CE 364 – SOIL MECHANICS Spring Semester, 2015 Instructor Kartal Toker [email protected] Room K1-240 2105488 Website: http://courses.ce.metu.edu.tr/ce364 Assistants Main: Yılmaz Emre Sarıçiçek (K1-102) Lab: Ulaş Nacar (K1-115A) Batuhan Tezcan (K1-102) Burak Akbaş (K1-115B) İlyas Özkan (K1-115B) Berkan Söylemez (K1-115B) Textbook: Craig, R.F. (1997). Soil Mechanics (sixth or later edition). E&FN SPON. Additional References - Aytekin, M. (2004). Deneysel Zemin Mekaniği. Teknik Yayınevi. - Cernica, J.N. (1995). Geotechnical Engineering: Soil Mechanics. John Wiley & Sons. - Lambe, T.W. and Whitman, R.V. (1969). Soil Mechanics. John Wiley & Sons. - ASTM, Book of Standards Volume 04.08 - Soil and Rock (I). Course Conduct Lectures use blackboard only. There will be six 2-hour laboratory sessions. Students are encouraged to interrupt the lecture with questions relevant to the topic under discussion. Schedule: CE364: Wed 15:40-17:30 , Thu 15:40-17:30 CE363-1: Thu 12:40-15:30 , Fri 15:40-17:30 CE363-2: Tue 15:40-17:30 , Thu 10:40-13:30 Course Outline Week Topic 1 intro, phase relations, grain sizes 2 soil classification, compaction 3 vertical effective stress 4 drained-undrained behavior 5 1-D flow 6 seepage-stress, 2-D flow 7 compressibility, consolidation 8 2-D stresses, Mohr-Coulomb strength 9 drained/undrained strength, strains, 10 strength tests 11 lateral earth pressures 12 slope stability 13 slope stability 14 shallow foundations Italics are topics of Midterm 2. Grading Class Participation Lab Homeworks Midterm 1 Midterm 2 Final Exam 3% 17% 8% 21% 21% 30% Lab 5 March 12 March 19 March 30 April 7 May 14 May Homework Exam 1 given 1 due 2 given 2 due 3 given 3 due 4 given 4 due 5 given 5 due 6 given 6 due 7,8 given 6 April 18 May Institute attendance requirement (70%) will be enforced. If you don’t attend a lab, you get 0 from that session.
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