COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS - II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5042 ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS - II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

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 present fundamentals of mechanical behavior of soils on a rather theoretical basis compared to soil mechanics courses at undergraduate level, presenting basic concepts and introducing more advanced topics in consolidation, settlement and shear strength.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to analyze compression and consolidation of soils.
2   To be able to apply advanced solution methods on consolidation problems.
3   To be able to estimate shear strength of soils.
4   To be able to distinguish total and effective stress analysis.
5   To be able to evaluate settlement of footings.
6   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 CONSOLIDATION: Fundamentals of Consolidation: General concepts and theory of one-dimensional consolidation. HW-1 will be assigned.
2 Numerical solution for one dimensional consolidation. Degree of consolidation under time-dependent loading. HW-1 will be assigned.
3 One-dimensional consolidation test. Secondary consolidation.
4 Consolidation by Sand Drains. Degree of consolidation with vertical and radial drainage. HW-1 will be submitted, and HW-2 will be assigned.
5 EVALUATION OF SOIL SETTLEMENT: Immediate Settlement: Immediate settlement from theory of elasticity.
6 Immediate settlement calculation in granular soils. HW-2 will be submitted, and HW-3 will be assigned.
7 Primary Consolidation Settlement: One-dimensional consolidation settlement. Skempton-Bjerrum modification. Settlement of over-consolidated clay. Precompression. Secondary Consolidation Settlement.
8 Stress-path Method of Settlement Calculation: Definition of stress path. Calculation of settlements from stress paths. HW-3 will be submitted, and HW-4 will be assigned.
9 1st Midterm examination.
10 SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS: Shear Strength of Granular Soils: Direct shear and triaxial shear tests. Critical void ratio. Comments on and correlations for friction angle. HW-4 will be submitted.
11 Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils: Triaxial testing and unconfined compression test in clays. Undrained shear strength. HW-5 will be assigned.
12 Water content and shear strength. Vane shear test. Shear strength anisotropy. Use of drained and undrained shear strength parameters for foundation design.
13 Presentations.
14 2nd Midterm Examination HW-5 will be submitted.

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook: Das, B. M. Advanced Soil mechanics. Taylor & Francis, New York, 2008.
Supplementary Books: Lambe, T. W. , Whitman, R.V. Soil Mechanics. Wiley International Edition, 1969.
Craig, R.F. Craig's Soil Mechanics. Spon Press, New York, 2004.
Holtz, R.D.; Kovacs, W.D. An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering. Prentice-Hall Inc. New Jersey, 1981.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course topics will be presented in class. Students will prepare and present reports on the engineering analyses done individually about compression-consolidation, shear strength and settlement.

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

LO1-5 are evaluated by the questions asked in examinations and by homework reports.
LO6 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)

Prof.Dr. Arif Şengün Kayalar: arif.kayalar@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 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 12 24
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 5 12 60
Preparing presentations 1 12 12
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 3 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.144
LO.2444
LO.344
LO.454
LO.544
LO.64444

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