GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
SLOPE STAB. TECHNİQUES/5081332
Course Title: SLOPE STAB. TECHNİQUES
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
Students who took this course learn shear strength of soils and rocks
Students who took this course learn classical limit equilibrium methods
Students who took this course learn the slope stabilisaton techniques
Students who took this course learn shear strength of soils and rocks
Students who took this course learn classical limit equilibrium methods
Students who took this course learn the slope stabilization techniques
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Effective stress and strength
2. Week  Short and long term stability
3. Week  Classical limit equilibrium methods (Bishop method)
4. Week  Classical limit equilibrium methods (Morgenstern and Price Method)
5. Week  General evaluation of limit equilibrium methods
6. Week  Rock material and discontinuities
7. Week  Rock mass
8. Week  Rock slope stability, plannar failure
9. Week  Rock slope stability, wedge and toppling failure
10. Week  Kinematical methods
11. Week  General evaluation
12. Week  Slope stabilisation methods
13. Week  Slope stabilisation methods
14. Week  Groundwater drainage, rigid retaining structures
15. Week  General evaluation
16. Week  Final exam
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
40
 Assignment
1
10
 Application
0
0
 Projects
1
10
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 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
0
0
 Reading Tasks
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
3
42
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
4
5
20
 Preparing a Presentation
2
5
10
 Presentation
1
4
4
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
10
10
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
20
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
176
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.04
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nihat Sinan IŞIK)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/nihatsinan)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (nihatsinan@gazi.edu.tr)