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| INSL5723 | Engineering Properties of Soils and Applications | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second 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 | Doç. Dr. Zekai ANGIN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The main objective of the engineering properties of soils and applications course is to examine the theory of soil mechanics and describes the experiments and applications to the engineering problems. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | gain ability to evaluate knowledge about formation of soils | 1,2 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | determine the engineering properties of soils by using laboratory tests. | 1,2 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | evaluate the engineering properties of soils | 1,2 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | evaluate applications of the engineering properties of soils to geotechnical engineering problems. | 1,5 | 1,3 | | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction; Soil Composition & Texture; Soil Classification & Index Properties; Soil Sampling & Disturbance; Compaction & Factors Controlling Compaction; Flow of Water in Soils, Permeability; Consolidation; Theory of Consolidation; Consolidation & Settlement; Stress-Strain Properties of Soils; Stress-Strain Behavior of Soils; Evaluation of Bearing Capacity of Soils in Engineering Applications. Shear Strength Properties of Soils ; Evaluation of Shear Strength of Soils in Engineering Applications; Evaluation of Site Conditions. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction; | | | Week 2 | Soil Composition & Texture; | | | Week 3 | Soil Composition & Texture; | | | Week 4 | Soil Classification & Index Properties; | | | Week 5 | Soil Sampling & Disturbance; | | | Week 6 | Compaction and Factors Controlling Compaction; | | | Week 7 | Evaluation of flow of water and permeability in soils | | | Week 8 | Evaluation of consolidation of clays in engineering applications | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Stress-Strain Behavior of Soils; | | | Week 11 | Stress-Strain Behavior of Soils; | | | Week 12 | Evaluation of Bearing Capacity of Soils in Engineering Applications | | | Week 13 | Evaluation of Bearing Capacity of Soils in Engineering Applications. | | | Week 14 | Evaluation of Shear Strength of Soils in Engineering Applications | | | Week 15 | Evaluation of Shear Strength of Soils in Engineering Applications | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | BARDET, J.P., (1997) Experimental Soil Mechanics, Prentice-Hall, Inc., (ISBN 0-13-374935-5) | | | |
| 1 | JB.M.Das(1998)Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, PWS Publishing( ISBN 0-534-95179-1) | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | | Laboratory exam | 11 | | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 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 | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 102 |
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