COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTATION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5084 ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTATION OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OKAN ÖNAL

Offered to

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Course Objective

Mechanical, physical and chemical properties of construction materials are determined by experimental studies. The main objective of this course is to introduce civil engineering graduate students to the fundamentals of engineering experimentation. General characteristics of measurement systems, measurement systems with electrical signals, computerized data acquisition systems, discrete sampling and analysis of time-varying signals, measurement of solid-mechanical quantities, measurement of pressure and many other topics will be discussed in this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to classify the types of data obtained from the measurement systems.
2   to be able to compare the advantages and disadvantages of data acquisition systems.
3   to be able to summarize the function of regulators.
4   to be able to measure quantities such as strain, displacement and load.
5   to be able to compile the current work on engineering measurement methods.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. Applications of Engineering Experimentation and Measurement 1.1. Measurement in Engineering Experimentation 1.2. Measurement in Operational Systems
2 2. Validity of Measurement 2.1. Measurement Error and Related Definitions 2.2. Calibration of Measurement Systems. 3. Dynamic Measurements
3 4. Measurement Systems with Electrical Signals 4.1. Electrical Signals 4.2. Signal Conditioners 4.3. Indicating and Recording Devices 4.3.1. Digital Voltmeters and Multimeters 4.3.2. Oscilloscopes 4.3.3. Strip-Chart Recorders 4.3.4. Data Acquisition Systems
4 4.4. Electrical Transmission of Signals Between Components 4.4.1. Low-level Analog Voltage Signal Transmission 4.4.2. High-level Analog Voltage Signal Transmission
5 5. Computerized Data Acquisition Systems 5.1. Computer Systems
6 5.2. Data Acquision Components 5.3. Configurations of Data Acquision Systems
7 5.4. Software for Data Acquision Systems
8 I. Mid-term examination
9 6. Discrete Sampling and Analysis of Time-varying Signals 6.1. Sampling Rate Theorem 6.2. Spectral Analysis of Time-varying Signals 6.3. Spectral Analysis Using the Fourier Transform 6.4. Selection of Sampling Rate and Filtering
10 7. Measurement of Solid-Mechanical Quantities 7.1. Measuremet of Strain
11 7.2. Measurement of Displacement 7.3. Measurement of Linear Velocity 7.4. Measurement of Angular Velocity
12 7.5. Measurement of Acceleration and Vibration 7.6. Measurement of Force 7.7. Measurement of Pressure
13 7.8. Measurement of Temperature
14 7.9. Measurement of Humidity

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): - Wheeler A.J., Ganji A.R. Introduction to Engineering Experimentation , Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1996.
Supplementary Book(s): - Hertog, J.P., Strength of Materials , Dover Publications, New York, 1977, pp. 323.
- Hertog, J.P., Advanced Strength of Materials , Dover Publications, New York, 1987, pp. 378.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course presentations, textbook and test methods will be used.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG* 0.15 + PRJ * 0.20 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.35
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG* 0.15 + PRJ * 0.20 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.35


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm exam, final exam and homework assignments during this period will be used in the evaluation.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Students may use laboratory equipment to prepare homework.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr.Gürkan Özden (gurkan.ozden@deu.edu.tr)

Office Hours

Will be announced at the beginning of semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Design Project 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 197

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.144
LO.2334
LO.344
LO.43444434
LO.5334

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