CE410 - CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN

FALL SEMESTER 2010 -2011

COURSE OUTLINE

ACADEMIC STAFF:

Ali Tan Aran --- alitanaran@hotmail.com ---

Ayhan Baş --- ayhanbas@ntf.com.tr 491 60 20
Oktay Baş --- oktaybas@ntf.com.tr 491 60 20
Asst. Prof. Dr. Alp Caner (Coordinator) K7 – 107 acaner@metu.edu.tr 210 24 58
Prof. Dr. Ufuk Ergun K1 – 310 eruf@metu.edu.tr 210 24 15
Dr. Erhan Karaesmen K2 – 302 karaesmn@metu.edu.tr 210 54 49
Barbaros Sarıcı --- barbaros@rua.com.tr 490 10 11
Prof. Dr. Haluk Sucuoglu K7-101 sucuoglu@ce.metu.edu.tr 210 5480
Prof. Dr. Çetin Yılmaz K2 - 210 cyilmaz@metu.edu.tr 210 24 55
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Güler K1-114 gmurat@metu.edu.tr 2102464

ASSISTANTS:
Mustafa Can Yücel (Str) K7 – Z01 Mcyumcyucel@metu.edu.tr 210 24 11

CONSULTANT:
Ali Terzibaşoğlu* --- --- 426 14 66
*Available for consulting, please call for appointments at his office.

REFERENCES:

1. 2007 Construction Unit Prices, www.birimfiyat.com

2. American Association of State Highway & Trans., 4th Edition. AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design
Specifications, USA.
3. Gaylord, E. H. Jr, Gaylord C.N., Stallmayer, J. E., 1992. Design of Steel Structures, McGraw-Hill Inc., USA.
4. Karaesmen, E., 2002. Ardgermeli Beton ve Yeni Çözümler, Freysaş-Freyssinet Yapı Sistemleri Sanayi A.Ş.,
İstanbul.
5. Karaesmen, E., 2002. Öncesiyle Sonrasıyla Deprem, Atılım Üniversitesi, Ankara.
6. Keyder, E., 2005. Öngerilmeli Beton, Seçkin Yayıncılık Genel Dağıtım, Ankara.
7. Mc Ghee, T. J., 1991. “Water Supply and Sewerage”, Mc Graw Hill, Singapore.
8. STBP, 1991. Specifications for Storm and Waste Water Collection Systems, Ankara (in Turkish): Turkish
Bank of Provinces.
9. STBP, 1993. Specifications for Municipal Water Supply Systems, Ankara (in Turkish): Turkish Bank of
Provinces.
10. Turkish Standards Institute (TS648), 1980. Building Code for Steel Structures, Ankara.
11. Turkish Standards Institute (TS498), 1997. Design Loads for Buildings, Ankara.
12. Turkish Standards Institute, (TS500), 2000. Requirements for Design and Construction of Reinforced
Concrete Structures, Ankara.
13. Deprem Bölgelerinde Yapılacak Binalar Hakkında Yönetmelik, 2007, Ankara
14. USBR, 1987. “Design of Small Dams”, Third Edition, Water Resources Technical Publication, Washington.
15. Usul, N. 2005. “Engineering Hydrology”, Second Edition, METU Press Publishing Company, Ankara
16. Yanmaz, A. M. 2002. “Bridge Hydraulics”, METU Press Publishing Company, Ankara (in Turkish)
17. Yanmaz, A. M. 2006. "Applied Water Resources Engineering", Third Edition, METU Press Publishing
Company, Ankara.
18. Yıldırım, F. K., Ergenekon, T., 2004. Mühendisler, Mimarlar, Bilirkişiler ve Hakemler için Mevzuat El
Kitabı, Teknik Yayınevi, Ankara.
GRADING POLICY:
Mid-Term : 15 %
Progress Report & Interim Evaluation : 30 % (2% Group – 15% Report – 13% Presentation)
Final Report & Presentation : 45 % (3% Group – 22% Report – 20% Presentation)
Performance : 10 % (will be decided on attendance to presentation hours
and performance in project group)

WHO CAN TAKE THIS CLASS? 4th year students with no conflict in class schedule. Those who do
not satisfy this requirement will be automatically dropped.

WEB PAGE:
www.ce.metu.edu.tr\~ce410

Suggested Software: SAP 2000, E-TABS, GT-Strudl, LARSA, STAAD, RAM, RM, ADINA,
RETScreen, Auto CAD, MS Excel and any Bentley family program or equivalent of
these listed softwares. Softwares that can do design and develop design drawings by
just importing architectural drawings as an input are not allowed.

STRUCTURAL REPORTS WILL BE GRADED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

Analysis and design need to be performed by hand computations just for the interim report. Do not use any

type of software other than MS Excel, Word, Power Point and AutoCAD for the interim report.

 Format

o Contents

o Steps

o Consistency

o Clarity

 Design criteria

 Load analysis

 Preliminary design (Not included in final design)

 Analysis

 Structural design

 Structural drawings

o Plan

o Sections

o Details.
  Geotechnical design

 Civil design

 Quantity and unit prices

COURSE SCHEDULE – FALL 2010-2011

WEEK DATE INSTRUCTOR TOPIC
Sep. 29, 40 30
1 9 -11 Academic Staff Introduction & Projects (at DR - 1)
2010

0940-
Academic Staff Project meeting and planning
1230
Oct. 06,
2
2010
Dr. Erhan Planning and formulation of design problems including
1330-
Karaesmen finance, specifications. Design process in structures, and
1530
hydraulics projects.

0940-
Academic Staff Introduction to structural design criteria
1030
Oct. 13.,
3
2010 1040-
Academic Staff Project studies
1230
1340-
Ali Tan Aran Architectural aspects
1430
0940-
Introduction to Structural Loads
1030
Academic Staff
Oct. 20, 1040-
4 Project studies
2010 1230
1330- Dr. Erhan
Disasters
1430 Karaesmen
0940-
Introduction to Structural Modeling
1030
Academic Staff
1040-
Project studies
Oct., 27, 1230
5
2010 1330- Tuğrul
Highway Engineering Design Challenges
1430 Velidedeoğlu
1440-
Dr. Rıfat Sönmez Construction Management and Cost Estimation
1530
Interim presentations: include design criteria, work
Nov. 3, 0940-
6 Academic Staff schedule, progress, and preliminary design. Reports will
2010 1730
be submitted (1 copy).
0940-
Introduction to Earthquake Resistant Design
1030
Academic Staff
Nov. 10, 1040-
7 Project studies
2010 1230
1330- Dr. Doğan
Presentation on hydraulics
1430 Altınbilek
0940-
Introduction to Water Hammer Effect
1030
Nov. 24, Academic Staff
8 1040-
2010 Project studies
1230
1330- Dr. Erhan Technology vs Design
 1430 Karaesmen
& Altuğ Akman
0940-
Academic staff Project studies
Dec. 1, 1230
9
2010 1330-
Dr Ufuk Ergun Introduction to geotechnical design
1430
0940-
Academic Staff Project studies
Dec. 8, 1230
10
2010 1330- Dr. Aysegul
Reliability concepts
1430 Askan
0940-
Academic Staff Advanced design, analysis and detailing
Dec. 15, 1230
11
2010 1330- Dr. Erhan
Historical Structures
1430 Karaesmen
0940- Advanced design, analysis and detailing. Submit work
Academic Staff
Dec. 22, 1230 report (1 copy)
12
2010 1330-
Raşit Unuvar FIDIC practices and ethical issues
1430
40 30
09 -10 MIDTERM
Dec. 29, Advanced design, analysis and detailing. Submit your final
13
2010 1040-1230 Academic Staff report prior to final presentation. (5 copies to structure groups
and 2 copies to hydraulic groups)
Jan. 5, 0940-
14 Jury Final Presentations
2010 1730