COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5080 CEMENTITIOUS 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

PROFESSOR SELÇUK TÜRKEL

Offered to

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

Course Objective

In this course, binding materials such as gypsum, lime, cement and pozzolanic materials, which are usually in powder form, has been examined. Chemical, physical and mechanical properties are given information about. Moreover, possible uses of binding materials have been described.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the basic concepts related to the binding materials.
2   Able to describe the concepts used in the terminology of binding materials.
3   To distinguish among the types of binder according to their properties.
4   To determine the properties of cement by using experimental data.
5   To decide the choice of cement type according to use of the place and purpose.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and definitions
2 Lime and properties
3 Gypsum and properties
4 Pozzolans an properties
5 Trass and properties
6 Fly ash and properties
7 Silica fume and properties
8 Blast Furnace Slag and poperties
9 Midterm examination
10 Calcined clay and properties
11 Pumice and properties
12 Portland cement production
13 Portland cement and properties
14 Different Types of Cement and presentation of assignment

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Hewlett P.C., Lea's Chemistry of Cement and Concrete, Elsevier Science & Technology Boks, ISBN: 0750662565, 2004
Supplementary Book(s): Swamy, R. N., Cement Replacement Materials, Concrete Technology
and Design, Volume 3, Surrey University Press, 1986.
Erdoğan, Y. T., Admixtures for Concrete, Middle East Technical University Press, Ankara, 1997.
References:
Materials: Lecture notes as presentation slides

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course book (given in the reference section.), visual slide presentations, laboratory reports and homework.

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 * 0.40 +ASG * 0.10 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +ASG * 0.10 +RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-5: All learning outcomes will be evaluated by midterm and final examination questions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Selçuk Türkel: selcuk.turkel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced by instructors after the completion of semester program.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14
LO.233
LO.33
LO.44
LO.53

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