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INSL7801 | INS7801 GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUKE ENGINEERING | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Osman SİVRİKAYA | Co-Lecturer | | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | To instruct the evaluation of the effects of earthquakes in terms of geotechnical engineering. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | To know to be examined the concepts of earthquake and soil together | 1,5 | 1,3, | PO - 2 : | To know to perform in-situ and lab. tests and to use geotech.earthq.engin. | 1,2,5 | 1,3, | PO - 3 : | To know behaviour of soils under earthquake | 1,5,11 | 1,3, | PO - 4 : | To know geotechnical design of a structure under earthquak | 1,5,11 | 1,3, | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | |
Introduction: earthquakes and seismology, Dynamic properties of soils, Liquefaction, Seismic slope stability, Seismic design of retaining structures, Settlements due to earthquakes, Bearing capacity analysis for the foundations under earthquake forces, Soil improvement in reducing the seismic hazards. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | General Terms: Sismology, geology and geotechnical engineering | | Week 2 | Earthquake and Plate tectonic | | Week 3 | Seismic waves, earthquake magnitude and intensity | | Week 4 | Dynamic Properties of Soils | | Week 5 | Dynamic soil parameters and their determination | | Week 6 | Common effects of the earthquake | | Week 7 | Common effects of the earthquake | | Week 8 | Liquefaction and its analysis | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | Week 10 | Slope stability analysis in sismic zones | | Week 11 | Sismic design of retaining walls | | Week 12 | Earthquake Structural Damages | | Week 13 | Settlement due to earthquake | | Week 14 | Bearing capacity analysis for earthquakes | | Week 15 | Site amplification | | Week 16 | Final exam | | |
1 | Day, R.W., 2004. Geoteknik Deprem Mühendisliği El Kitabı, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara | | 2 | Sivrikaya, O. 2021. Temel İnşaatı I ve II, Birsen Yayınevi, İstanbul | | 3 | Kramer, S.L., 2003. Geoteknik Deprem Mühendisliği, Gazi Kitabevi. Ankara | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | | 24 | 20 | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 14 | 56 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 4 | 40 | Arasınav | 4 | 1 | 4 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 5 | 50 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 4 | 1 | 4 | Diğer 1 | 3 | 10 | 30 | Total work load | | | 226 |
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