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Course Name	Turkish	Zemin Mekaniği I
	English	Soil Mechanics I
Course Code	INS 331E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	4	5	2	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Müge Balkaya 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
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