COURSE INFORMATON
Code
Course Title
Year
İNŞ533
GROUNDWATER ENGINEERING
Semester
T+P+L
(Hour/Week)
Credits
ECTS
Fall/Spring
3+0+0
3
8
Department
Civil Engineering Program
Course Level
Second Cycle, Third Cycle (M. Sc., Ph. D.)
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Course Type
Elective
Mode of Delivery
Face-To-Face
Prerequisites and co-requisites
None
Recommended Optional
Programme Components
None
Name of Lecturer
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Osman YILDIZ
Co-Lecturer
None
Work Placement
None
Teaching Methods
Lecturing. Problem solving. Presentations.
Objectives of the Course
To teach hydraulics of groundwater at graduate level.
Learning Outcomes
To learn about hydraulics of groundwater at graduate level.
Course Content
Role of groundwater in water resources systems and their management. Groundwater
and aquifers. Groundwater balance. Groundwater motion. Mathematical statement of
groundwater forecasting problem. Flow in the unsaturated zone. Groundwater quality
problem. Hydraulics of pumping and recharging wells. Modeling of aquifer systems.
Identification of aquifer parameters.
COURSE CONTENT (SYLLABUS)
Week
Topics
Study Materials
Role of groundwater in water resources systems and their management.
Yeraltı suyunun su kaynakları sistemi
içerisinde rolü ve yönetimi.
2
Groundwater and aquifers.
Yeraltı suyu ve akiferler.
3
Groundwater balance.
Yeraltı suyu dengesi.
4
Groundwater motion.
Yeraltı suyu hareketi.
Mathematical statement of groundwater forecasting problem.
Yeraltı suyu tahmin probleminin
matematiksel ifadesi.
Flow in the unsaturated zone.
Doygun olmayan bölgede akım.
1
5
6
1
7
Groundwater quality problem.
8
MIDTERM EXAM
Yeraltı suyu kalite problemi.
Hydraulics of pumping and recharging wells.
Yeraltı suyu pompaj ve yenileme
kuyuları.
Hydraulics of pumping and recharging wells.
Yeraltı suyu pompaj ve yenileme
kuyuları.
11
Modeling of aquifer systems.
Akifer sistemlerinin modellemesi.
12
Modeling of aquifer systems.
Akifer sistemlerinin modellemesi.
13
Identification of aquifer parameters.
Akifer parametrelerinin bulunması.
14
Identification of aquifer parameters.
Akifer parametrelerinin bulunması.
9
10
RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook
Hydraulics of Groundwater, Bear, J., McGraw Hill, 1979.
Applied Hydrology, V. T. Chow, 1996, McGraw-Hill.
Additional Resources Engineering Hydrology, 1989, V. M. Ponce, Prentice Hall.
Engineering Hydrology, Nurünnisa Usul, METU Press, Ankara, 2001.
MATERIAL SHARING
Documents
Assignments
8 homeworks.
Exams
Midterm Exam, Final.
ASSESSMENT
EXAMS
QUANTITY
PERCENTAGE
Contribution of Mid -Term Examination to Overall Grade
1
30
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade
1
70
TOTAL
2
100
COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAMME
Nr.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1
To gain the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to civil engineering
problems.
X
2
To be able to identify, model and solve civil engineering problems in consideration with safety,
economy, aesthetics and environmental factors.
X
3
To get familiar with modern techniques and computation methods in civil engineering.
X
4
To learn measurement and evaluation methods and techniques in civil engineering.
X
2
5
To gain the responsibility for work and labor safety in all civil engineering applications.
6
To be able to identify, analyze, and synthesize civil engineering problems and applications.
7
To have enough knowledge about construction materials.
8
To be able to conduct laboratory and site experiments, to evaluate, and to interpret experimental data.
9
To be able to work together with other people, to adapt teamwork.
10
To take initiative and responsibility, to work independently, and to innovate.
11
To gain the ability for effective written and oral communication in Turkish and English.
12
To recognize the need for, and to gain the ability to engage in life-long learning.
X
X
X
X
ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities
Quantity
Duration
(Hour)
Total Workload
(Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)
16
3
48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)
16
3
48
Assignments
8
6
48
Presentation / Preparing Seminar
4
12
48
Mid-term
1
24
24
Final examination
1
24
24
Total Work Load
240
Total Work Load / 30 (h)
8
ECTS Credit of the Course
8
3