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| JFZ3001 | Ground Radar | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Aysel ŞEREN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course mainly presents operating ground penetrating radar (GPR) systems and gives application fields of GPR. It is aimed to introduce how data acquisition, processing and interpretation of this method are used in this course. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Fundamental electromagnetic theory based on ground penetrating radar method,
be able to learn Maxwell equations, related physical properties (magnetic permeability, electrical permittivity). | 1,3 | | | LO - 2 : | Will be learn advatages and disadvantages of ground penetrating radar method. | 2 | | | LO - 3 : | Be able to learn the equipments to collect data by ground radar method, data acquisition, processing and evaluating collected raw data. | 1,2,5 | | | 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 | | |
| What is ground penetrating radar (GPR) ?History of GPRBasic Electromagnetic Theory, Maxweell EquationsElectromagnetic (EM) Fields from sources. Physical properties (Magnetic permeability, electric permittivity) GPR instrumentation, data acquisition, data processingInterpretation, concepts and pitfallsCase studies (Mining and quarying, geotechnical and environmental forensic and archaeology, buried utilities, structure assessment, military, law enforcement, snow and ice thickness, fractured-cracked system in marble quarries). |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Definition of georadar method, it's history and theory base on the method. Electromagnetic waves | | | Week 2 | Maxwell's equations. Areas where use of georadar, used equipments. | | | Week 3 | High-frequency electromagnetic waves propagation in the underground where used in GPR. | | | Week 4 | GPR researching design. Selection of measurement parameters. Used antenna types (shielded and unshielded) and measurement kinds on the field. | | | Week 5 | The parameters that effect the GPR signal amplitude. Reflection and refraction coefficients, penetration depth, resolution. | | | Week 6 | Definition of GPR equipment and antennas in Geophysics Department in KTU. | | | Week 7 | Using GPR equipment on KTU campus area and data collection. | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Definition of computer programs for evaluating collected data on the field. | | | Week 10 | GPR data processing, required basic data processing steps. | | | Week 11 | Elimination of traces with noise, filtering, energy decay, time gain, etc. | | | Week 12 | Ground penetrating radar data to the data processing steps forward in the implementation of the requirements. | | | Week 13 | Presentation and evaluation of studies in the semester. | | | Week 14 | Investigation of case studies about GPR in the literature. | | | Week 15 | Field studies and interpretation of GPR data obtained from the field. General wiews about the course. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Daniels, D. 2007; Ground Penetrating Radar, 2nd Ed., IEE Radar, Sonar, Navigation and Avionics Series. | | | 2 | Conyers, L.B. 1997; Ground Penetrating Radar for Archaeology. AltaMira Press. | | | 3 | Sandmeier K. J. 2002. Reflexw 3.0 manual, Sandmeier Software, Zipser Strabe 1, D-76227 Karlsruhe, Germany. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 13 | | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1,15 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Proje | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 2 | 16 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 98 |
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