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Course Name
Turkish Zemin Mekaniği I
English Soil Mechanics I
Course Code
INS 303E Credit Lecture
(hour/week)
Recitation
(hour/week)
Laboratory
(hour/week)
Semester 5
4 3 2 -
Course Language English
Course Coordinator Müge Balkaya
Course Objectives 1 - To teach main principles of soil mechanics
2 - To give the main information about the introduction of foundation engineering
3 - To discuss the subjects of design and application of foundation construction
Course Description Physical and index properties of soils. Classification. Compaction, Hydraulic properties, capillarity, permeability, frost effect. Effective, neutral and total stress. Stress-strain relationships for soils. Stress distribution in soils. Consolidation. Shear strength. Earth pressure.
Course Outcomes Students completing this course will be able to:
1 - Learn the index and physical properties of soils 2 - Classify soils
3 - Get knowledge about the compaction of soils
4 - Learn hydraulic properties and problems of the soils
5 - Learn the concepts of effective, neutral and total stress of soils 6 - Determine the stress strain relationships of soils
7 - Find out the distribution of stresses in soil 8 - Calculate the settlement of a structure
9 - Determine the shear strength of a soil
10 - Draw the distribution of soil pressures in the soil
Pre-requisite(s) MUK 202 MIN DD veya(or) MUK 202E MIN DD veya(or) MUK 204 MIN DD veya(or) MUK 204E MIN DD
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook B.M. Das (2010), Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, 7th Edition, Cengage Learning.
Other References Craig, R.F., 1997, Soil Mechanics, Spon Press; 6th edition
R.D. Holtz, W.D. Kovacs and T.C. Sheahan (2011), An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineeri 2nd Edition, Pearson-Prentice-Hall.
M.Budhu (2011), Soil Mechanics and Foundations, 3rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons.
Ozudogru, K., Tan, O., Aksoy, I.H., 2001, Soil Mechanics with Solved Problems, Birsen Press, Istanbul.
Kumbasar, V., Kip, F., 1999, Soil Mechanics Problems, Caglayan Kitabevi, Beyoglu, Istanbul.
 
 
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