GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS II/5021308

Course Title:	ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS II
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Course Semester	1	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

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-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Strengthen the soil mechanics knowledge background
Teaching the fundamental methods for analysis and design, in the civil engineering problems related to soil mechanics.
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-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction
2. Week	Water in soil
3. Week	One dimensional flow.
4. Week	Two dimensional flow.
5. Week	Seepage problems.
6. Week	Consolidation.
7. Week	Midterm.
8. Week	Time rate of settlement.
9. Week	Stress distribution in soils.
10. Week	Mohr’s circle.
11. Week	Failure theories.
12. Week	Shear strength of soils.
13. Week	Shear strength of soils.
14. Week	Shear strength of soils.
15. Week	Advanced topics.
16. Week	-

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	60
Assignment	1	30
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	15	3	45
Weekly Tutorial Hours	0	0	0
Reading Tasks	15	3	45
Searching in Internet and Library	12	2	24
Material Design and Implementation	0	0	0
Report Preparing	6	6	36
Preparing a Presentation	0	0	0
Presentation	0	0	0
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	1	15	15
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	1	20	20
Other (should be emphasized)	0	0	0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			185
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.4
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

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-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. Sami Oguzhan Akbas)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/soakbas)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(soakbas@gazi.edu.tr)

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