‘Fire Towers’ for Forest Fires
Prof. Dr. Celalettin Kozanoğlu and Prof. Dr. Murat Aşkar from Izmir University of Economics (IUE) have developed a ‘fire tower’ ...
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Nondestructive Testing Technologies of Historic Structures
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Theory
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CIVE 427
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FALL
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3
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0
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3
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6
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| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | ELECTIVE_COURSE | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-To-Face | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course |
Problem Solving Lecture / Presentation |
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| National Occupational Classification Code | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The purpose of this course is the basic working principles of NDT methods that are applied to historic structures and recognize the suitability of a particular NDT test method for a specific need. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcomes |
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| Course Description | This course covers the general description of commonly used NDT methods to estimate strength and other properties of masonry. The tools and skills incorporated within the curriculum of this class provide the assessment of masonry structures, test techniques and working principles of surface hardness, penetration resistance, stress wave propagation methods, magnetic and electrical testing, and applications of infrared thermography and radar techniques. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials | Learning Outcome |
| 1 | Motivation and objectives of structural health monitoring. Working principles of smart materials used for sensors and actuators, advanced signal processing, system integration | Chapter 1. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO1 |
| 2 | Piezoelectric materials | Chapter 1. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO2 |
| 3 | Electrostrictive materials | Chapter 2. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO2 |
| 4 | Magnetostrictive materials | Chapter 2. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO2 |
| 5 | Data acquisition systems, working principles of A/D converters, measurement types | Chapter 3. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO2 |
| 6 | Shape memory alloys | Chapter 3. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO3 |
| 7 | Remote communication and control; alert system, cost estimation. Programming of data acquisition systems. Differences between short-term, repeated, long-term data acquisition | Chapter 4. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO3 |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | - | |
| 9 | Damage diagnostic methods based on electrical impedance method | Chapter 4. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO3 |
| 10 | Damage diagnostic methods based on wave propagation methods | Chapter 5. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO3 |
| 11 | Noise effect on measured data, minimization of noise. Correlation of results; basic model updating and optimization techniques; sensitivity analysis | Chapter 5. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO4 |
| 12 | Applications of structural health monitoring in airspace including sandwich composite structures, civil infrastructures, pipelines, rotating machinery | Chapter 6. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO5 |
| 13 | Advanced signal processing methods | Chapter 6. Modal Testing: Theory, Practice and Applications. | LO5 |
| 14 | Semester project presentations of each group | - | |
| 15 | Semester Review | - | |
| 16 | Final Exam | - |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Ewins D. J. (2009). Modal Testing: Theory Practice and Applications. 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0-863-80218-8. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Helmut Wenzel; Dieter Pichler; Ambient Vibration Monitoring. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2005. ISBN: 9780470024300. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting | LO1 | LO2 | LO3 | LO4 | LO5 |
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 | X | X | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 | X | X | X | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 20 | X | X | X | ||
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 | X | X | X | ||
| Total | 4 | 100 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Participation | - | - | - |
| Theoretical Course Hours | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours | - | - | - |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Field Work | - | - | - |
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | - | - |
| Portfolio | - | - | - |
| Homework / Assignments | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Project | - | - | - |
| Seminar / Workshop | - | - | - |
| Oral Exams | - | - | - |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 180 |
| # | PC Sub | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
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*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
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