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Course Name	Turkish	Zemin Mekaniği I
	English	Soil Mechanics
Course Code	INS 331	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	6	4	3	2	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Hüseyin Yıldırım
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.
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