SOIL MECHANICS

CE361

Course Code: CE361
Semester: Fifth Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 1
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

Fifth Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Sevinç Ünsal Oral

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Understand the importance and fundamental characteristics of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering,
Calculate the weights and volumes of different material phases (minerals, air, and water) in soils, and comprehend soil plasticity and engineering soil definitions,
Recognize and perform laboratory tests related to soil classification, compaction, and shear strength in accordance with engineering standards,
Understand and compute stresses within a soil mass and the concept of soil shear strength,
Estimate settlement magnitude and time relationship under various loading mechanisms, and explain the concept of lateral earth pressure.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

Introduction: engineering problems involving soil. Basic properties of soil, classification and compaction of soil. Effective stress principle. Permeability and water flow (leakage) in soils. Shear strength of soils. Slope stability. Lateral earth pressure theories. Consolidation theory.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction: Origin of soil and grain size and introduction to subsoil exploration
2^nd Week	Physical properties of soils: Weight-volume relationships, plasticity, and structure of soil, engineering classification of soils
3^rd Week	Physical properties of soils: Weight-volume relationships, plasticity, and structure of soil, engineering classification of soils
4^th Week	Soil compaction:Principles and purpose of soil compaction
5^th Week	One-dimensional flow: permeability and seepage, darcy's law, hydraulic gradient, permeability, determination of coefficient of permeability
6^th Week	Effective stresses: stresses in soils, induced stresses due to different types of loading, principle of effective stress, quicksand, critical hydraulic gradient, concept of lateral earth pressures
7^th Week	Effective stresses: stresses in soils, induced stresses due to different types of loading, principle of effective stress, quicksand, critical hydraulic gradient, concept of lateral earth pressures
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Two-dimensional flow: Construction of flow nets
10^th Week	Two-dimensional flow: Construction of flow nets
11^th Week	Consolidation: fundamentals of consolidation, laboratory tests, void ratio-pressure relationships, settlement-time relationship
12^th Week	Consolidation: fundamentals of consolidation, laboratory tests, void ratio-pressure relationships, settlement-time relationship
13^th Week	Strength in soils: Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria, determination of shear strength parameters, strength tests, drained vs undrained strength
14^th Week	Strength in soils: Mohr-Coulomb failure criteria, determination of shear strength parameters, strength tests, drained vs undrained strength
15^th Week	Slope stability: stability of slopes, methods for slope stability analysis

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1		X		X
K2
K3
K4
K5			X
K6
K7
K8	X				X
K9
K10
K11