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Course Name	Turkish	Zemin Mekaniği I
	English	Soil Mechanics I
Course Code	INS 331	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	5	4	3	1	1
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Berrak Teymür
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)		MUK202/202E veya MUK204/204E min DD
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Zemin Mekaniği, A. Oğuz Tan, Birsen Yayınevi, 2013. B.M. Das (2010), Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, 7th Edition, Cengage Learning.
Other References		2. Zemin Mekaniği Çözümlü Problemleri, Kumbasar, V., Kip, F., Çağlayan Kitabevi 1999. 3. An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, 2nd Edition R.D. Holtz, W.D. Kovacs and T.C. Sheahan, Pearson-Prentice-Hall, 2011 4. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, 6th Edition B.M. Das, Adapted International Student Edition, Thomson, 2007 6. Soil Mechanics and Foundations, 3rd Edition M.Budhu, John Wiley and Sons, 2011 7. Craig’s Soil Mechanics, 8th Edition, J. Knappett and R.F. Craig, CRC Press, 2012 8. Çözümlü Problemlerle Zemin Mekaniği Kemal Özüdoğru, Oğuz Tan, İsmail H. Aksoy, Birsen Yayınevi, 2001 9. Zemin Mekaniği, K. Özaydın, Birsen Yayınevi, 2015.

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