COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOIL BEHAVIOR

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5008 SOIL BEHAVIOR ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Geotechnicel Engineering
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide a basis for the understanding of the engineering properties and behavior of soils and the factors controlling changes with time and to indicate how this knowledge is used in the solution of geotechnical problems. Presenting basic concepts of soil mineralogy, composition, engineering properties, fabric, electrolyte system, total and effective stresses, deposits and their geotechnical properties, conductivity, volume change, deformation and strength, time effects.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to recall engineering properties and behavior of soils.
2   To be able to describe factors controlling changes in soil behavior with time.
3   To be able to apply acquired knowledge in the solution of geotechnical problems.
4   To be able to evaluate behavior of soils under loading.
5   To be able to Interpret, report and present solutions of engineering problems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Soil Profile: Rocks and their weathering, formation of soil profiles. HW-1 will be assigned.
2 Individual Soil Particle: Atoms, crystals, soil particles and their mineralogy, methods of compositional analysis
3 Assemblage of Particles: Phase relationships, particle size distribution, relative density, consistency, classification. HW-1 will be submitted.
4 Arrangement of Particles: In clay suspensions and in soils, fabric and its characterization. HW-2 will be assigned.
5 Soil-Water Interaction: Mechanisms, adsorbed water, double layer, attractive and repulsive forces, cation exchange.
6 Stresses in a Soil Mass: Total stress, effective stress, pore water pressure and its measurement, unsaturated soils. HW-2 will be submitted, and HW-3 will be assigned.
7 Soil Deposits: Residual soils, sedimentary soils, fabric-structure-property, liquefaction, sensitivity, dispersion, slaking, collapse, swell.
8 Flow Through Soils: Flow laws, water flow, heat flow, electrical flow, chemical flow, coupled flows, electroosmosis. HW-3 will be submitted.
9 1st Midterm examination.
10 Volume Change Behavior: Preconsolidation, shrinkage, collapse, compression, swell, consolidation, secondary compression, effect of temperature. HW-4 will be assigned.
11 Strength and Deformation Behavior: Fabric-structure-strength, friction, strength parameters for sands and clays, residual strength, cyclic loading and liquefaction, mixed soils, elastic and plastic deformation
12 Strength-Deformation-Time Behavior: Creep, relaxation, aging. HW-4 will be submitted, and HW-5 will be assigned.
13 Presentations
14 2nd Midterm Examination HW-5 will be submitted.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Mitchell, J.K. and Soga, K., (2005): Fundamentals of Soil Behavior, John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey.
Supplementary Books: Lambe, T. W. , Whitman, R.V. Soil Mechanics. Wiley International Edition, 1969.
Holtz, R.D.; Kovacs, W.D. An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering. Prentice-Hall Inc. New Jersey, 1981.
Das, B. M. Advanced Soil mechanics. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course topics will be presented in class. Students will prepare and present reports on article reading, and on engineering analyses done individually.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-4 are evaluated by the questions asked in examinations and by homework reports.
LO5 is evaluated by homework reports.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Minimum 70% attendance is required. Home works should be done with success and within the time limits

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof.Dr. Ali Hakan ÖREN: ali.oren@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced by the instructors within the first week of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 2 12 24
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 5 12 60
Preparing presentations 1 24 24
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 3 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 219

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.154
LO.244
LO.3543
LO.4
LO.5444

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