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| JFZ2005 | Waves | 2+1+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The transmission of energy by wave propagation is fundamental to geophysics. Therefore, the main aim of this course is that to give students the theory of waves and vibrations. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | summarise the general knowledge on wave propagation and be able explain its relation to the formation of eart | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | describe the waves propagation in different media | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | apply simple and damped media circumstance in search of wave propagation. | 1,2 | 6, | | LO - 4 : | evaluate the results of free and forced oscillations on the eart | 1,2 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | present before an audience the results and outcome of any exercis | 1,2 | 6, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction to waves-definition of wave and wave motion, physical basis of waves, simple and damped harmonic motions, waves on strings and rods; theory of vibrations in wave motion- periodic motion of a point in 1D and 2D, vibrations of two coupled particles, systems with more than two particles; concepts in wave motion-Doppler effect, dispersion, phase and group velocities, waves in time and frequency domain, amplitude, phase and frequency concepts of waves, energy, power and envelope of waves, physical meanings of Hilbert and Fourier transformation, wave interference and diffraction, acoustic and elastic waves and their principles and features in a physical medium; wave propagation and wavelet concept in the physical earth- initial and boundary conditions of wave motion, reflection and transmission coefficients, energy in a travelling wave, wavelet and its features in applied geophysics and seismolog |
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 4 | | 2 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 14 | | 2 | 50 | | |
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