GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
DEEP FAUNDATION/5871308
Course Title: DEEP FAUNDATION
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
To understand the pile types
To perform bearing capacity of piles
To calculate settlement of piles
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 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Classification of pile types
2. Week  Effect of pile instillation
3. Week  Bearing capacity of piles in clay
4. Week  Bearing capacity of piles in sand
5. Week  Bearing capacity of piles in rock
6. Week  Pile groups
7. Week   Midterm Exam
8. Week  Pile load tests and interpretation
9. Week  Load-settlement of piles
10. Week  Dynamic analyses of piles
11. Week  Laterally loaded piles
12. Week  Bearing capacity of drilled shafts
13. Week  Construction of drilled shafts
14. Week  Construction of drilled shafts
15. Week  LRFD
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
2
70
 Assignment
6
15
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
3
15
 Percent of In-term Studies  
60
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
40
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
10
3
30
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
6
6
36
 Preparing a Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
10
20
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
15
15
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
185
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.4
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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1Course develops student’s skills of expression and researchX
2Grasping the inter-disciplinary interaction related to his fieldX
3The ability to use the expert-level theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in his field
4Interpreting and forming new types of knowledge by combining the knowledge from the area and the knowledge from various other disciplinesX
5Solves the issues of his field by using scientific methods
6The ability to carry out a specialist study related to his area independently
7Developing new strategic approaches to solve the unforeseen and complex problems arising in the practical processesX
8Coming up with solutions while taking responsibility
9Fulfilling the leader role in the environments where solutions are sought for the problems related to his field
10Evaluates issues with a critical eye and encourages learning
11Transferring the current developments in the area and his/her own work within the national and international environments orally, visually and in written formsX
12Ability to see and develop social relationships and the norms directing these relationships with a critical look and the ability to take action to change these when necessary
13Having proficiency in a foreign language and establishing written and oral communication with that language
14Uses computer programs competent enough for his department
15Using communication technologies efficiently and according to the needs of the department
16Collects data related to the field, reviews and makes conclusions; implements and shares them by considering ethical values
17Develops different perspectives related to the field, plans them and assesses them within the quality framework
18Internalizes the knowledge gained in the field, transforms it into a skill and uses it with interdisciplinary studies
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Dr. Ayhan Gürbüz)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (agurbuz@gazi.edu.tr)