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| INS7306 | Theoretical Soil Mechanics (Eng.) | 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 | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to review the appications and theoretical aspects of fundamentals of soil mechanics |
| 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 mineralogy of soils. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | evaluate seepage and permeability properties of anisotropic soils | 1,5,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | gain the ability to evaluate the bearing capacity theories of soils. | 1,5,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | gain the ability to evaluate liquefaction ability of soils. | 1,5,11 | 1,3 | | PO - 5 : | gain the ability to determine the methods of soil improvement. | 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 | | |
| Soil mineralogy, Bearing capacity, Discharge velocity and seepage velocity, Laplace equation of three and two-dimensional flows, Seepage and permeability in anisotropic soil, Failure theories, Shear strength of soils, Stress path. Methods of slope stability analysis, Bearing capacity theories of soils, Three-dimensional consolidation, Liquefaction of soils, Soil improvement. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Soil mineralogy | | | Week 2 | Soil mineralogy | | | Week 3 | Bearing capacity of Soils | | | Week 4 | seepage and permeability | | | Week 5 | Laplace equation of three and two-dimensional flows, | | | Week 6 | Seepage and permeability in anisotropic soil, | | | Week 7 | Failure theories, | | | Week 8 | Shear strength of cohesionless soils | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Shear strength of cohesive soils | | | Week 11 | Stress path. | | | Week 12 | Methods of slope stability analysis, | | | Week 13 | Bearing capacity theories of soils | | | Week 14 | Three-dimensional consolidation | | | Week 15 | Liquefaction of soils | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | J.P. Bardet (1997) Experimental Soil Mechanics, Prentice-Hall, Inc., (ISBN 0-13-374935-5) | | | |
| 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 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Diğer 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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