1	Course Title:	SOIL MECHANICS II
2	Course Code:	INS3072
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	1
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	1
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Dr. Ögr. Üyesi YEŞİM SEMA ÜNSEVER
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	unsever@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Gain the ability to understand the theory and to dExplanation of calculations and problem solutions interest with soil and structures, which are replaced on soil by using fundamental soil mechanic’s concept such as consolidation theory, shear strength of soils, lateral earth pressure and slope stability.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To be capable to calculate consolidation settlement ; 2 Identification of shear strength of soil ; 3 To be able to calculate and analyze lateral earth pressures; 4 To be able to define the slope stability ; 5 Gain the skill about defining the mechanical properties of soil by carrying out basic laboratory tests. And to be able to report the experiment results and evaluate them.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction	Theory, Problem Session
2	Consolidation, Oedometer test	Theory, Problem Session
3	Consolidation, Settlement calculation	Theory, Problem Session
4	Consolidation, Settlement calculation	Theory, Problem Session
5	Shear Strength of Soils and Related experiments	Theory, Problem Session
6	Shear Strength of Soils and Related experiments	Theory, Problem Session
7	Shear Strength of Soils and Related experiments	Theory, Problem Session
8	Lateral Earth Pressures, Rankine Theory	Theory, Problem Session
9	Lateral Earth Pressures, Rankine Theory	Theory, Problem Session
10	Lateral Earth Pressures, Rankine Theory	Theory, Problem Session
11	Slope stability, Failure modes and their calculation methods	Theory, Problem Session
12	Slope stability, Failure modes and their calculation methods	Theory, Problem Session
13	Slope stability, Failure modes and their calculation methods	Theory, Problem Session
14	Stress Distribution in Soils	Problem Session

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	-ÖNALP, A., "Geoteknik Bilgisi 1- Çözümlü Problemlerle Zeminler ve Mekaniği" Birsen Yayınevi, 2007 - UZUNER, B.A. “Temel Zemin Mekaniği” Derya Kitabevi, 2007 - KNAPPETT, J. & CRAIG, R.F. Craig’s Soil Mechanics, 2012 -MITCHELL, J.K.&SOGA, “Fundamentals of Soil Behaviour”, 3.Ed.Wiley, 1992 -DAS, BM., “Principles of Geotechnical Engineering”, PWS, 2005 - HOLTZ, R.D., KOVACS, W.D. & THOMAS, C.S. “Geoteknik Mühendisliğine Giriş” Nobel Yayınevi, 2015
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	2	10
Final Exam	1	60
Total	4	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	14	1	14
Self Study and Preparation	14	3	42
Homeworks, Performances	2	4	8
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	2	2
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	2	2
Total WorkLoad			98
Total workload/ 30 hr			3,2
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 5 4 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 5 4 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 5 4 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 5 4 0 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO5 5 4 3 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High