CE 344 – MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION (2014 Spring Semester) Website: http://www2.ce.metu.edu.tr/~ce344/ Section Instructor 1 2 3 4 5 MERAL ÇAĞLA YAMAN İSMAİL ÖZGÜR TOKYAY MUSTAFA MERAL ÇAĞLA ERDOĞAN SİNAN TURHAN Office Schedule K1-235 K1-251 K1-230 K1-235 K1-231 Mon 08:40 10:30 CES2 Mon 08:40 10:30 CES3 Mon 08:40 10:30 TH8 Tue 08:40 10:30 TH1 Tue 08:40 10:30 CES1 Wed 13:40 15:30 TH7 Wed 13:40 15:30 TH8 Wed 13:40 15:30 TH2 Thu 10:40 12:30 TH7 Thu 10:40 12:30 TH6 Teaching Assistants Meltem Tangüler, K1-110B Burhan Aleessa Alam, K1-110A Murat Şahin, K1-110C Mehran Ghasabeh K1-227 Hasan Eser, K1-110D Grading  Two midterms (~40%), laboratory reports (~15%), quizzes (10%), final exam (~35%) Important Notes (01) Labs (02) Calculators (03) Web page (04) Objections (05) Honor statement Laboratory work is an essential part of the course. Lab reports of those that did not attend the laboratory session will NOT be accepted. There will be no make-ups for lab sessions. Use of programmable calculators in the exams is strictly forbidden. Students are responsible for checking the webpage regularly for announcements: http://www2.ce.metu.edu.tr/~ce344/ Objections are permitted only during announced times. The objections that are made later than the announced times are not accepted. Each student is expected to work independently on all exams (including quizzes). Failure to adhere to this policy will result in the receipt of a failing grade besides normal disciplinary action. Text Book (*)  T.Y. Erdoğan, Materials of Construction, ODTÜ, Ankara, 2002 References (*) 1 P.K. Mehta, P. J. M. Monteiro, Concrete: Microstructure, Properties, and Materials, Mc Graw-Hill Professional, 2005. 2 A.M. Neville, Properties of Concrete, Pitman Pub., London, 1981. 3 A.P. Mills, H.D. Hayward, L.F. Rader, Materials of Construction, Their Manufacture and Properties, Wiley, New York, 1955. 4 M.L. Gambhir, Concrete Technology, Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co., New Delhi, 1986. 5 N. Jackson, Civil Engineering Materials, Macmillan, London, 1976. 6 S. Mindess and J.F. Young, Concrete, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. 7 T.Y. Erdoğan, Admixtures for Concrete, ODTÜ, Ankara, 1997. 8 T.Y. Erdoğan, Beton, ODTÜ, Ankara, 2003 (in Turkish). 9 T.Y. Erdoğan, Sorular ve Yanıtlarıyla Beton Malzemeleri, THBB, İstanbul, 2005 (in Turkish). 10 W.H. Taylor, Concrete Technology and Practice, American Elsevier Pub. Co., New York, 1969. (*) Available in the METU library 1/2 Week Dates Topic 1 17-Feb 2 3 4 5 6 24-Feb - 28-Feb 3-Mar - 7-Mar 10-Mar - 14-Mar 17-Mar - 21-Mar 24-Mar - 28-Mar Specific date TBA 31-Mar - 4-Apr 7-Apr - 11-Apr 14-Apr - 18-Apr 21-Apr - 25-Apr 28-Apr - 2-May 5-May - 9-May Specific date TBA 1. 12-May - 16-May 19-May - 23-May 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 - 21-Feb 1. 2. 3. 4. INTRODUCTION to MATERIALS of CONSTRUCTION GYPSUM LIME PORTLAND CEMENT (1st Lab around these dates) 5. POZZOLANS 1st MIDTERM EXAMINATION 6. AGGREGATES (2nd Lab around these dates) 7. CONCRETE (3rd Lab around these dates) 2nd MIDTERM EXAMINATION 8. CLAY BRICKS 9. FERROUS METALS, ALLOYS, AND CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT 10. POLYMERS (*) The detailed course schedule is available at the course web page. Some Important Dates February 17, 2014 February 24 – 28, 2014 April 23, 2014 April 25, 2014 May 1, 2014 May 19, 2014 May 23, 2014 May 26 – June 7, 2014 June 15, 2014 June 16, 2014 June 18 – 20, 2014 June 18 – 21, 2014 June 16 - 22, 2014 June 22, 2014 June 16 - 17 and 22 - 23, 2014 June 23, 2014 Classes Begin Add-Drop and Advisor Approvals National Holiday (National Sovereignty and Children's Day, Wednesday) Last day for withdrawal from courses Labor and Solidarity Day (Thursday) National Holiday (Commemoration of Atatürk & Youth and Sports Festival, Monday) Last Day of Classes; undergraduate and graduate programs (except for thesis work and specialization field courses) Final examinations Last day to submit the final grades (by 24:00) Announcement of final grades Resit Examinations The period to submit grades of resit examinations (until 24:00) The period to submit grades of Incomplete (I) (until 24:00) Announcement of resit examinations’ grades Approval of the corrections of errors in grading made in spring semester by the department chairs (until 24:00) Announcement of Incomplete (I) grades 2/2