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OINS4020 | Foundation Engineering | 2+1+0 | ECTS:3 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ümit ÇALIK | Co-Lecturer | - | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | It is aimed to provide students with the skills of designing a foundation system and using soil improvement methods by making a soil investigation and preparing a soil survey report for a building. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | Have full knowledge about site investition. | 1,2 | 1, | LO - 2 : | Have full knowledge about bearing capacity of soils (foundations). | 1,2 | 1, | LO - 3 : | Design shallow (spread, continuous, combined and mat) foundations. | 1,2 | 1, | LO - 4 : | Preliminary design of deep foundations. | 1,2 | 1, | 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 | |
Field and soil investigation. Surface foundation types, base pressures and T and M diagrams. Bearing capacity of shallow foundations. Settlement of shallow foundations. Deep foundation types. Bearing capacity of pile foundations. Settlement of pile foundations. Improving soils. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Site Investigation | | Week 2 | Site Investigation | | Week 3 | Bearing Capacity of Soils (Foundations) | | Week 4 | Bearing Capacity of Soils (Foundations) | | Week 5 | Spread Footings | | Week 6 | Spread Footings | | Week 7 | Strip Footings | | Week 8 | Strip Footings | | Week 9 | Written midterm exam | | Week 10 | Strip Footings | | Week 11 | Combined footings | | Week 12 | Mat Foundations | | Week 13 | Mat Foundations | | Week 14 | Piled foundations | | Week 15 | Piers, Caissons | | Week 16 | Written end-of-term exam | | |
1 | Das, B. M. 2019; Principles of Foundation Engineering 9th edition, Cengage Learning, Boston. | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 20/04/2024 | 2 | 50 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05/06/2024 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 1 | 4 | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | Uygulama | 1 | 8 | 8 | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 1 | 4 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | Diğer 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total work load | | | 66 |
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