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Course Name	Turkish	Zemin Mekaniği I
	English	Soil Mechanics I
Course Code	INS 331E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	5	4	3	2	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Aykut Şenol
Course Objectives		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 Description		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
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