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| INS7303 | Shallow Foundations | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Sabriye Banu İKİZLER | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The main objective of shallow foundations course is to examine design of the shallow foundations |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | gain the ability to evaluate knowledge about subsurface investigation. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | determine the coefficient of subgrade reaction of soils by using field tests. | 1,5,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | gain the ability to design shallow foundations. | 1,5,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | design shallow foundations by using finite difference method. | 1,5,11 | 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 | | |
| Subsurface investigation. Pressuremeter test. Plate loading test. Coefficient of subqrade reaction and its determination. Design of foundations by subgrade reaction modulus. Design of strip foundations by finite difference method. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Surface investigation | | | Week 2 | Subsurface investigation. | | | Week 3 | Subsurface investigation. | | | Week 4 | Pressuremeter test. | | | Week 5 | Plate loading test. | | | Week 6 | Determination of subgrade reaction | | | Week 7 | Determination of subgrade reaction | | | Week 8 | Design principles of foundations | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Design of singular foundations. | | | Week 11 | Design of strip foundations. | | | Week 12 | Design of combined foundations. | | | Week 13 | Design of combined foundations. | | | Week 14 | Design of mat foundations | | | Week 15 | Design of mat foundations | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | M.J. Tomlinson (2001) Foundation Design and Construction, Prentice Hall (ISBN 0-13-031180-4) | | | |
| 1 | F.H. Chen (1988) Foundations on Expansive Soils, Elsevier Science Publishing Company Inc.(ISBN 0-444-43036-9) | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 50 | | 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 | 7 | 14 | 98 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 7 | 1 | 7 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Ödev | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 7 | 1 | 7 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 200 |
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