1-4200-5250-0, 334 pg.
  3. C. E. Haque (Ed.), 2005, Mitigation of Natural Hazards and Disasters: International Perspectives, Springer, ISBN: 1-4020-3112-2
  4. B. Wisner, P. Blaikie, T. Cannon and I. Davis, 2004, At Risk: Natural Hazards, people's vulnerability and disasters, Routledge-Tayler & Francis, ISBN: 0-415-25216-4
  5. J. Birkman (Ed.), 2006, Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Towards Disaster Resilient Societies, United Nations University Press, ISBN: 92-808-1135-5
  6. J. C. Pine, 2009, Natural Hazards Analysis: Reducing the impact of disasters, CRC Press-Taylor & Francis, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7038-5
  7. E. Akyol, Course notes, Pamukkale University

 

 Syllabus

  • 1st  week      Introduction      
  • 2nd  week     Description and classification of natural hazards
  • 3rd  week      Earthquake hazards: Shaking and mitigation measures
  • 4th week       Earthquake hazards: Liquefaction and mitigation measures
  • 5th week       Earthquake hazards: Landslide and mitigation measures
  • 6th week       Slope stability assessment
  • 7th week       Slope stability mitigation measures
  • 8th week       Volcanic hazards and mitigation measures
  • 9th week       Floods and mitigation measures
  • 10th week     Tsunami hazards and mitigation measures
  • 11th week     Desertification and mitigation measures
  • 12th week     Global climate change
  • 13th week     Hazard management
  • 14th week     Current issues

 

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