COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SOIL MECHANICS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TJT 1012 SOIL MECHANICS I COMPULSORY 2 4 0 6

Offered By

GEOTECHNICS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

NURCIHAN TAŞKIN

Offered to

GEOTECHNICS

Course Objective

Ground survey report that is required during the preparation of soil mechanics soil mechanics laboratory tests done by the student. To learn methods of calculation. Experiment to learn the preparation of the final report.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to describe the properties of the soil
2   Ability to apply physical properties of soil mechanics laboratory experiments
3   Ability to Reporting experimental data
4   Ability to Classify the soil
5   Ability to interpret the experimental results

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 Mechanics Laboratory, general information about the course, the creation of groups for laboratory test work, determination of water content of soils
2 Test unit weight on the soil, implementation of the method of waxing cohesionless material, preparing the test report
3 Finding unit weight with sand cone method, preparation of test report
4 Specific gravity testing, calibration of the Volumetric Flask determination, determination of specific gravity of cohesive soils, preparation of test report
5 Determination of specific gravity of cohesionless soils, preparing the test report
6 Determination of liquid limit of soils with Casagrande method, preparation of test report
7 Determination of liquid limit of soils with cone penetration method, plastic limit test, preparation of test report
8 Shrinkage limit test, preparation of test report
9 Midterm Exam + laboratory work
10 Sieve analysis, mechanical sieve analysis, testing, drawing grain size distribution curve and preparation of test report
11 Hydrometer analysis, drawing grain size distribution curve and preparation of test report
12 Evaluation of sieve analysis and classification of soil
13 Examination of the reports and missing or problematic repetition of experiments
14 Examination of the reports and missing or problematic repetition of experiments

Recomended or Required Reading

Experimental Soil Mechanics, Dr. Mustafa Aytekin (in Turkish)
Soil Mechanics Laboratory Tests, Dr. Cihan Taylan Akdağ, Nurcihan Taşkın (in Turkish)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course of theoretical lectures in the classroom, in the form of application will be processed in the laboratory. A faculty member will explain threads with slides, create in the form of question and answer discussion with students and practice in the laboratory experiments about the subject matter. will provide information after the end of experiments about preparation of reports and evaluation of results

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRC PRACTICE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 +PRC * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + PRC * 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

Mid term exam : %25
Laboratory work: %25
Final exam: %50

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nurcihan.taskin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 9 9
Preparing assignments 3 7 21
Field study 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11
LO.2111
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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