1	Course Title:	ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS
2	Course Code:	INS6074
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
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 0224 2942946
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Theoretical background to understand and solve problems in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering areas numerically. Consolidation theory in details considering swelling and collapsible soils.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Be able to understand soil stress and strain behaviors ; 2 Be able understand and solve stress and strain relationships in soils; 3 Be able to calculate stresses and strains in soils.; 4 Be able to learn consolidation theory in details; 5 Be able to analyze consolidations and settlements in soils.; 6 Be able to learn critical state soil mechanics;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction
2	Concept of stress and strain, Principal stresses and strain; Stress- strain relationships
3	Concept of stress and strain, Principal stresses and strain; Stress- strain relationships
4	Special matrices, Plane stress, Plane strain
5	Mohr's diagram, Stress-paths, Stress distribution in soils, Stresses under footings resting on elastic media
6	Mohr's diagram, Stress-paths, Stress distribution in soils, Stresses under footings resting on elastic media
7	Effective stress concept. Capillary phenomenon, Applications
8	Elastic settlement of soils, Pore pressure parameters
9	One- dimensional consolidation theory. Consolidation test, Secondary consolidation, Radial Consolidation
10	Settlement of foundations, Immediate, consolidation and secondary consolidation settlements, Skempton-Bjerrum correction.
11	Applications (Settlement correction for the construction period, sand drains, pre-consolidation, stress path method.)
12	Swelling and Collapsible Soils
13	Swelling and Collapsible Soils
14	Some applications and examples

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Harr, M. E., Foundations of Theoretical Soil Mechanics, McGraw Hill, 1966.; Lambe, W and R. V. Whitman. Soil Mechanics. John Wiley, 1969; Das, B. M., Advanced Soil Mechanics. Mc Graw Hill, 1985; Das, B. M. Principles of Foundation Engineering. PWS- Kent Publishing Co., 1990
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	25
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	2	15
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	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	8	112
Homeworks, Performances	2	10	20
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	2	2
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	2	2
Total WorkLoad			178
Total workload/ 30 hr			5,93
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High