|
|
| MINE3003 | Soil Mechanics | 2+0+1 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of laboratory per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. İzzet KARAKURT | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The purpose of this course is to deal with the study of the physical properties of soil and the behavior of soil masses subjected to various types of forces. In this course it is studied relations of soil physical and chemical properties to strength, visco-elastic property and pressure-volume relationships of soil systems, stress-strain characteristics of soil, environmental engineering applications of soil mechanics, field investigation methods and laboratory tests of basic soil properties. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | have knowledge of the basic properties of soil. | 2,5 | 1,4, | | LO - 2 : | understand mechanical behavior of soil materials. | 2,5 | 1,4, | | LO - 3 : | understand the principle of effective stress, and be able to apply this to calculate the stresses causing soil deformation. | 2,5 | 1,4, | | LO - 4 : | calculate quantities of water flowing through the ground, and understand the effects that water flow has on the soil. | 2,5 | 1,4, | | LO - 5 : | determine the strength parameters appropriate to a range of stability problems, and understand the difference between total and effective stress approaches. | 2,5 | 1,4, | | LO - 6 : | apply basic principles to common practical problems of design and construction. | 2,5 | 1,4, | | LO - 7 : | familiarize with standard laboratory and field methods of soil analysis. | 2,5 | 1,4, | | 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 | | |
| Basic properties of soil, soil analysis and classification, water in the ground, compression and consolidation, permeability, shear strength of soil, stress distribution, site investigation, current geotechnical design specifications. |
| |
| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Basic properties of soil | | | Week 2 | Physical properties: soil composition, soil phases,weight-volume relationships | | | Week 3 | Index properties: particle size distribution
| | | Week 4 | Index properties: consistency limits | | | Week 5 | Determination of liquid and plastic Limit | | | Week 6 | Determination of plasticity index and shrinkage limit | | | Week 7 | Soil classification systems | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Unified soil classification (USC) system | | | Week 10 | Textural soil classification system (USDA) | | | Week 11 | Moisture density relationships | | | Week 12 | Soil Compaction | | | Week 13 | Flow of water in soils, permeability and seepage | | | Week 14 | Geostatic stresses: vertical and horizontal stresses | | | Week 15 | Stress distribution in soil mass | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | McCarthy, D.F., 2002, Essentials of soil mechanics and foundations, Basic geotechnics, sixth edition, Prentice Hall, 790 p. | | | |
| 1 | Singh, R.H. and Ghose, A.K, 2006, Engineered rock structures in mining and civil construction, Taylor and Francis, 536 p. | | | 2 | Murthy, V.N., 2002, Geotechnical engineering: principles and practices of soil mechanics and foundation engineering, New York: Marcel Dekker Incorporated, 253 p. | | | 3 | Craig, R.F., 1997, Soil mechanics, London: Spon Press, 376 p. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 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 | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 8 | 1 | 8 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 1 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 108 |
|