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Course Name	Turkish	Temel İnşaatı 1
	English	Foundation Engineering I
Course Code	INS 332E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	6	-	2	1	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Gökhan Çevikbilen
Course Objectives		To give a good knowledge about the main subjects of foundation engineering To express the importance of foundation engineering in the scope of civil engineering by proper examples To express the importance of professional know-how and background by several cases
Course Description		will be updated soon
Course Outcomes		Learn why geotechnical engineering is needed Learn what soil investigation and geotechnical report is and what are content of the report and how to prepare it. Analyse the stability of a slope. Suggest improvement techniques for slope failures. Calculate lateral earth pressures acting on a retaining structure Design a retaining structure Calculate the bearing capacity of a foundation base soil Design a shallow foundation Determine the deep foundation types and learn the design criterias of them Suggest a proper technique for soil improvement. Know compaction of fill deposits by proper techniques.
Pre-requisite(s)		TERM PROJECT has to be submitted
Required Facilities		will be updated soon
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Textbook		1. Principles of Foundation Engineering, Braja M. Das, 7th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2011 2. Foundation Analysis and Design, Joseph E. Bowles, 5th Edition, The Mc Graw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1997 3. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, Braja M. Das, Adapted International Student Edition, Thomson, 2007
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