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| OINS2020 | Structural Materials | 2+1+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Lab work | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Nurullah ÖKSÜZER | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Focusing on a thorougly understanding of the nature of concrete in relation with the procedures essential for providing a concrete of required quality and durability qualifications. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | learn the components of concrete. | 1,2,9,11 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | learn the properties of fresh concrete and methods of measuring these properties. | 1,2,9,11 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | get acquainted with the properties of hardened concrete and how to determine these properties. | 1,2,9,11 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | comprehend the basic steps of concrete mix design and make experimental practice in the laboratory. | 1,2,9,11 | 1 | | 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 | | |
| Classification of construction materials. Cypsum and Limes.Manufacture, composition, and hydration of Portland cement. Structure of hydrated cement paste.Blended Portland cements. Tests on cements. Types of cements produced in Turkey.Classification of aggregates used in concrete and their mechanical and physical properties.Gradation of aggregates. Methods used for obtaining suitable aggregate gradation. Mixing water.Chemical admixtures and their classification along with their properties and uses.Mineral additives and their classification along with their properties and uses.Properties of fresh concrete. Segregation and Bleeding. Workability and its measurment.Properties hardened concrete. Testing of compressive and tensile strength of concrete.Factors affecting the strength of concrete. Behavior of concrete under uniaxial loading.The mechanisms of shrinkage and creep in concrete.Durability of concrete. The factors associated with durability. Permeability of concrete.Proportioning of concrete-Theory and practice. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Classification of construction materials. Cypsum and Limes. | | | Week 2 | Manufacture, composition, and hydration of Portland cement. Structure of hydrated cement paste. | | | Week 3 | Blended Portland cements. Tests on cements. Types of cements produced in Turkey. | | | Week 4 | Classification of aggregates used in concrete and their mechanical and physical properties. | | | Week 5 | Gradation of aggregates. Methods used for obtaining suitable aggregate gradation. Mixing water. | | | Week 6 | Chemical admixtures and their classification along with their properties and uses. | | | Week 7 | Mineral additives and their classification along with their properties and uses | | | Week 8 | Properties of fresh concrete. Segregation and Bleeding. Workability and its measurment. | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam. | | | Week 10 | Properties hardened concrete. Testing of compressive and tensile strength of concrete.Factors affecting the strength of concrete. Behavior of concrete under uniaxial loading. Proportioning of concrete-Theory and practice. | | | Week 11 | Deformation of concrete under compression. Creep and shrinkage of concrete. | | | Week 12 | Permeability and durability of concrete. | | | Week 13 | Proportioning of concrete mix. Concrete classes. Environmental conditions and exposure classes. | | | Week 14 | Procedure for concrete mix design. Moisture corrections for jobsite conditions. | | | Week 15 | Laboratory Application. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Mindess, S., Young, J.F., 1981, Concrete, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., U.S.A | | | |
| 1 | Mehta, P.K., 1986, Concrete: Structure, Properties, and Materials, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., U.S.A. | | | 2 | Neville, A.M., 1981, Properties of Concrete, Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex, England | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1,5 | 40 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 15 | | | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1,5 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 4 | 12 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 2 | 4 | 8 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 6 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 144 |
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