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Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
SITE INVESTIGATION IN GEOTECHNICS 801200715820 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
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Goals Depending on the recent rapid urbanization and industrialization processes, site selection, and construction of giant engineering structures caused an increasing importance of geotechnical applications. In the context of this course, it is aimed to teach the students what kind of data are needed in geotechnical applications and which methods can be used for data collection and evaluation, to develop their ability of synthesizing these subjects with the aid of the homeworks given and to help them to improve technical cooperation with other professions associated with geotechnics.
Course Content The concept of Geotechnique, its areas of application, data collection and evaluation techniques for discontinuities, description of soils for engineering purposes, data collection and evaluation in geotechnical boreholes and presentation of data, sampling and in-situ geotechnical tests, main methods for calculation of bearing capacity of shallow foundations in rocks and soils, soil liquefaction, associated ground failures, evaluation of liquefaction potential and soil improvement techniques, principles of engineering geological maps, basic issues and fundamentals of planning in geological-geotechnical investigations, microzonation concept and content of geotechnical investigation reports.
Learning Outcomes 1) What is ?geotechnique, which is an interdisciplinary branch, what kind of data are needed and which methods can be used for geotechnical data collection and evaluation
2) How the bearing capacity of shallow foundations and liquefaction potential of soils can be analysed and evaluated, fundamentals of engineering geological mapping, planning criteria for geotechnical investigations and basic principles of microzonation
3) Develop their level of knowledge on these subjects and abilities of synthesizing and problem solving

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Geotechnique, its areas of applications, personel structure of geotechnical investigations, importance of discontinuities, their engineering properties and methods of determination Lecture

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2. Week Shear strength of discontinuities, principles of stereographic projection technique, collection of discontinuity orientation data, and their plotting and evaluation on stereonet Lecture

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3. Week Filed criteria and practical methods used in geotechnical applications, types of data collected from geotechnical boreholes Lecture

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4. Week Geotechnical logging and archiving of boreholes cores, geotechnical sampling techniques Lecture

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5. Week Aims of geotechnical in-situ tests, SPT, CPT and vane shear tests Lecture

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6. Week Midterm exam

7. Week In-situ tests (pressuremeter and pressurized water tests and piezometers), foundation types and investigations for foundations, failure modes associated with shallow foundations and factor of safety concept Lecture

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8. Week Methods for bearing capacity estimations for foundations in rocks and soils Lecture

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9. Week Soil liquefaction and its mechanism, ground behaviours associated with liquefaction and their effects Lecture

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10. Week Evaluation techniques for soil liquefaction potential, SPT-based liquefaction potential analysis method, calculation of liquefaction susceptibility and its mapping, Introduction to improvement techniques against liquefaction Lecture

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11. Week Midterm exam

12. Week Engineering geological mapping Lecture

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13. Week Stages of geotechnical investigations, basic principles of geological-geotechnical investigations, microzonation concept and its fundamentals Lecture

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14. Week Content of geotechnical investigations for structures, planning of geotechnical boreholes depending on project type, content of geotechnical investigation reports Lecture

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Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Hunt, R.E., 1984. Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Manual. McGraw Hill Book Co., 938 p.
Clayton, C.R.I., Matthews, M.C., Simons, N.E., 1995. Site Investigation, Second Edition. Wiley, 592 p.
Erol, O., Çekinmez, Z., 2014. Geoteknik Mühendisliğinde Saha Deneyleri. Yüksel Proje Yayınları, 298 s.
Joyce, M.D., 1982. Site Investigation Practice. E&FN Spon, London, 369 p.
Lunne, T., Berre, T., Anderson, K.H., Sjursen, M., Mortensen, N. 2008. Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization (Huang and Mayne eds.). Taylor&Francis.
Sevim, B., 2012. Temel Sondajı Kaya Mekaniği Arazi Deney Notları. ISBN:978-605-125-564-4, 198 s.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 10 1
Homework 5 20
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 10
Quiz 2 20
Final Exam 1 30
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