Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Zemin Mekaniği
	English	Soil Mechanics I
Course Code	INS 331E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	4	3	-	2
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Esra Ece Bayat
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. Soil classification, Compaction, Hydraulic Properties, Cappilarity, Permeability, Frost effect, Effective and total stresses, Pore water pressures, Stress-Strain relationships for soils, Consolidation of clays, Shear strength, Lateral earth pressures
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Textbook		1) An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering. By Robert D.Holtz and William D.Kovacs, Thomas C. Sheahan, Pearson Prentice –Hall, 2011. 2) Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, (2001), Braja M. Das, Thomson-Engineering; 5 edition ISBN: 053438742X3) Soil Mechanics,T. William Lambe, Robert V. Whitman, John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition, ISBN: 0471511927
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