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| SEC 420 | Retaining Structures | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of CIVIL ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ümit ÇALIK | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims providing knowledge to students about lateral earth pressures distributions, design and calculation of earth retaining structures (retaining walls, sheet pile walls and braced excavations). |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Have knowledge about lateral earth pressure theories and calculations. | 1,3,4,5,9,11 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | Have knowledge about design, calculation and stability of earth retaining structures (retaining walls, sheet pile walls and braced excavations). | 1,3,4,5,9,11 | 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. Earth retaining structures: Retaining walls, sheet pile walls and braced excavations. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Lateral Earth Pressure | | | Week 2 | Rankine Active Earth Pressure | | | Week 3 | Rankine Active Earth Pressure | | | Week 4 | Coulomb's Active Earth Pressure | | | Week 5 | Coulomb's Active Earth Pressure | | | Week 6 | Rankine Passive Earth Pressure | | | Week 7 | Coulomb's Passive Earth Pressure | | | Week 8 | Active and Passive Earth Pressure under Earthquake Conditions | | | Week 9 | Written midterm exam | | | Week 10 | Retaining Walls (Design and Stability) | | | Week 11 | Mechanically Stabilized Retaining Walls | | | Week 12 | Sheet Piled Walls (Design and Stability) | | | Week 13 | Sheet Piled Walls (Design and Stability) | | | Week 14 | Braced Excavations (Cut) (Design and Stability) | | | Week 15 | Braced Excavations (Cut) (Design and Stability) | | | Week 16 | Written end-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Çalık, Ü.; Ders Notları. | | | |
| 1 | Das, B. M. 2015; Principles of Foundation Engineering 8th edition, Cengage Learning, Boston. | | | |
| 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 3 | 6 | 18 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 4 | 8 | 32 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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