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OINS3024 | Soil Mechanics II | 2+1+0 | ECTS:4 | 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: | The course aims providing knowledge to students about consolidaton of soil ant its settlement calculation, shear strength of soils, lateral earth pressures distributions on soil retaining structures and design of soil retaining structures and stability of slopes and design of slopes. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | Have knowledge about shear strength of soils. | 1,2,5 | 1, | LO - 2 : | Have knowledge about stability of slopes. | 1,2,5 | 1, | LO - 3 : | Have knowledge about lateral earth pressures and design of retaining structures. | 1,2,5 | 1, | LO - 4 : | Have knowledge about consolidation of soils and calculation of consolidation settlements. | 1,2,5 | 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 | |
Shear strength of soils. Consolidation. Lateral earth pressures. Earth retaining structures: Retaining walls, sheet pile walls, braced excavations. Stability of slopes. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Shear Strength of Soils | | Week 2 | Shear Strength of Soils | | Week 3 | Shear Strength of Soils | | Week 4 | Design and Stability of Slopes | | Week 5 | Design and Stability of Slopes | | Week 6 | Design and Stability of Slopes | | Week 7 | Lateral Earth Pressures (Theories and Calculations) | | Week 8 | Lateral Earth Pressures (Theories and Calculations) | | Week 9 | Written midterm exam | | Week 10 | Earth retaining structures: Retaining walls, sheet pile walls and braced excavations | | Week 11 | Earth retaining structures: Retaining walls, sheet pile walls and braced excavations | | Week 12 | Earth retaining structures: Retaining walls, sheet pile walls and braced excavations | | Week 13 | Earth retaining structures: Retaining walls, sheet pile walls and braced excavations | | Week 14 | Consolidation and Settlement of Consolidation | | Week 15 | Consolidation and Settlement of Consolidation | | Week 16 | Written end-of-term exam | | |
1 | Das, B. M. and Khaled, S. 2018; Principles of Geotechnical Engineering 9th edition, Cengage Publishing, Boston | | 2 | Aytekin, M. 2004; Deneysel Zemin Mekaniği 2. baskı, Teknik Yayınevi, Ankara. | | |
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 | 03/06/2024 | 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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