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Course Name	Turkish	Geoteknik Deprem Mühendisliğinde Modelleme ve Hesaplama
	English	Model.&Comp.inGeotec.Ear.Eng.
Course Code	DEP 513E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Mehmet Barış Can Ülker
Course Objectives		This course is an introduction to modeling and computing in Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Geomechanics. The intention of the course is to provide students with state of the art analytical and computational methods for the analysis of complex Geo-Engineering problems. The objectives of the course are such that students acquire knowledge to analytically and numerically simulate various mechanical phenomena as observed in soil mechanics, foundation engineering and earthquake engineering. This will be achieved by developing a thorough understanding of the physics behind, providing numerical solutions to the boundary value problems and utilizing basic numerical methods. Computational techniques using the classical methods such as the Finite Element Method and Finite Difference Method will be discussed in details and applied to basic Geo-Engineering problems encountered in practice. Learning how to use some of the commercially available softwares listed below will be an additional outcome.
Course Description		This course is described as the introduction to numerical analysis and computer modeling of a boundary value problem in geotechnical earthquake engineering.
Course Outcomes		a) A necessary analytical mindset for modeling and approaching the solution of Geotechnical Engineering and Earthquake Geotechnical problems b) Developing a proper knowledge base for numerical methods used in solving boundary value problems in Geo-Engineering c) Learning and making use of computer softwares in solving various problems d) Getting introduced to developing simple yet useful computer codes e) Describing the concepts of the theory of multi-dimensional consolidation in terms of dynamics of porous media f) Acquiring knowledge for static and cyclic load-induced response of soil-structure systems g) Developing an understanding in constitutive modeling of soils particularly under cyclic loads h) Developing numerical tools to capture the dynamic behavior of soils under various loadings i) Evaluating the amount and type of deformations leading to various instabilities caused by earthquake excitations in soils
Pre-requisite(s)		Good graduate standing, engineering mathematics
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Textbook		1- Rahman and Ulker (2018) "Modeling and Computing in Geotechnical Engineering: An Introduction", CRC Press Science Publishers, Bota Raton FL. 2- Cook, R. Markus, Plesha, Witt (2002), Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, 4th Edn. Wiley. 3- Amos Gilat (2008), “MATLAB An Introduction with Applications”, 3rd Ed. John Wiley
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