PAÜ .:. Eğitim Öğretim Bilgi Sistemi

COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
INS 506	SOIL STRUCTURES AND SOIL IMPROVEMENT	3 + 0	1st Semester	7,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Master's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	To solve design and control problems of soil improvements, to solve soil engineering problems.
Course Content	"Engineering structures made of soil and rock, soil and rockfill dams, highways, cut&fills and problems encountered during their construction; Soil improvement methods, applications in highways, dams and buildings, densification, compaction, pre-consolidation, sand and geosynthetic drainage; Improvement with additives such as lime, cement, etc.; Liquefaction and soil improvement; Soil reinforcement techniques, grouting and mixing techniques, jet grouting, nails, tie-backs; Verification of soil improvement. " .
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Will be able to organize soil investigations.
2	Will be able to identify and solve soil problems.
3	Will be able to compare improvements methods and solve design.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

	PO 01	PO 02	PO 03	PO 04	PO 05	PO 06	PO 07	PO 08	PO 09	PO 10	PO 11
LO 001	5	4	4	4	5	5	2	3	4	4	5
LO 002	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	4	5
LO 003	5	4	4	4	5	5	2	3	4	4	5
Sub Total	15	12	12	12	15	15	9	9	12	12	15
Contribution	5	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	4	4	5

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	3	42
Assignments	2	30	60
Mid-terms	1	25	25
Final examination	1	26	26
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			195 7,5

COURSE DETAILS

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	Course Term	No	Instructors
Details	2023-2024 Fall	1	DEVRİM ALKAYA

Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
INS 506	SOIL STRUCTURES AND SOIL IMPROVEMENT	3 + 0	1	Turkish	2023-2024 Fall

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Assoc. Prof. Dr. DEVRİM ALKAYA	dalkaya@pau.edu.tr		MUH B0112	%

Goals		To solve design and control problems of soil improvements, to solve soil engineering problems.
Content		"Engineering structures made of soil and rock, soil and rockfill dams, highways, cut&fills and problems encountered during their construction; Soil improvement methods, applications in highways, dams and buildings, densification, compaction, pre-consolidation, sand and geosynthetic drainage; Improvement with additives such as lime, cement, etc.; Liquefaction and soil improvement; Soil reinforcement techniques, grouting and mixing techniques, jet grouting, nails, tie-backs; Verification of soil improvement. " .

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	İntroduction
2	Malzemesi toprak (zemin) olan inşaat mühendisliği yapıları
3	rock and soil fills, roads, dams
4	importance of soil improvement in civil engineering
5	Foundation soil and sufficiency of the foundation soils
6	Soil ımprovement methods
7	Ground improvement by compaction. Shallow compaction. Compaction equipment
8	Examination
9	Consolidation by preloading.
10	Ground improvement by sand columns
11	Deep compaction, Dynamic consolidation.
12	Improvement by injection.,Soil investigation for injection, injection materials and methods.
13	Soil Nailing, Reiforced Earth,
14	Application and Design.Case Studies.

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam	50	Final Exam
Midterm Exam	50	Midterm Exam

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

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