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| INS4077 | Design of Retaining Structures | 3+0+0 | ECTS:6 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Osman SİVRİKAYA | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Erol Şadoğlu | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims providing knowledge to students about lateral earth pressures and design of retaining structures |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | understand the meaning and concepts of tension and compression stresses for soils. | | 1, | | LO - 2 : | have knowledge about shear strength of soils. | 6,10 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Knowledge about lateral earth pressures theories | 6,10 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | determine the prenciples and requirements on the design of retaining structures. | | | | LO - 5 : | Design of retaining walls | | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Lateral earth pressures. Retaining structures: retaining walls, sheet piled walls, braced excavations. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Stress state of soils, Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria | | | Week 2 | Sress-strain relationship. Shear stresses of cohesive and cohesionless soils. | | | Week 3 | Shear Strength of Soils | | | Week 4 | Lateral earth pressures due to granular soil | | | Week 5 | Lateral earth pressures due to cohesive soil | | | Week 6 | Lateral earth pressures-Rankine Theory
| | | Week 7 | Lateral earth pressures-Coulomb Theory
| | | Week 8 | Types of retaining structures | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Design of retaing wall
| | | Week 11 | Design of retaing wall | | | Week 12 | Principles of Design of Retaing Wall | | | Week 13 | Solid Gravity Walls | | | Week 14 | Reinforced Retaining Walls | | | Week 15 | Design of Retaining Wall based on TBDY (2018)
| | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Uzuner, B.A. 2016; Çözümlü Problemlerle Temel Zemin Mekaniği, Derya Kitabevi, 10. Basım,Trabzon. | | | 2 | Sivrikaya, O. 2021; İnşaat Mühendisliğinde Temel İnşaatı II, Birsen Yayınevi, İstanbul. | | | 3 | Hugh Brooks, 2018. Basics of Retaining Wall Design 11th Edition: A design guide for earth retaining structures
| | | 4 | Bowles, J.E.1988; Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Fourth Edition,Singapore
| | | 5 | Das, B. M; Principles of Foundation Engineering,PWS-KENT Publishing Company, Second Edition, USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 23/11/2021 | 1,5 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 11/01/2021 | 1,5 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Uygulama | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Ödev | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 66 |
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