Information Package / Course Catalogue
Design and Analysis of Drainage Systems
Course Code: ZTY523
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Design of drainage systems, data acquastion in drainage regions, drainage systems for humid areas, assessment of drainage systems, source of excess water in plant root zone; soil properties affecting on field draniage; draniage criteria for different flow rejimes; draniage theories steady-state draniage equations; unsteady-state draniage equations; evaluation of draniage systems; desing tecmiques of experimental plots in field draniage research

Course Content

Introduction of drainage systems and drainage engineering, Data acquastion techniques in drainage projects, Assessments of drainage systems, Hydraulic Conductivity, Surface drainage models and design techniques, Integrated drainage modeling for a watershed

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Ersel YILMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Identify and describe the aims of drainage systems
2.To be able to evaluate surface and subsurface drainage systems for operating and monitoring the system
3.Describe the process of drainage systems planning
4.Assessment of impact of drainage systems projects
5.To be able publish the results of these results
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Smedema, L.K. and Rycroft, D.W., 1988. “Land Drainage”, BT Batsford Ltd, London, ISBN. 0-7134-6045-8, UK
2.Güngör, Y., Erözel, Z., 1994. Drainage and Land Reclamation (Drenaj ve Arazi Islahı), Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, Yayın No: 1341
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Introduction of drainage systems and drainage engineering
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Data acquastion techniques in drainage projects
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Assessments of drainage systems
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Source of excess water in plant root zone; soil properties
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Hydraulic Conductivity
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Drainage models and DRAINMOD-1
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Drainage models and DRAINMOD-2
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Integrating ArcHydro and Drainage models, Mid Term Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Surface drainage models and design techniques
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Water movement in the soil profiles
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Drainage projects and MODFLOW integration-1
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Drainage projects and MODFLOW integration-2
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Integrated drainage modeling for a watershed
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Geographic Information Systems for drainage models
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory145298
Lecture - Practice144284
Midterm Examination1628
Final Examination18210
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
2
4
OÇ-2
1
3
4
2
2
5
OÇ-3
2
5
2
OÇ-4
3
4
2
OÇ-5
5
4
3
4
5
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2026