Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS Credits
5ÇEV 359Soil Mechanics3+0+034

Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Environmental Engineering
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Type of Course Unit Elective
Objectives of the Course To introduce the mechanical and hydraulic properties of soils on which construction activities will be carried out.
Course Content Physical and index properties of the soils, classification, compaction, hydraulic properties, capillarity, frost action, effective neutral and total stress, Stress-deformation relationships of soils, stress
distribution, consolidation, shear strength, earth pressures.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Associate Prof.Dr. Nihat Dipova
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Victor N. Kaliakin, Soil Mechanics: Calculations, Principles, and Methods, Butterworth Heinemann, 462 pages, 2017

Course Category
Engineering %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 1 42 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 1 8 8
Mid-terms 1 20 20
Final examination 1 50 50
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 120

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Learns the origin of soils, classification and index properties
2 Understands the hydraulic and mechanical properties of soils
3 Learns to determine the soil properties in the laboratory
4 Learn the compressibility of the soils and to calculate this


Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Earth crust and earth’s interior
2 Minerals and rocks
3 Physical and index properties, classification
4 Physical and index properties, classification
5 Compaction
6 Hydraulic properties, capillarity, permeability, frost action
7 Hydraulic properties, capillarity, permeability, frost action
8 Effective and total stress, stress-deformation relationship, stress distribution
9 Consolidation
10 Consolidation
11 Shear strength
12 Shear strength
13 Shear strength
14 Earth pressure


Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
All 5
C1
C2
C3
C4

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