GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

SOIL MECHANICS LABORATORY TESTS/5181332

Course Title:	SOIL MECHANICS LABORATORY TESTS
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

Knows the importance of soil tests
Knows the importance of the liquid limit test
Knows the strong and weak points of the liquid limit test (Casagrande and Cone Penetration)
Knows the importance of index tests
Knows the classification of soils
Knows the consolidation test and its evalaluation
Knows the shear box test and its evalaluation
Knows the triaxial test and its evalaluation
Knows the compaction test and its evalaluation
Knows the CBR test and its evalaluation

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	The place and importance of the laboratory tests in soil mechanics applications
2. Week	Liquid limit tests (Casagrande and Cone Penetration Methods)
3. Week	Plastic and shrinkage limit tests
4. Week	Specific gravity test
5. Week	Sieve analysis and Hydrometer test
6. Week	Laser diffraction test
7. Week	Classification of soils (according to USCS and AASHTO)
8. Week	Midterm Exam-Dry unit weight – water content relationship (compaction) tests
9. Week	Dry unit weight – water content relationship (compaction) tests
10. Week	CBR test
11. Week	Consolidation test
12. Week	Consolidation test
13. Week	Triaxial compression test
14. Week	Direct shear test, Permability tests
15. Week
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	1	40
Assignment	0	0
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		40
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		60

-- 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
Reading Tasks	14	3	42
Searching in Internet and Library	14	3	42
Material Design and Implementation			0
Report Preparing	8	3	24
Preparing a Presentation	6	3	18
Presentation	6	3	18
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	2	3	6
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	2	3	6
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			198
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.92
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
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6					X
7					X
8				X
9				X
10				X
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12			X
13				X
14				X
15					X

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÖZER)

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

(http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ozerm)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(ozerm@gazi.edu.tr)

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