| Course Type | Compulsory Course |
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| Course Level | Bachelor's Degree |
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| Year of Study | 3 |
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| Semester | Sixth Term (Spring) |
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| ECTS | 5 |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Learning Outcomes |
At the end of this course, the students;
- Understand the distribution of stresses within a soil mass,
- Explain and calculate immediate (elastic) settlement, consolidation settlement, and allowable settlement, as well as the foundation settlements of granular and cohesive soils,
- Compute the bearing capacity of cohesive and cohesionless soils and determine the allowable bearing capacity of foundations,
- Review and apply earth pressure theories, understand retaining systems such as cantilever and gravity retaining walls, anchored walls, and mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls, and comprehend the principles of retaining structure design,
- Classify different types of piles, explain the load-bearing capacity of a single pile in cohesive and cohesionless soils, and understand the design and settlement behavior of pile groups.
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| Mode of Delivery | Face to face |
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| Prerequisites | Yes(CE361) |
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| Recommended Optional Programme Components | |
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| Course Description | General Principles of Foundation Design, Soil Investigation and Soil Tests, Shallow Foundations, Deep Foundations, Earth Structures and Lateral Pressures, Slope Stability Analysis. |
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| Course Contents |
| WEEK |
TOPICS |
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1st Week |
Introduction |
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2nd Week |
Stress Distribution in Soils |
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3rd Week |
Site Investigation: Planning of borings, boring methods, sampling, in-situ (field) tests |
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4th Week |
Settlement of Structures: Initial (elastic) settlement, consolidation settlement, allowable settlement |
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5th Week |
Settlement of Structures: Settlements of footings on granular and cohesive soils |
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6th Week |
Bearing Capacity of Soils: Bearing capacity of cohesionless and cohesive soils |
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7th Week |
Bearing Capacity of Soils: Allowable bearing capacity of soils, use of field tests |
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8th Week |
Midterm |
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9th Week |
Design of Shallow Foundations: Types of shallow foundations, rigid design of shallow foundations on cohesionless soils |
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10th Week |
Design of Shallow Foundations: Design of shallow foundations on cohesive soils, use of in-situ tests in foundation design |
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11th Week |
Retaining Structures, Excavations: Review of earth pressure theory, earth retaining systems, cantilever and gravity retaining walls, anchored walls, |
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12th Week |
Retaining Structures, Excavations: Reinforced earth walls, design of retaining structures |
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13th Week |
Pile Foundations: Classification of piles, types of piles, |
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14th Week |
Pile Foundations: Bearing capacity of a single pile in cohesionless and cohesive soils |
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15th Week |
Pile Foundations: Design of pile groups, settlement of pile groups |
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| Recommended or Required Reading | Reference Book:
Das, B.M., Principles of Foundation Engineering, 2007.
Additional References:
Varghese, P.C., Foundation Engineering, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2005.
Tomlinson, M.J., Foundation Design and Construction, Prentice Hall, 2001.
Day, R.W., Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering: Design and Construction, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1999.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
- Lecture
- Problem Solving
- Questions/Answers
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria |
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Quantity |
Percentage (%) |
| Mid-term |
1 |
30 |
| Assignment |
1 |
5 |
| Quiz |
1 |
20 |
| Attendance |
1 |
5 |
| Total(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) |
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60 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) |
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40 |
| Total(%) |
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100 |
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| ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload |
| Activities |
Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Midterm exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Preparation for Quiz |
1 |
10 |
10 |
| Individual or group work |
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| Preparation for Final exam |
1 |
45 |
45 |
| Course hours |
14 |
4 |
56 |
| Preparation for Midterm exam |
1 |
30 |
30 |
| Laboratory (including preparation) |
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| Final exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Homework |
1 |
4 |
4 |
| Quiz |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Total Work Load | 150 |
| Total Work Load / 30 (h) | 5 |
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Work Placement(s) | No |
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