COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EARTHQUAKE GEOTECHNICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
JEO 4285 EARTHQUAKE GEOTECHNICS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Geological Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR CEM KINCAL

Offered to

Geological Engineering

Course Objective

Determining relationship between earthquake and soil by using insitu and laboratory test results

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to determine the effects of earthquakes on soils
2   Ability to determine the grounds that will be deformed in an earthquake
3   Ability to determine the compressibility of soils
4   Sıvılaşma analizi yapabilme
5   Oturma analizi yapabilme

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Theory of elastic wave
2 Theory of elastic wave
3 Dynamic soil parametres
4 Dynamic soil parametres
5 Dynamic insitu test
6 Dynamic insitu test
7 Effects of earthquake on soils
8 Dynamic laboratory test
9 Equivalent dynamic analysis
10 Equivalent dynamic analysis
11 Liquefaction
12 Settlement after eartquake
13 Introducation to dynamic foundation design
14 Determination of compressibility of soils

Recomended or Required Reading

Reference book : Braja M. Das, and Zhe Luo, 2016. Principles of Soil Dynamics, International Edition, Cengage Learning.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and applications

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

cem.kincal@deu.edu.tr, 2323017344

Office Hours

Monday, 1-2 hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.11555535
LO.21555535
LO.315555555
LO.414535554
LO.514535544