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| INSL7561 | Advanced Soil Mechanics | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third 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. Sabriye Banu İKİZLER | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide students with detailed information on how liquefaction develops in soils, how liquefaction potential is evaluated and how soil improvement is done against liquefaction. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | have knowledge about how liquefaction develops in soils. | 1,2,5 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | have knowledge about the evaluation of the liquefaction potential of soils, | 1,2,5 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | have knowledge about the calculation of jet-grout project | 1,2,5 | 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), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Liquefaction of soils. Evaluation of liquefaction potential from field experiments. Soil improvement with jet grout method against liquefaction. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction | | | Week 2 | Definition of liquefaction mechanism in soils
| | | Week 3 | Evaluation of liquefaction potential in soils
| | | Week 4 | Simplified Liquefaction Analysis | | | Week 5 | Evaluation of safety condition against liquefaction according to Turkish Building Earthquake Code (2018) | | | Week 6 | Performing the SPT experiment and correcting the SPT data
| | | Week 7 | Performing the SPT experiment and correcting the SPT data (Cont.) | | | Week 8 | Stabilization Methods Against Liquefaction Risk
| | | Week 9 | Mid-Term Exam | | | Week 10 | Shear Verification for Jet Grout Column Diameter and Spacing | | | Week 11 | Bearing Force Verification for Jet Grout Column Diameter and Spacing
| | | Week 12 | Calculating the Number of Jet Grout Columns | | | Week 13 | Determination of Bearing Force for Jet Grout Column Length | | | Week 14 | Example Jet Grout Project Evaluation
| | | Week 15 | Example Jet Grout Project Evaluation (Cont.) | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Holtz, R.D., Kovacs, D.W. (1981). An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering, Prentice Hall Publishing( ISBN 0-13-484394-0) | | | 2 | Uzuner, B.A.,2005, Temel Zemin Mekaniği, Derya Kitabevi, 6. Baskı, Trabzon | | | 3 | Erol, O. A. ve Çekinmez, Z., 2014., Geoteknik mühendisliğinde saha deneyleri, Yüksel Proje Yayınları | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 24/11/2021 | 2 | 30 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 12/01/2022 | 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 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 4 | 40 | | Arasınav | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Uygulama | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Ödev | 1.5 | 10 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 5 | 50 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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