GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

EXPERIMENTAL SOIL MECHAICS/6321308

Course Title:	EXPERIMENTAL SOIL MECHAICS
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

Recognize and use the relevant test standards
Knows and calculates measurement uncertainties
Knows how to carry out soil mechanics laboratory experiments.
Knows to interpret the experimental data.
Recognize and set up soil mechanics laboratory test devices.
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-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction, Standards, measurement information, uncertainties arising from measurement
2. Week	Uncertainty calculations
3. Week	Uncertainty calculations
4. Week	Physical properties of soils
5. Week	Compaction and California Transport Ratio (CBR) Tests
6. Week	Constant and Falling Level Permeability Tests
7. Week	Consolidation Test
8. Week	Midterm Examination
9. Week	Cutting Box Test
10. Week	Free Pressure Test
11. Week	Triangular Drainage Pressure Test
12. Week	Triangular Drainage Pressure Test
13. Week	Triangular Drainage Pressure Test
14. Week	Other Special Experiments
15. Week	Other Special Experiments
16. Week	-

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	30
Assignment	0	0
Application	5	15
Projects	0	0
Practice	5	15
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
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

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-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof. Dr. Yüksel YILMAZ)

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

(-)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(yyuksel@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University

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