GRADUATE COURSE CONTENTS
FALL SEMESTER
CE-501 Seminar
The investigation of the studies carried out in Turkey and the World on the subject of the seminar given to each student under the supervision of an advisor academician. The evaluation and discussion of this information as a basis for the thesis work to be performed. Following of the developments in science and technology, adaptation of the developments into the current and regional problems, and evolvement of the viewpoints concerning the solution of the problems.
CE-503 Scientific Research Techniques
The investigation of research methods, institutions performing scientific research, literature survey processes, working over sample projects, the preparation of an information proposal form to the institutions performing scientific research.
CE 505 Advanced Structural Analysis
Direct displacement methods, stiffness and loading properties, analysis procedures, materially non-linear structures, spread of yielding, linearisation techniques, plastic hinge concepts, ultimate load, geometrically non-linear structures, second order theory, determination of buckling loads, influence lines.
CE 509 Hydromechanics I
The Basic Equations: Equations of Continuity and Motion; Forces and Acceleration; Relationship Between Stress and Rate of Deformation; Euler's, Bernozilli and Navier - Stokes Equations; Potential Flow Functions, Flow Nets; Circulation and Vorticity; Description of Vortex; Vortex Streets and Vortex Pipe.
CE 511 Water Resources Systems
Water Resources and Systems Analysis. Determination of Objectives. Benefit-Cost Analysis. Optimization. Production Function, Optimization Constraints. Classical Optimization Methods. Linear Programming. Dynamic Programming. Simulation, Multiple -Objective Optimization. Effects of Uncertainties. Decision Theory. Benefit -Cost Analysis in Flood Control Projects. Benefit-Cost Analysis in Hydropower Projects.
CE-513 The Latest Developments in Civil Engineering
Research and publications carried out in relation to Civil Engineering in Turkey and the World, and following and investigation of the new technologies.
CE 515 Reinforced Concrete Tall Structures
Frame systems, shear wall systems, dual (mixed) systems; frame – shear wall interaction; bound beams; fictitious frame concepts; methods of analysis; reinforcement of shear walls and bond beams, squat (short) shear walls; dilatations; design of foundations and shear walls; tall structures with torsional irregularity; ductility criteria.
CE 519 Open Channel Hydraulics
Definition of open-channel flow, types of open-channel flow, discharge flow, energy, equations of momentum, minimum energy principles, flow regimes, hydraulic jump, hydraulic models, flow profiles and calculation methods, changes of cross-section and control structures, impermanent open-channel flow.
CE 521 Hydrology of Floods
Analysis of Extreme Events. Probability Concepts, Product Moments. Probability Weighted Moments and L- Moments. Distributions for Extreme Events; N, LN, LN3. General Extreme Value Distribution GEV, Power Distribution. Pearson Type 3 and Log-Pearson Type 3 Distributions. Probability Plots and Goodness-of- Fit Tests. Robustness Analysis, L- Moments Diagrams. Confidence Intervals for Quantiles. Drought Analysis, Stochastis Processes. Runs Analysis. Regional Drought Analysis, Low Flow Frequency Analysis. Flood Frequency Analysis, Regional Flood Frequency Analysis. Use of Observations Beyond Threshold in the Analysis of Extreme Hydrologic Variables.
CE 523 Transportation Planning
The characteristics of transportation planning and of the models that are used by planners, the elements of the transportation planning process, the data collection techniques that provide input into technical approaches toward transportation planning, the different steps of modelling process and the information they provide to the planning process, the evaluation concepts that provide the linkage between technical analysis activities and the preferred course of action, economic analysis for highway improvements, present value concept, the rules in economic analysis.
CE 525 Urban Railway Systems
The problems of urban transportation and the preferred course of actions, the advantage and disadvantage of urban railway transportation, platform path planning, the geometric design, the standards, the computing methods, the application problems.
CE 527 Probability And Statistics
Importance of statistics in engineering. Fundamentals of probability theory. Random variable and random event. Concept of probability. Distribution of random variables. Parameters of distributions, statistical moments. Mean, variance, frequency analysis. Estimation of parameters. Important probability distribution functions. Sampling distributions. Testing of statistical hypothesis. Simple linear regression analysis. Correlation coefficient. Multiple nonlinear regression analysis.
CE 529 Hydrologic Analysis and Design
General ; Objective and Scope, Early Dams and Laws, Dams In Recent Times. Water Resources Development: Assessment For Water Resources, Basic Concepts. Water Resources Development Projects : General Concepts, Role and Importance, Classification, Planning In Water Resources and Policy Environment: The Environment As A System: Concepts, Analysis. Water Resources. Management; Sustainable Development. Environmental Impact Factors Of Water Resources Development: Identification, The Dam and The Impoundment Area, Upstream and Downstream Considerations, Unit Hydrograph. Flood Routing. Linear Channel, Linear Reservoir. Instantaneous Unit Hydrographs.Definition Of Risk. Return Period Analysis. Extreme Value Distributions. Distributions Used in Risk Analysis. Direct Integration Method. Monte-Carlo Simulation Method. Reliability Index Method. First-Order Second-Moment Method. Mean Value First-Order Second-Moment Method. Advanced First-Order Second-Moment Method. Linear Performance Functions. Nonlinear Performance Functions. Distribution Transformation of Basic Variables. Application To Engineering Problems.
CE 531 Damage assesment of buildings and conservation of buildings
Introduction, Assessment, evaluation and classification of damage. Some information about past earthquakes and definitions of damages. The damage of wall, slab, beam, column, beam-column connection, shear wall and foundation. Damage assessment and evaluation of masonry structures.
CE 533 Genetic algorithms and application to civil engineering
Introduction, definition and properties. Operators, crossover, mating, mutation, selection, evaluation. Gene, chromosomes. Genetic programming and application.
CE 701-741 The Domain of Expertise
Making analyses related with the thesis, literature survey, explanation of the techniques of thesis writing and demonstration with examples, and other issues to consider in preparation of the thesis.
SPRİNG SEMESTER
CE-502 Seminar
The investigation of the studies carried out in Turkey and the World on the subject of the seminar given to each student under the supervision of an advisor academician. The evaluation and discussion of this information as a basis for the thesis work to be performed. Following of the developments in science and technology, adaptation of the developments into the current and regional problems, and evolvement of the viewpoints concerning the solution of the problems.
CE-504 City Planning and Infrastructure
The historical development of urbanization and infrastructure systems, the problems produced by urbanization, the regional and threshold analysis of city planning, the relation between planning and infrastructure, public improvements planning, public improvements law and public improvements services, solution approaches to infrastructure problems in cities, squatters’ houses and infrastructure, collective housing applications, sample applications.
CE 508 Seismic Design of Structures
Earthquake mechanism, spectrum concept, multi degree of freedom system, modal analysis in earthquake response, earthquake resistant design, main philosophy of earthquake codes, earthquake codes and design criteria, spectral analysis of structures and simplified approaches, behavior of reinforced concrete structures subjected to earthquake ground motion, plastic hinge concept, capacity concept in design, earthquake resistant design, safety to earthquakes, limit states, general behavior of structures, structural irregularities, design spectra, elastic equivalent earthquake load, effect of earthquake load, acceleration spectrum, ductility of structures, equivalent earthquake load, modal superposition method, structural systems, construction rules for reinforced concrete structures, story displacements, design of base isolated structures, retaining walls.
CE 510 Hydromechanics II
Fundamental Potential Flows : Uniform Flow; Two - Dimensional Flows; Flow Around Silindir and Hydrodynamic Forces on a Cylinder; Boundary Layers : Basic Concepts; Assumptions of Boundary - Layer Theory; Boundary - Layer Equations and Their Integrals; Laminar and Turbulent Boundary Layers; Turbulent : Definition, Initation and Properties of Turbulence. Flow Observation an Measurement Techniques.
CE 512 Planning and Design of Dams
Introduction, Planning Principles of Dams, Environmental Effect of Dams, Hydrology for Dams, Reservoir Sedimentation, Reservoirs, Geological Assessment, Dam Foundations, Embankment Dams, Concrete Dams, Spillways and Gates, Outlet Works.
CE-514 The Latest Developments in Civil Engineering
Research and publications carried out in relation to Civil Engineering in Turkey and the World, and following and investigation of the new technologies.
CE 516 Specific RC Engineering Structures
Elevated water tanks; buried water tanks; various water refinement pools; statical analysis and reinforced concrete design of pipes; cylindrical water tanks; reinforced concrete chimneys.
CE 518 Engineering Properties Of Soils
Introduction; Soil Composition & Texture; Soil Classification & Index Properties; Soil Sampling & Disturbance; Compaction & Factors Controlling Compaction; Flow of Water in Soils, Permeability; Consolidation; Theory of Consolidation; Consolidation & Settlement; Stress-Strain Properties of Soils; Stress-Strain Behavior of Soils; Shear Strength Properties of Soils; Shear Strength of Soils; Evaluation of Site Conditions.
CE 520 Flexible Pavement Design
The general discussşon of design, status and elements of thickness design, traffic loading, material characteristics, resilient modulus, the AIM method, traffic analysis, material evaluation, the AASHO road test and design method, serviceability concept, the standards and procedures.
CE 522 High quality road design
Introduction to the design concept, design speed, traffic volume and rate of flow, traffic density, highway capacity, the factors affecting highway quality issues, design standards and criteria, cross section elements, divided highways, pavement crowns, shoulders, guardrail, curbs, curb and gutter, drainage ditches, slopes, right-of-way, roadway alignments, circular curves, spirals or transition curves, attainment of superelevation, widwning of curves, grades and grades control, computer applications.
CE 526 Advanced Strength of Materials
Energy methods (Virtual work method, Castigliano's method, minimum work principle); Specific topics in bending (elasto – plastic bending, bending of curved beams); Introduction to the analysis of plates and shells; Specific topics in buckling (various support conditions, buckling of columns with varying cross section); Introduction to Finite Element Method.
CE 528 Hydraulics of Rivers
The importance of two-phase motion for engineering applications and the problems related with two-phase motion in practical applications. The origin and properties of sediment particles. Size, shape and fall velocity of sediment particles. Description of fluid and flow properties. Determination of shear stress and velocity distributions. Determination of dimensionless parameters of two-phase motion by using dimensional analysis and their meanings. Initiation of sediment motion. Critical velocity, critical shear stress an critical lift force criteria. Evolution and development of sand waves. Resistance to flow and it's components. Bed-load, suspended-load and total load transport rates. Design of stable channels. River training and bank protection studies.
CE 530 Statıstıcal Methods In Hydrology
Importance of statistical methods in hydrology. Probability theory. Frequency distributions. Estimation of parameters. Probability distribution of discrete random variables. Probability distribution of continuous random variables. Frequency analysis of floods. Project period and risk. Sampling distributions and statistical hypothesis. Correlation and regression. Hydrologic processes. Modelling of streamflow series. Seasonal models. Generation of synhetic series. Design of storage reservoirs. Rippl diagram. Design of storage reservoirs using synthetic series.
CE 532 Hydroelectrıc Plants
Fundamentals, power and energy. Power and energy requirements of networks. Classification of hydroelectric plants, run-of-river, storage, pumped-storage plants. Regulation. Spillways, sluiceways, side-flow weirs. Settling basins. Design of conduits. Design of free-surface and pressure conduits. Headwater ponds and surge chambers. Penstocks and water hammer. Supports and anchors of penstocks. Turbines.
CE 534 Destructive and nondestructive evaluation of building
Introduction, definition and properties. Comparison of nondestructive techniques. Fundamental properties of Sound. Principles of Wave Propagation. Attenuation of Sound Waves. Reflection Coefficients. Snell s Law and Critical Angles. Ultrasonic Characterization. Ultrasonic speed and scattering. Surface waves. Principles of ultrasonic testing. Pulse methods. Pulse transmission. Pulse echo. Acoustic impedance. Ultrasonic testing equipment and transducers. Generation of ultrasonic waves. Precision velocity measurements. Thickness and distance measurements. Flaw detection and other applications of ultrasonic techniques. Data analysis of ultrasonic testing. Nondestructive testing of concrete. Core evaluation.
CE 536 Strengthening of demaged structures
Introduction. General principles of repair. Repair of structural elements. Repair and strengthening materials. Surface preparation and usage of repair mortars. Repair and strengthening by using shotcrete, epoxy resin, steel plates and carbon fiber reinforced plastics. Corrosion damage and its repair. General principles of strengthening. Design of strengthening elements, jacketing of columns, additional shear walls, strengthening of foundations. Strengthening details of structural elements. Repair and strengthening of masonry structures. Practical applications. Rehabilitation of structural systems. Evaluation of earthquake safety of available structures.
CE 700-740 The Domain of Expertise
Making analyses related with the thesis, literature survey, explanation of the techniques of thesis writing and demonstration with examples, and other issues to consider in preparation of the thesis.