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Course Introduction Information


Code - Course Title	İNŞ513 - Dams
Course Type	Elective Courses
Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice	3+0
ECTS	7.5
Course Instructor(s)	PROFESÖR DOKTOR RECEP BAKIŞ
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face
Prerequisites	There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course
Required or Recommended Resources	1. Erkek, C., & Ağıralioğlu, N., Water Resources Engineering, Beta Basım Yayım Dağıtım A.Ş., Istanbul, 1993.2. Ağıralioğlu, N., Dam Planning and Design, Vol. I, Su Vakfı (Water Foundation) Publications, Istanbul, 253 pp., 2004.3. Kahya, E., 2012. Arch Dams, translated from the slides of Prof. Dr. Recep Yurtal (Çukurova University) with his kind permission.4. Yanmaz, A. M., 2006. Applied Water Resources Engineering, METU Press, Ankara.5. Kharagpur, 2010. Version 2, CE IIT, Water Resources Engineering.6. Linsley, R. K., Franzini, J. B., & Freyberg, D. L., 1976. Water Resources Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Kogakusha.
Recommended Reading List	1. Ağıralioğlu, N., Dam Planning and Design, Vol. I, Water Foundation Publications, Istanbul, p. 253, 2004.2. Kahya, E., 2012. Arch Dams, translated from the slides of Prof. Dr. Recep Yurtal (Çukurova University), with his kind permission.3. Yanmaz, A. M., 2006. Applied Water Resources Engineering, METU Press, Ankara.4. Kharagpur, 2010. Version 2, CE IIT, Water Resources Engineering.5. Linsley, R. K., Franzini, J. B., and Freyberg, D. L., 1976. Water Resources Engineering, McGraw-Hill, Kogakusha.
Assessment methods and criteria	1 midterm exam and one final exam and assignments will be conducted in the traditional format.
Work Placement	No
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks	Topics
Week - 1	Introductıon, Dams, The Importance of the Need for Dams, Main Components and Auxiliary Components of a Dam. Selection of a Dam Site, Selection of a Dam Type
Week - 2	Forces Acting on Dams, Gravity Dams, Concrete Gravity Dams, Design Criteria (Usual loading), (Unusual loading), (Extreme-Seismic loading)
Week - 3	Forces Acting on Dams, Gravity Dams, Concrete Gravity Dams, Design Criteria (Usual loading, Unusual loading, Extreme/Seismic loading)
Week - 4	Calculations: Safety Stresses for Total Shear-Sliding
Week - 5	Other types of dams-namely, prestressed concrete gravity dams, arch dams, and embankment dams-will be discussed.
Week - 6	Other Dam Types: Roller-compacted concrete gravity dams, some types of buttress dams
Week - 7	Embankment Dams (Earth-fill, rock-fill, and composite dams)
Week - 8	Dam Reservoirs, Dam Reservoir Characteristics, Sections of a Dam Reservoir, Flow Hydrograph Method, Mass Curve Method
Week - 9	Dead Volume in the Reservoir, Air Gap and Weir Height, Safety Margin, Weir Height
Week - 10	Reservoir Operation Studies for Dams, Energy Dissipating Structures in Dams, Hydraulic Jump and Energy Dissipation Characteristics
Week - 11	Project Criteria for Energy Dissipator Planning, Selection of Design Discharge for Energy Dissipator Planning, and Sill and Obstacle Structures Used in Dams
Week - 12	Energy Dissipation Basins and Their Types; Sizing of Basins Based on Froude Numbers
Week - 13	Wind and Safety Margin in Reservoir Lakes
Week - 14	The impact of seismic conditions on dams

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Teaching Methods
Lecture
Discussion
Problem Solving
Competences
Productive
True to core values
Rational
Questoning
Follow ethical and moral rules
Eleştirel düşünebilme
Problem solving
Information Management
To work autonomously
Elementary computing skills

Assessment Methods

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
	Quamtity	Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam	1	30
Homework	1	20
Final Exam	1	50
Toplam (%)		100