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Course Name
Turkish Temel İnşaatı 1
English Foundation Engineering I
Course Code
INS 332E Credit Lecture
(hour/week)
Recitation
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Laboratory
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Semester -
- 4 2 -
Course Language English
Course Coordinator Mustafa Hatipoğlu
Course Objectives 1 - To give a good knowledge about the main subjects of foundation engineering
2 - To express the importance of foundation engineering in the scope of civil engineering by proper examples
3 - To express the importance of professional know-how and background by several cases
Course Description Introduction to geotechnical engineering. Site investigation and in-situ soil tests; soil borings, soil sampling, inspection pits, inspection boreholes, in-situ tests performed during boring tests, dynamic and static penetration tests, permeability tests, Vane and pressuremeter tests. Slope Stability; natural slope stability, slope failures, preventing landslides, slope stability analysis methods. Retaining structures; earth pressures, gravity retaining structures, dimensioning and principles for calculations. Lateral earth pressure, sheet piles, dimensioning and principles for calculations. Shallow foundations; bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, factors affecting the shallow foundations bearing capacity, formulae for bearing capacity, allowable bearing capacity, applications. Deep foundations; designing deep foundations, pile types, pile design, caissons, footings. Bearing capacity of deep foundations, static pile bearing capacity formula, dynamic pile formula, pile load tests and soil improvement; soil improvement methods, compaction methods.
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