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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
INS 504	ADVANCED SOIL MECHANICS	3 + 0	2nd Semester	7,5

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Master's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	To introduce students to advanced soil problems, classification, and soil behavior. To provide the ability to analyze and solve the problems and issues related to soils by teaching the fundamentals and main principles of soil mechanics.
Course Content	"Minerology and geology of soils; Classification of soils and TS 1900; Ground water, permeability, capillarity, swelling and shrinkage, pore pressure parameters, flow nets; Stress within a soil mass, Mohr circle and stress paths, effective and total stress principles, stress-strain relationships, concept of failure, failure theories, Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion, shear testing methods, shear strength of soils, stress distribution; Theory of consolidation, settlement " .
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Performs laboratory experiments, determines soil properties and prepares report individually and as a group.
2	Analyze the effects of ground water on soil behaviour.
3	Understands stress-strain behaviour of soils and evaluates shear strength of soils.
4	Calculates vertical stress distribution in soils.
5	Understands soil improvement techniques and perform compaction analysis.
6	Analyze consolidation behaviour of soils and calculates consolidation time and amount.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

	PO 01	PO 02	PO 03	PO 04	PO 05	PO 06	PO 07	PO 08	PO 09	PO 10	PO 11
LO 001	5	4	4	4	5	5	2	3	4	4	5
LO 002	5	4	4	4	5	5	2	3	4	4	5
LO 003	5	4	4	4	5	5	2	3	4	4	5
LO 004	5	4	4	4	5	5	2	3	4	4	5
LO 005	5	4	4	4	5	5	2	3	4	4	5
LO 006	5	4	4	4	5	5	2	3	4	4	5
Sub Total	30	24	24	24	30	30	12	18	24	24	30
Contribution	5	4	4	4	5	5	2	3	4	4	5

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	3	42
Assignments	2	30	60
Mid-terms	1	25	25
Final examination	1	26	26
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			195 7,5

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