PAÜ .:. Eğitim Öğretim Bilgi Sistemi

COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
GENG 301	SOIL MECHANICS	2 + 2	5th Semester

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Course Objective	The aim of this course is to know and use of soil mechanics principle in necessary position, to recognize soil mechanics problems and produce an engineering solution, to planning geotechnical and soil investigation studies and perform correctly.
Course Content	Introduction to geotechnics and soil mechanics, analysis of soil systems, Including simple soil properties, soil phase relationships and classification, engineering index properties, permeability, natural and effective stress, seepage through soils and flow nets, soil compaction, Laboratory determination of the basic properties of soil, including sieve analysis, atterberg limits, unit weight of soil, water content, permeability and compaction, Principles of soil mechanics and their applications, Including stress and stress distribution in a soil mass, shear strength of soils, settlement and consolidation theory, foundation design and bearing capacity of soils, Slope stability, lateral earth pressure, analysis and design of retaining walls, Laboratory determination of the advanced properties of soils, including confined and unconfined compressive strength, shear strength of soil, consolidation.
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	To learn; physical properties of soil, soil classification, stress analysis

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	PO 12	PO 13	PO 14	PO 15	PO 16	PO 17	PO 18	PO 19	PO 20
LO 001	2	4	2		2	2	4	5	2					2	2	2	5	1
Sub Total	2	4	2		2	2	4	5	2					2	2	2	5	1
Contribution	2	4	2	0	2	2	4	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	5	1	0	0

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	4	56
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	5	70
Mid-terms	1	20	20
Final examination	1	23	23
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			169

COURSE DETAILS

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Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
GENG 301	SOIL MECHANICS	2 + 2	1	Turkish	2020-2021 Fall

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Asts. Prof. Dr. TURGAY BEYAZ	tbeyaz@pau.edu.tr		MUH B0021 MUH B0128	%80 (Uygulamalı teorik derslerde devam sağlayan öğrenci tekrar aynı dersi aldığında devam koşulu aranır.)

Goals		The aim of this course is to know and use of soil mechanics principle in necessary position, to recognize soil mechanics problems and produce an engineering solution, to planning geotechnical and soil investigation studies and perform correctly.
Content		Introduction to geotechnics and soil mechanics, analysis of soil systems, Including simple soil properties, soil phase relationships and classification, engineering index properties, permeability, natural and effective stress, seepage through soils and flow nets, soil compaction, Laboratory determination of the basic properties of soil, including sieve analysis, atterberg limits, unit weight of soil, water content, permeability and compaction, Principles of soil mechanics and their applications, Including stress and stress distribution in a soil mass, shear strength of soils, settlement and consolidation theory, foundation design and bearing capacity of soils, Slope stability, lateral earth pressure, analysis and design of retaining walls, Laboratory determination of the advanced properties of soils, including confined and unconfined compressive strength, shear strength of soil, consolidation.

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	Origin and the types of the soils
2	Physical properties of soils.
3	Size distribution and sieve analysis
4	Soil classification systems
5	Stress in soils
6	Soil distribution in soils.
7	Consolidation
8	Consolidation practice
9	İn-situ tests
10	İn-situ tests-practice
11	Bearing capacity of soils.
12	Bearing capacity of soils practice
13	Compaction
14	Preparing the soil investigation report

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Resources	Resources Language
	Türkçe
1) Geoteknik Mühendisliği İlkeler ve Uygulamalar - Donald P. Coduto (Çevirenler: Murat Mollamahmutoğlu, Kamil Kayabalı), Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.	Türkçe
2) Geoteknik Mühendisliğine Giriş - Robert D. Holtz, William D. Kovacs (Çeviren: Kamil Kayabalı), Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.	Türkçe
3) Temel Tasarımı İlkeler ve Uygulamalar - Donald P. Coduto (Çevirenler: Murat Mollamahmutoğlu, Kamil Kayabalı), Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.	Türkçe
4) Zemin Mekaniği ve Zemin Mühendisliğine Giriş - Adnan Özdemir, Konya.	Türkçe
5) Zemin Mekaniği (I. Cilt) - Mesut Köseoğlu, Denizli İl Özel İdaresi Yayın No: 6, Denizli.	Türkçe
6) Zemin Mekaniği (II. Cilt) - Mesut Köseoğlu, Denizli İl Özel İdaresi Yayın No: 6, Denizli.	Türkçe
7) Zemin Mekaniği ve Temeller - Deniz Genç, JMO Yayın No: 100, Ankara.	Türkçe
8) Soil Mechanics - R. F. Craig, ELBS with Chapman and Hall, London.	English
9) Çözümlü Problemlerle Temel Zemin Mekaniği - Bayram Ali Uzuner, Teknik Yayınevi, Ankara.	Türkçe
10) Zemin Mekaniği - Kutay Özaydın, Birsen Yayınevi, İstanbul.	Türkçe
11) Çözümlü Problemlerle Zemin Mekaniği - K. Özüdoğru, O. Tan, İ. H. Aksoy, Birsen Yayınevi, İstanbul.	Türkçe
12) İnşaat Mühendisliğinde Zemin Mekaniği - P. Leonard Capper, W. Fisher Cassie (Çevirenler: Vahit Kumbasar, Fazıl Kip), Çağlayan Kitabevi, İstanbul.	Türkçe
13) Zemin Mekaniği Problemleri - Vahit Kumbasar, Fazıl Kip, Çağlayan Kitabevi, İstanbul.	Türkçe

Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam	60	Final Exam
Midterm Exam	40	Midterm Exam

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

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