CE 364_Outline_2015_Spring

CE 364 – SOIL MECHANICS
Spring Semester, 2016
Instructor
Kartal Toker
[email protected]
Room K1-240
2105488
Website: http://ce363.ce.metu.edu.tr/
Assistants
Admin & HW: Müge Özgenoğlu (K1-246A)
Lab Chief:
Ulaş Nacar (K1-115A)
İlyas Özkan (K1-302)
Theory
Berkan Söylemez (K1-115B)
and Lab
Batuhan Tezcan (K1-102)
Questions
Yağızer Yalçın (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 Section 1: Thu 10:40-12:30 , Fri 13:40-16:30
Section 2: Thu 13:40-15:30, Fri 13:40-16:30)
Course Outline
Week Topic
Lab
1
intro, phase relations, grain sizes
2
soil classification, compaction
3
effective stress, drained-undrained
4
1-D flow
17 March
5
seepage-stress calculations
24 March
6
2-D flow by flow nets
31 March
7
compressibility, consolidation
8
2-D stresses and strains
9
Mohr-Coulomb, drained/undrained strength
10 strength tests
28 April
11 lateral earth pressure
5 May
12 slope stability
12 May
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%
20%
20%
32%
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 given
7 due, 8 given
12 April
24 May
Institute attendance requirement (70%) will be enforced.
If you don’t attend a lab, you get 0 from that session.
All lab-related rules will be explained in the first lab hour
(Lab+HW) > Midterm  do all lab reports & homeworks