COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CIE 5081 SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTION 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜRKAN ÖZDEN

Offered to

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Geotechnicel Engineering
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

Course Objective

Understanding analytical and numerical modeling aspects of the interplay between subgrade soil and various foundation types.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Determine stress-strain characteristics of subgrade soils.
2   Understand contact pressure distribution beneath foundations.
3   Model subgrade moduli distribution for raft foundations considering contact pressure distribution.
4   Learn analytical and numerical solution of beam on elastic foundation problem.
5   Understand soil-pile interaction phenomenon under static and dynamic loading conditions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Soil-Structure Interaction, General Aspects, HMW #1
2 Structures Supported by the Ground, Static Loads
3 Definition of Relative Settlement in the Foundations of Structures, Damage Criteria for the Assessment of Structures, HMW #2
4 Beam on Elastic Foundations Method for continuous and raft foundations
5 Introduction to Numerical Methods, Methods of Undetermined Parameters, Energy Methods, Finite Difference Method, HMW #3
6 Methods of Undetermined Parameters, Collocation, Subdomain Collocation, Least Squares, Galerkin Method
7 Midterm
8 Energy Methods, Ritz Method, Finite Element Method
9 Foundation Analysis Using Numerical Methods, Shallow Foundations, HMW #4
10 Piled Raft Foundations, General Concepts
11 Analytical Methods for Piled Raft Foundations, HMW #5
12 Soil-Pile Interaction under Lateral Loads - Single Piles
13 Load Deformation Curves for Soil-Pile Interaction
14 Soil-Pile Interaction under Lateral Loads - Pile Groups, HMW #6

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Foundation Analysis, Scott, R. F., Prentice Hall & Englewood Cliffs, 1981;
Design Applications of Raft Foundations, Hemsley, J. A., ICE Publishing, 2000

Supplementary Book(s):
Single Piles and Pile Groups under Lateral Loading, Lymon C. Reese, W. F. Van Impe, 2001, Technology & Engineering

References:

Materials:
Related state of the art articles are followed by the students as reading assigments

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical background of soil-structure interaction will be introduced to the students. Special emphasis will be given to the interplay between subgrade soil and foundation. Students will be asked to do homework assignments on various types of SSI problems. 2D and 3D numerical solution software will also be utilized to illustrate foundation response as a function of soil and structural stiffness.

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 * 0.30 + ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + MAKRASG * 0.40 + MAKRRST * 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 3, 4 and 5 will be assessed by means of the midterm and the final exam.

LO 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be assessed by means of homework assignments.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is mandatory. Rules and format regarding the term project will be handed out to the students at the beginning of the semester.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gurkan.ozden@deu.edu.tr /Office phone: 0 232 301 7061

Office Hours

Exact office hours are announced early in the semester. The student may also ask for an appointment.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 6 15 90
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
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.124
LO.224
LO.344
LO.4434
LO.54553443

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