COURSE SYLLABUS

DEEP EXCAVATIONS AND RETAINING STRUCTURES

1	Course Title:	DEEP EXCAVATIONS AND RETAINING STRUCTURES
2	Course Code:	INS5075
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
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:	Doç. Dr. 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:	Earth retaining systems for deep excavations. Water pressure acting on earth retaining systems and related problems. Lateral earth pressure acting on earth retaining systems. Lateral supporting elements: Ground anchors and struts. Types, components, production and installation, dimensioning, bearing capacity, corrosion protection, testing and pre-stressing of anchors. Lateral and vertical displacements of adjacent ground. Modes of failure of retaining systems. Sloped excavations in soil and rock. Instrumentation and monitoring of deep excavations. Soil nailing: system description and design.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	This course teaches retaining systems for deep excavations and also types of retaining structures.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Be able to learn the types of deep excavations and retaining structures;
2	Be able to learn deep excavations and retaining structures applications;
3	Be able to calculate the forces acting on retaining structures;
4	Be able to learn the design criteria;
5	Be able to apply various methods to calculate the stability of the retaining walls and excavations;
6	Be able to design of retaining walls;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction
2	Typical retaining walls; Gravity walls, Cantilever walls, Buttressed walls, Reinforced earth walls
3	Theory of Lateral earth pressure
4	Stability problems of retaining structures
5	Application and design of retaining structures
6	Types and application of retaining walls at deep excavations
7	Pore pressure effect on retaining structures
8	Modern retaining structures; Anchors, Sheet piles, and their stabilities
9	Modern retaining structures; Anchors, Sheet piles, and their stabilities
10	Diaphragm walls, applications and stability
11	Piled walls and their systems
12	Reinforced earth walls and applications
13	The analysis of in-situ retaining walls and placement of instrumentations and monitoring the structures
14	Design examples

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	R.S.Sinha, Underground Structures, Elsevier, 1989; E.Arıoğlu ve A.O.Yılmaz, Çözümlü problemlerle yeraltı mühendislik yapılarına depremin etkileri, TMMOB, 2000
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	10
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	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	Written exams of numerical and theoretical questions and assignments
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

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