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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

Objectives and Contents

Objectives: It is aimed to introduce the main principles of soil mechanics and the identification of soil parameters required for solving the soil mechanics problems.
Content: It includes physical and index properties of soils, classification, compaction, hydraulic properties, capillarity, permeability and seepage, effective, neutral and total stress, stress-strain relationships for soils, stress distribution in soils, consolidation, shear strength.