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Course Name	Turkish	Sert Kayaçta Mekanize Kazı ve Mekanizasyon
	English	Mechanical Excavation and Mechanisation in Hard Rock
Course Code	MAD 513E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	-	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Cemal Balcı Cemal Balcı
Course Objectives		Introduction. Site Investigations for Hard Rock Excavation Projects (In-situ and Labratory). Hard Rock Cutters and Cutterheads. Mechanics of Hard Rock Cutting. Open Tunnel Boring Machines (Open TBMs). Shielded Hard Rock TBMs. Backup Equipment for TBMs. Shaft Boring and Drilling Machines. Raise Boring and Drilling Machines. Performance Prediction. Scheduling. Costing. Project Bidding. Emerging Hard Rock Excavation Technologies.
Course Description		Introduction. Site Investigations for Hard Rock Excavation Projects (In-situ and Labratory). Hard Rock Cutters and Cutterheads. Mechanics of Hard Rock Cutting. Open Tunnel Boring Machines (Open TBMs). Shielded Hard Rock TBMs. Backup Equipment for TBMs. Shaft Boring and Drilling Machines. Raise Boring and Drilling Machines. Performance Prediction. Scheduling. Costing. Project Bidding. Emerging Hard Rock Excavation Technologies.
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