Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Zemin Mekaniği I
	English	Soil Mechanics
Course Code	INS 331	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	5	4	3	3	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Recep İyisan
Course Objectives		e
Course Description		Physical and index properties of soils. Classification. Compaction, Hydraulic properties, capillarity, permeability, frost effect. Effective, neutral and total stress. Stres-strain relationships for soils. Stress distribution in soils. Consolidation. Shear strenght. 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 veye MUK202E Min DD
Required Facilities		e
Other		e
Textbook		R.F.Craig, 2004, Soil Mechanics, Van Nostrand Reinhold (UK) Co.Ltd.
Other References		same