Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
5ÇEV 359Soil Mechanics3+0+03425.01.2019

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Environmental Engineering
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
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
P11 P12 P13 P21 P22 P31 P32 P41 P42 P51 P52 P61 P62 P63 P71 P72 P73 P74 P75 P81 P82 P91 P101 P102 P103 P111 P112
C1
C2
C3
C4

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