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| INS3020 | SOIL MECHANICS III | 3+0+0 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Evrim CÜRE | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims providing detail knowledge to students about soil sampling, determination of basic physical properties of soils, compaction of cohesion and cohesionless soils, field compaction, consolidation, one-dimensional consolidation theory, history stress state, determination of coefficient of consolidation and liquefaction |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Learn soil sampling in field | 1,5 | 3,6 | | LO - 2 : | Have knowledge about basic physical properties of soils | 1,5 | 3,6 | | LO - 3 : | Have knowledge about compaction of soils and field compaction control | 1,5 | 3,6 | | LO - 4 : | Have knowledge about consolidation of soils | 1,5 | 3,6 | | LO - 5 : | Have knowledge about liquefaction of soils | 1,5 | 3,6 | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction, soil sampling, basic physical properties of soils, compaction, consolidation, liquefaction |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction (specification of soils) | | | Week 2 | Soil sampling | | | Week 3 | Soil sampling (Cont.) | | | Week 4 | Determination of basic physical properties of soils | | | Week 5 | Determination of basic physical properties of soils (Cont.) | | | Week 6 | Determination of basic physical properties of soils (Cont.) | | | Week 7 | Compaction of cohesion and cohesionless soils | | | Week 8 | Field compaction | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Consolidation of soils | | | Week 11 | One-dimensional consolidation theory | | | Week 12 | History stress state | | | Week 13 | History stress state (Cont.) | | | Week 14 | Determination of coefficient of consolidation | | | Week 15 | Determination of coefficient of consolidation (Cont.) | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Das, B. M. 1997; Principal of Geotechnical Engineering, PWS Publishing, ISBN 0-534-95179-1 | | | |
| 1 | Uzuner, B. A. 2014; Temel Zemin Mekaniği, Derya Kitabevi, 9. Baskı, Trabzon | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1,5 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1,5 | 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 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Total work load | | | 58 |
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