CE5604 UNSATURATED SOILS
| Course Code: | 5625604 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Civil Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. NABİ KARTAL TOKER |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The course aims to equip geotechnical engineers with theorethical knowledge and thought framework for handling problems that involve partially saturated soils in research and practice. The course does not directly provide design tools and practical calculations.
Course Content
Interfacial tension, cavitation, capillarity. Soil suction, water retention and drainage of porous media. Micromechanics/microhydraulics of unsaturated soil. Testing of unsaturated soils: suction measurement and control, volume measurement. Flow and balance laws, hydraulic conductivity function, 1-D flow, infiltration and evaporation. Shear strength; effective stress and independent state variables approaches. Deformation and consolidation; expansive and collapsing of soils. Constitutive modeling.
Course Learning Outcomes
Become familiar with air-water interface physics
Extend existing soil mechanics knowledge to problems with partial saturation
Establish theoretical backgroung for unsaturated soil research
Gain ability to perceive geotechnical problems through unsaturated soil framework
Improve researcher abilities related to literature review, article writing and presentation
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Conducts research to investigate and solve advanced civil engineering problems using appropriate scientific methods and acquires the fundamental knowledge to evaluate the results. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Reviews and synthesizes relevant literature to identify the current state of the art. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Engages in lifelong learning and professional development, and gains familiarity with emerging practices. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Formulates and solves complex civil engineering problems by selecting and applying appropriate tools and techniques. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Communicates effectively in written and oral forms, particularly in conveying research processes and outcomes to diverse audiences. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Upholds professional and ethical responsibility in research, with an awareness of global, societal, environmental, and scientific contexts. | ✔ | |||