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    (1) This document provides the course syllabus for Introduction to Foundation Engineering taught in the spring 2009 semester. It outlines the instructor and assistant contact information, attendance policy, grading breakdown, required textbooks, homework assignments and due dates, and course content schedule over 15 weeks. (2) Key topics covered include site investigation, slope stability, retaining structures, shallow foundations, deep foundations, and soil improvement. (3) Students' final grades will be based 50% on short exams and homework, and 50% on a final exam.

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    Introduction To Foundation Engineering Spring 2009: School of Civil Engineering

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    SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

    INS332E
    Introduction to Foundation Engineering
    Spring 2009
    __________________________________________________________________________
    Course Syllabus

    Instructor:

    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Derin Ural


    Office : Yapı Deprem Room 112
    Phone: 285-3742
    Course Hours: Mondays 09:30 – 12:30 Room B303
    Assistant: Z. Nil Taylan
    _____________________________________________________________

    Attendance: Attendance will be taken in the lectures. At least 70%


    attendance and participation in class is required.

    Grading Policy: The final course grade will be determined as follows:


    Short Exams + Homework: 50%
    Final Exam: 50%

    Textbook: 1. Principles of Foundation Engineering, by Braja M. Das,


    4th Edition, PWS-KENT Publishing Co., 1999.

    2. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering, by Braja M. Das,


    6th Edition, Thomson Publishing, 2007.

    Homeworks:

    #1. In-Situ Soil Tests - Standard Penetration Test


    Assignment Date: February 23, 2009
    Deadline: March 9, 2009

    #2. Slope Stability Analysis


    Assignment Date: March 9, 2009
    Deadline: March 23, 2009

    #3. Slope Stability Analysis with GeoSlope


    Assignment Date: March 30, 2009
    Deadline: April 13, 2009

    #4. Sheet Pile Wall Design


    Assignment Date: April 13, 2009
    Deadline: April 27, 2009
    SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
    INS332E
    Introduction to Foundation Engineering
    Spring 2009
    Course Contents
    __________________________________________________________________________
    1. Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering (1 week)

    2. Site Investigation and In-situ Soil Tests (2 weeks)

    Soil borings; soil sampling; inspection pits; inspection boreholes. In-situ


    tests performed during boring tests; dynamic and static penetration tests;
    permeability tests; vane and pressuremeter tests.
    Reading Assignment: Textbook #2, pg.384-406
    Textbook #1, pg.90-144

    3. Slope Stability (2 weeks)

    Natural slope stability; slope failures; preventing landslides. Slope stability


    analysis methods.
    Reading Assignment: Textbook #2, pg.309-355

    4. Retaining Structures (2 weeks)

    Earth pressure; gravity retaining structures; dimensioning and principles


    for calculations. Lateral earth pressure; sheet piles; dimensioning and
    principles for calculations.
    Reading Assignment: Textbook #1, pg.334-386, 387-451, 453-519

    5. Shallow Foundations (1 week)

    Bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations; factors affecting


    the shallow foundations’ bearing capacity; formulae for bearing capacity;
    allowable bearing capacity ;applications.
    Reading Assignment: Textbook #1, pg.152-197, 219-268

    6. Deep Foundations (2 weeks)

    Designing deep foundations; pile types; pile design; caissons; footings.


    Bearing capacity of deep foundations; static pile bearing capacity formula,
    dynamic pile formula, pile load tests.
    Reading Assignment: Textbook #1, pg. 564-643, 674-711, 715-718

    7. Soil Improvement (2 weeks)

    Soil improvement methods; compaction methods.


    Reading Assignment: Textbook #1, 764-820

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