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Course Name	Turkish	Kıyı ve Açık Deniz Geoteknik Mühendisliği
	English	Coastal and Offshore Geotechnical Engineering
Course Code	ZMG 513E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Mehmet Barış Can Ülker
Course Objectives		1) To introduce the application of specific examples of geotechnical engineering into coastal and offshore engineering problems and to have the empirical and analytical methods that are used in coastal and offshore geotechnical engineering be used in related engineering calculations. 2) To provide an understanding of the dynamic properties of seabed under the influence of waves. 3) Introducing the necessary tools for analytical and numerical investigation of the dynamic behavior of coastal protection structure-subsoil system under waves. 4) Introducing the necessary tools for analytical and numerical investigation of the dynamic behavior of the offshore structure-seabed soil system under waves. 5) To understand the instability of seabed under waves.
Course Description		Coastal and Offshore Geotechnical Engineering, Basic Soil and Wave Mechanics, Seabed Soil Instability (Bearing capacity, Wave-induced liquefaction), Coastal Protection Structures: Geotechnical Design Concepts, Offshore Renewable Energy Structures: Geotechnical Design Concepts, Numerical Modeling of Seabed Dynamic Response (Introduction to modeling), Wave-Induced Seabed Response around a Coastal Structure: a) Breakwater Problem, b) Suction Caisson Problem, Advanced Concepts
Course Outcomes		M.Sc. students who successfully pass this course gain knowledge, skill and competency in the following subjects; 1) To reach the knowledge in depth by conducting scientific research in the field, to evaluate, to interpret, and to apply the knowledge. 2) To have comprehensive knowledge about current engineering techniques and methods as well as their limitations. 3) To be aware of the new and developing applications of the profession; to examine and to learn them when needed. 4) To define and to formulate problems related to the field, to develop methods and to apply innovative methods for their solutions. 5) To design and to implement theoretical, experimental, and modeling-based research; to examine and to solve complex problems encountered in this process.
Pre-requisite(s)		Engineering Mathematics and Graduate Standing
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Textbook		1- Randolph, M. & Gourvenec, S. (2017). Offshore Geotechnical Engineering. CRC Press. 2- Dean, E. T. R. (2010). Offshore Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practice, London: Thomas Telford; Reston, VA: ASCE Press. 3- Rahman, MS and Ülker, MBC (2018), “Modeling and Computing for Geotechnical Engineering: An Introduction”, CRC Press Science Publishing, FL. 4- Kaihatu, J.M., Ananthakrishnan, P. (2016). Mechanics of Ocean Waves. In: Dhanak, M.R., Xiros, N.I. (eds) Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. 5- Budhu, M. (2015). Soil Mechanics Fundamentals. John Wiley & Sons. 6- Cook, R. Markus, Plesha, Witt (2002), Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, 4th Edn. Wiley. 7- Amos Gilat (2008), “MATLAB An Introduction with Applications”, 3rd Ed. John Wiley
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