COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TUNNELLING AND UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MIN 5062 TUNNELLING AND UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR TURGAY ONARGAN

Offered to

Mining Operation
Mining Operation

Course Objective

In this course, tunneling and underground construction are explained. Recent advances in excavation machines technologies, supporting systems etc. will be covered. Design and optimization of underground constructions will be emphasized. Recent research articles on tunneling and underground construction will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to design a tunnel construction
2   Able to estimate the aptitude of various tunnelling methods
3   Able to define investigation methods and analyse their importance for the tunnel construction
4   Able to analyse field and laboratory tests for extraction of rock and soil properties
5   to raise an engineer who is expertise on tunneling methods and can evaluate the system

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Tunnel Construction
2 Geology and Tunnellıng
3 Rock Classification Systems
4 Geological Site Investigations
5 Tunnellıng in rock
6 Tunnellıng in soft ground
7 Conventional and modern tunnel-driving methods and equipment
8 Pre-support systems in NATM
9 Permanent support systems in NATM
10 Mechanized Methods
11 Mid-Term Exam.
12 Vantilation systems in tunnels
13 Other underground openings and its construction
14 Homework discussion and presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):

PARKER, A.D.; "Planning and Estimating Underground Construction". McGraw-Hill Book Co., London

References:
HANNA, T.H.; "Field Instrumentation in Geo-technical Engineering". First Edition, University of Sheffield, England, 1985.
HOEK, E., BROWN, E.T.; "Underground Excavations in Rock". The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. London, England, 1980.
BIENIAWSKI, Z.T.; "Rock Mechanics Design in Mining and Tunnelling". A.A. Balkema/Rotterdam/Boston, 1984.

Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical instructions + homeworks

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

MID-TERM EXAM (%25) + HOMEWORK (%25) + FINAL (%50)
MID-TERM (%25):, LO2,LO3, LO4
HOMEWORK (%25): LO4, LO5,
FINAL (%50): LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

turgay.onargan@deu.edu.tr, 0232-3017511

Office Hours

Friday 7-8

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15355432
LO.243324343
LO.34345312
LO.45353222
LO.555525111

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