To help students understand deformation surveying.
Prerequisite(s)
none
Corequisite(s)
none
Special Requisite(s)
none
Instructor(s)
Professor Turgut UZEL
Course Assistant(s)
none
Schedule
Wednesday 13:00-15:45 Geomatic Lab.
Office Hour(s)
After the course session in the course class.
Teaching Methods and Techniques
- Lecturer and discussion
Principle Sources
Structural Deformation Surveying, US Army Corps of Engineers, 2002
GREWAL M.S., et al, Global Positioning Systems, Inertial Navigation and Integration, 2007
CHRZANOWSKI A., Precision Alignment Surveys Using Laser, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, 1974
Other Sources
UZEL T., Büyük Barajların Güvenliği, 1991
Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction
2. Week
Deformations, displacements, problems and accidents and failures
3. Week
Preventive and remedial engineering
4. Week
Planning, design and accuracy requirements
5. Week
Deformation parameters
6. Week
Network design
7. Week
Deformation measurements
8. Week
Alignment instrumentation
9. Week
Sources of measurement error and instrument calibrations
10. Week
Monitoring structural deformations using GPS
11. Week
Settlement surveys
12. Week
Alignment, deflection and crack measurements
13. Week
GPS monitoring and analysis of plate tectonics
14. Week
GPS monitoring and analysis of plate tectonics
15. Week
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
25
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
25
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
Develop and deepen knowledge in the field of Geodesy.
PO-2
Conceive the interdisciplinary interaction which the field of Geodesy is related with
PO-3
Use of theoretical and practical knowledge within the field of Geodesy at a proficiency level.
PO-4
Interpret the knowledge about the field of Geodesy by integrating the information gathered from different disciplines and formulate new knowledge.
PO-5
Solve the problem faced related to the field of Geodesy by using research methods.
PO-6
Independently conduct studies that require proficiency in the field of Geodesy
PO-7
Take responsibility and develop new strategic solutions as a team member in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the applications in the field of Geodesy.
PO-8
Demonstrate leadership in contexts that require solving problems related to the field of Geodesy.
PO-9
Evaluate knowledge and skills acquired at proficiency level in the field of Geodesy with a critical approach and direct the learning.
PO-10
Communicate current developments and studies within the field of Geodesy to both professional and non-professional groups systematically using written, oral and visual techniques by supporting with quantitative and qualitative data.
PO-11
Investigate, improve social connections and their conducting norms with a critical view and act to change them when necessary.
PO-12
Communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B2 General Level.
PO-13
Use advanced informatics and communication technology skills with software knowledge required by the field of Geodesy.
PO-14
Audit the data gathering, interpretation, implementation and announcement stages by taking into consideration the cultural, scientific, and ethical values and teach these values
PO-15
Develop strategy, policy and implementation plans on the issues related to the field and assess the findings within the frame of quality processes.
PO-16
Use the knowledge, problem solving and/or implementation skills in interdisciplinary studies.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To learn, deformation measurements of structures
LO-2
To learn, measurements of tectonic plate movements
