GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
FOUNDATION SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN/5151332
Course Title: FOUNDATION SETTLEMENT ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Course Semester 2 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
1. Evaluation of deformations and settlement occurring in the ground as a result of Foundation Loads.
2.Consolidation Theory and one-dimensional consolidation test evaluation,
3.Elastic and Consolidation settlement calculations,
4.Stress distribution under foundation loads,
5. Consolidation, Settlement of Sandy Soil: Use of Strain Influence Factor,
6.Settlement of Foundation on Sand Based on Standard Penetration resistance

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction, settlement on the buildings, the theory of consolidation,
2. Week  One-dimensional consolidation test,
3. Week  Consolidation parameters, (e-logP graph)
4. Week  Compression Index (Cc),Swell Index (Cs), Coefficient of Consolidation, etc.
5. Week  Normally Consolidated and Overconsolidated Clays
6. Week  Stress distribution under foundation loads,
7. Week  .Settlement of the shallow foundations,
8. Week  Midterm Exam-Consolidation Parameters
9. Week  Elastic settlement,
10. Week  Elastic Settlement of Foundations on Saturated Clay
11. Week  Consolidation settlement,
12. Week  Primary Consolidation settlement,
13. Week  Settlement of Sandy Soil: Use of Strain Influence Factor,
14. Week  TSettlement of Foundation on Sand Based on Standard Penetration resistance.
15. Week  Final Exam.
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
50
 Assignment
1
50
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 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
 Reading Tasks
12
1
12
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
2
24
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
4
6
24
 Preparing a Presentation
2
6
12
 Presentation
2
6
12
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
10
10
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
10
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
6
9
54
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
200
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8
 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)
   (Prof.Dr.mehmet ORHAN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/orhanm)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (orhanm@gazi.edu.tr)