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SOIL MECHANICS COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
INS218 SOIL MECHANICS 4 4 3 4

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Formation of soils and physical properties -
2 - Index properties of soils and soil classification -
3 - Compaction -
4 - Hydraulic properties and capillarity -
5 - Permeability and freezing effect -
6 - Effective, neutral and total stresses -
7 - Stress-strain relationship of soils -
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 - Stress distribution -
10 - Consolidation -
11 - Consolidation -
12 - Shear strength -
13 - Shear strength -
14 - Plastic equilibrium in soil -
15 - Earth pressures -
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -