Soil Mechanics – Machinery Applications in Forest Works

Course: Soil Mechanics – Machinery Applications in Forest Works
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Prerequisites: Elective
Credits: ECTS 2
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COURSE OUTLINE

  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
DEPARTMENT Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources
LEVEL OF STUDIES 7
COURSE CODE   SEMESTER SPRING (6th)
COURSE TITLE SOIL MECHANICS – MACHINERY APPLICATIONS IN FOREST ENGINEERING WORKS
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
in case the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to a course as a whole, then please note down the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
THEORY: 2  
LABORATORY/EXERCISES: 1  
Total 3 2
Add lines if necessary. The teaching organization and methods used are described in the point 4.    
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 SPECIALISED SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
PREREQUISITES:

 

 NO
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK

 
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: YES
URL COURSE: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/GEO117/
  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
·        The purpose of the course is to provide students with a thorough grounding in the nature of the soil, the classification of soil materials, as well as the foundation work of a forest technical project or a retaining wall. In addition, the course aims to help students familiarize themselves with the use of modern machinery so that they will be able to select the most suitable equipment for the construction of any forest technical project with a view to optimizing performance while protecting the environment. Thus, upon completion of the course, students will be able to successfully be involved in problem solving situations based on the application of the principles of soil engineering and will have gained the ability to draw up and construct a forest technical project.
General Skills
Taking into account the general skills that the graduate must have acquired (as they are listed in the Diploma Supplement and are listed below), which of them is intended (for the course)?
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking
Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology

Adapting to new situations

Decision-making

Working independently

Production of new research ideas

Project planning and management

Respect for the natural environment

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.      Characteristics of building materials – Basic concepts

2.      Properties of rocks

3.      Building stones – Natural building stones, Artificial building stones – Quarries

4.      Natural and artificial aggregates

5.      Categories of building materials, cements, mortars

6.      Reinforced concrete (materials, processing), steel parts, iron constructions

7.      Cement: General description – Production, Components, Main cement types, Properties of cement

8.      Masonry walls, insulations, elements, materials, and construction costing

9.      Insulation against moisture, heat and sound

10.   Wood as building material, wood products – Prefabricated wooden buildings

11.   Earthworks

12.   Materials for road surfaces

13.   Answering queries – correcting exam papers – handing back assignments
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face-to-face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Use of ICT in teaching and communication with students:

–         Use of ICT in lectures (PowerPoint presentations, videos, etc.)

Teaching is also supported by the e-class platform.
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The way and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The student study hours for each learning activity are listed as well as the non-guided study hours so that the total workload at the semester level corresponds to the ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 26 hours
Laboratory practice 13 hours
Self-study 11 hours
Total 50 hours
   
   
   
   
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Public Presentation, Laboratory Report, Clinical examination of a patient, Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Explicitly defined assessment criteria and if and where are accessible to students are mentioned.

  

 

Language of evaluation: Greek.

Methods of evaluation include:

–         Laboratory work completed at the end of the semester.

 

 
  1. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Εδαφομηχανική. Ασκήσεις και Προβλήματα, Γραμματικόπουλος Ιωάννης, Ανδρεάδου-Μάνου Νίκη, Χατζηγώγος Θεόδωρος

2. Στοιχεία εδαφομηχανικής, Γεωργιάδης Μιχάλης, Γεωργιάδης Κωνσταντίνος

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Apostolos Kantartzis
Contact details: Via the e-class platform or email: apkantar@fmenr.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1)  
Evaluation methods: (2) 6th
Implementation Instructions: (3) UG
  Written assignments submitted on eclass.duth.gr platform
  Course examination will take place via the ‘Assignments’ tool of the e-class platform (eclass.duth.gr), in accordance with the time schedule announced by the Department’s Secretariat.

Individual written assignments will be submitted at the end of the semester and students will be evaluated on them.

Entitled to the examination are all the students who have registered for the course at the beginning of the semester, in compliance with the University’s Rules of Studies, on condition that they have declared on the e-University Services platform that they are fully aware and agree with the terms of distance examination.

Students will have to access the eclass.duth.gr platform via their university account.

 

  • To be completed with YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignment or/and exercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the integrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:

α) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester), the means of submitting them to the teacher, the grading system, the participation of the assignment in the final grade and every other detail that should be mentioned.

β) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of pronouncing topics, the applications to be used, the necessary technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the way the hyperlink is sent, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

γ) in case of written examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for assigning the topics, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the participation of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam is ensured and every other detail that should be mentioned.

There should be an attached list with the Student Registration Numbers only of the beneficiaries to participate in the examination.