Geophysics For Construction

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No

Course Contents

This course covers the earthquake-damage relationship, types of damage caused by earthquakes, classical and non-destructive damage detection methods and engineering applications.

Weekly Schedule

1) Earthquake-damage relationship, factors affecting building damage, earthquake parameters, earthquake intensity, effects of local soil conditions on earthquake movements.
2) Types of damage caused by earthquakes, liquefaction, types of liquefaction, methods to determine liquefaction potential, liquefaction effects, soil improvement, soil amplification, impedance ratio and resonance effect, focusing due to sub-basin topography, surface waves formed from the edges of the basin, non-linear soil behavior, topography effect.
3) Building elements, concrete and its properties, concrete compressive strength, elasticity modulus of concrete, shear modulus of concrete, Poisson's ratio and expansion coefficient, relationship between concrete age and p wave velocity, corrosion of concrete, reinforcement and stirrup properties, foundation types.
4) Classical destructive building inspection methods, sampling, uniaxial pressure test, Schmidt hammer, stripping technique, observation pit.
5) Non-destructive building inspection methods, seismic ultrasonic method, covermeter, ferroscan, structural radar, electrical resistivity method, microtremor method, radioactive methods, spectral analysis method of surface waves.
6) Non-destructive building inspection methods, seismic ultrasonic method, covermeter, ferroscan, structural radar, electrical resistivity method, microtremor method, radioactive methods, spectral analysis method of surface waves.
7) Determination of physical and mechanical properties of concrete, determination of strength, fractures, cracks and voids, determination of concrete density, measuring concrete thickness, finding the plaster thickness of concrete, under-plaster weathering in concrete, finding the location and location of a fracture behind the plaster in concrete, determination of slope and thickness of concrete under plaster.
8) Determination of physical and mechanical properties of concrete, determination of strength, fractures, cracks and voids, determination of concrete density, measuring concrete thickness, finding the plaster thickness of concrete, under-plaster weathering in concrete, finding the location and location of a fracture behind the plaster in concrete, determination of slope and thickness of concrete under plaster.
9) Determination of physical and mechanical properties of concrete, determination of strength, fractures, cracks and voids, determination of concrete density, measuring concrete thickness, finding the plaster thickness of concrete, under-plaster weathering in concrete, finding the location and location of a fracture behind the plaster in concrete, determination of slope and thickness of concrete under plaster.
10) Determination of elastic properties of concrete: Axial modulus of elasticity, modulus of elasticity, shear modulus, bulk modulus, Poisson's ratio
11) Detection of reinforcement and stirrups, determination of corrosion status, determination of foundation types.
12) Detection of reinforcement and stirrups, determination of corrosion status, determination of foundation types.
13) Determination of the building period, radioactivity of the building and its surroundings.
14) Applications for construction and environmental problems.
15) Applications for construction and environmental problems.
16) Applications for construction and environmental problems.

Recommended or Required Reading

1- C. Kurtuluş, A. Bozkurt, Jeofizik yöntemlerle yer ve yapı incelemeleri, 2007.
2- O. Uyanık, Jeofizik ve Klasik yöntemlerle yapı incelemeleri (Yapı Jeofiziği), TMMOB Jeofizik Mühendisleri Odası, 2014.
3- Ö. A. Ercan, Yapılaşma Jeofiziği, TMMOB Jeofizik Mühendisleri Odası, 2011.
4- A. Bodare, Non destructive test methods of stone and rock, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Division of Soil and Rock Mechanics Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Lecture
3) Lecture
4) Lecture
5) Discussion
6) Demonstration
7) Demonstration
8) Demonstration
9) Demonstration
10) Demonstration
11) Case Study
12) Case Study
13) Case Study
14) Self Study
15) Self Study
16) Self Study
17) Self Study
18) Self Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade	40%
Number Percentage Semester Studies Midterm Examination 1 60% Quiz 1 40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required