| School/Faculty/Institute | Faculty of Engineering | |||||
| Course Code | CE 434 | |||||
| Course Title in English | Earth Retaining Systems and Slopes | |||||
| Course Title in Turkish | Zemin İstinad Yapıları ve Şev Stabilitesi | |||||
| Language of Instruction | EN | |||||
| Type of Course | Lecture,Flipped Classroom | |||||
| Level of Course | Introductory | |||||
| Semester | Spring,Fall | |||||
| Contact Hours per Week |
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| Estimated Student Workload | 128 hours per semester | |||||
| Number of Credits | 5 ECTS | |||||
| Grading Mode | Standard Letter Grade | |||||
| Pre-requisites | None | |||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||
| Expected Prior Knowledge | Prior knowledge of soil mechanics is expected. | |||||
| Registration Restrictions | Undergraduate Students & Graduate Students | |||||
| Overall Educational Objective | To learn the necessary theoretical background for application of soil mechanics to the design and analysis of various types of retaining structures and slopes. | |||||
| Course Description | This course uses the basic principles of soil mechanics to design and analysis of earth retaining systems and slope stability. The following topics are covered: lateral earth pressures, retaining walls, and slope stability analysis. |
Course Learning Outcomes and CompetencesUpon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:1) calculate lateral earth pressures; 2) design mechanically stabilized earth and concrete retaining walls, and sheet-pile walls; 3) describe retention systems for deep excavations and learn the design criteria concerning how to select and apply appropriate techniques and tools; 4) understand the importance of water related problems for retaining structures, get familiar with instability problems and instrumentation of deep excavations; 5) analyze the stability of slopes and supported sloped excavations; 6) develop computational skills by an analysis software. |
| Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) The ability to recognize and apply basic principles and theories of law, legal methodology, and interpretation methods. | ||||||
| 2) The ability to follow, evaluate, interpret and apply the current developments and legislative amendments. | ||||||
| 3) The ability to locate and use legal resources; to follow and evaluate current legislative amendments, legal science, and court decisions. | ||||||
| 4) The ability to internalize social, scientific and ethical values while evaluating legal information. | ||||||
| 5) The ability to recognize, examine and resolve legal issues with respect to general principles of law, de lege feranda and de lege lata; to take into consideration both national and international aspects of law; and to acknowledge the importance of personal conviction while making decisions. | ||||||
| 6) The ability to critically analyze legal disputes, legislation, court decisions and different views in the legal science; to form his/her own opinions; to detect legal lacuna and suggest alternative solutions. | ||||||
| 7) The ability to understand issues regarding different fields of law; to characterize and propose solutions to complex issues arising from legal practice. | ||||||
| 8) The ability to participate in and organize legal projects and activities as a socially responsible individual; to put his/her legal knowledge and skill to use efficiently (in the public or private sector). | ||||||
| 9) The ability to use a foreign language at least on a B2 Level on the European Language Portfolio, to follow legal developments and communicate with colleagues in that language; to use computer software and information and communication technologies necessary in the law field at an Advanced Level of the European Computer Driving License. | ||||||
| 10) Adoption of a positive approach to the concept of lifelong learning. | ||||||
| 11) The ability to understand the development, evolution, and problems of the society and to contribute to the solution of these problems by legal methods. | ||||||
| 12) The ability to understand the structure, organization, and functioning of law on the national and international level; to contribute to the development thereof. |
| N None | S Supportive | H Highly Related |
| Program Outcomes and Competences | Level | Assessed by | |
| 1) | The ability to recognize and apply basic principles and theories of law, legal methodology, and interpretation methods. | S | |
| 2) | The ability to follow, evaluate, interpret and apply the current developments and legislative amendments. | N | |
| 3) | The ability to locate and use legal resources; to follow and evaluate current legislative amendments, legal science, and court decisions. | N | |
| 4) | The ability to internalize social, scientific and ethical values while evaluating legal information. | S | |
| 5) | The ability to recognize, examine and resolve legal issues with respect to general principles of law, de lege feranda and de lege lata; to take into consideration both national and international aspects of law; and to acknowledge the importance of personal conviction while making decisions. | N | |
| 6) | The ability to critically analyze legal disputes, legislation, court decisions and different views in the legal science; to form his/her own opinions; to detect legal lacuna and suggest alternative solutions. | N | |
| 7) | The ability to understand issues regarding different fields of law; to characterize and propose solutions to complex issues arising from legal practice. | N | |
| 8) | The ability to participate in and organize legal projects and activities as a socially responsible individual; to put his/her legal knowledge and skill to use efficiently (in the public or private sector). | N | |
| 9) | The ability to use a foreign language at least on a B2 Level on the European Language Portfolio, to follow legal developments and communicate with colleagues in that language; to use computer software and information and communication technologies necessary in the law field at an Advanced Level of the European Computer Driving License. | S | |
| 10) | Adoption of a positive approach to the concept of lifelong learning. | H | |
| 11) | The ability to understand the development, evolution, and problems of the society and to contribute to the solution of these problems by legal methods. | N | |
| 12) | The ability to understand the structure, organization, and functioning of law on the national and international level; to contribute to the development thereof. | N |
| Prepared by and Date | GÖKÇE TÖNÜK , February 2024 |
| Course Coordinator | GÖRKEM AKYOL |
| Semester | Spring,Fall |
| Name of Instructor | Asst. Prof. Dr. GÖKÇE TÖNÜK |
| Week | Subject |
| 1) | Introduction, lateral earth pressures |
| 2) | Concrete retaining walls – gravity and cantilever |
| 3) | Sheet – pile walls |
| 4) | Mechanically stabilized earth walls |
| 5) | Mechanically stabilized earth walls - geosynthetics |
| 6) | Deep excavation retention systems – type of walls, earth pressures |
| 7) | Deep excavation retention systems - type of supports, type of failures |
| 8) | Deep excavation retention systems – analysis and design steps |
| 9) | Deep excavation retention systems – examples |
| 10) | Water related problems, Instabilities and Instrumentation of excavations |
| 11) | Slopes – review on slope stability analysis |
| 12) | Slopes – stability analysis of sloped excavations, soil nailing |
| 13) | Slopes - examples |
| 14) | Earth retaining structures and slope stability under seismic loading |
| 15) | Final Exam/Project/Presentation period |
| 16) | Final Exam/Project/Presentation period |
| Required/Recommended Readings | Required: None Recommended: • Earth Pressures and Earth Retaining Structures, Chris R.I. Clayton, Rick I. Woods, Andrew J. Bond, Jarbas Milititsky, CRC Press. • Bowles, J. E., Foundation Analysis and Design, McGraw Hill. • Principles for Foundation Engineering, PWS Braja M. Das, 2010, 8th Edition. • Foundation Design, Principles and Practices, Prentice Hall, Donald P. Coduto, William A. Kitch, Man-chu Ronald Yeung, 3rd Edition. • Salgado R., The Engineering of Foundations, McGraw Hill. • Soil Mechanics, Spon Press R.F.Craig, 2004, 7th Edition. | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Contact hours using “flipped classroom” as an active learning technique | |||||||||||||||
| Homework and Projects | Design assignments as take-home midterm exams and a project | |||||||||||||||
| Laboratory Work | None | |||||||||||||||
| Computer Use | Several software and/or numerical methods for the analysis of retaining wall design / slope stability problems may be introduced. | |||||||||||||||
| Other Activities | None | |||||||||||||||
| Assessment Methods |
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| Course Administration |
tonukg@mef.edu.tr Rules for attendance: Attendance required. Classroom practice contributes to 5% of the final grade. Missing the project: No make-up will be given. Missing a midterm: Provided that proper documents of excuse are presented, make-up MAY be given. Missing a final: University regulations will be enforced. A reminder of proper classroom behavior, code of student conduct: YÖK Regulations Statement on plagiarism: YÖK Regulations |
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| Activity | No/Weeks | Hours | Calculation | ||||
| No/Weeks per Semester | Preparing for the Activity | Spent in the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | ||||
| Course Hours | 14 | 0 | 3 | 42 | |||
| Project | 1 | 13 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Midterm(s) | 3 | 12 | 12 | 72 | |||
| Total Workload | 128 | ||||||
| Total Workload/25 | 5.1 | ||||||
| ECTS | 5 | ||||||