CVE464 GROUND IMPROVEMENT
| Course Code: | 3640464 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Civil Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Preloading, vertical drains, deep compaction of cohesionless soils: vibrofloatation, vibratory probes, compaction piles, dynamic compaction, blasting, grouting: permeating grouting, compaction grouting, chemical grouting, jet grouting, deep mixing. Soil reinforcement: Soil nailing, micro piles, reinforced earth, stone columns, lime columns, geotextiles, freezing, electro-osmosis.
Course Content
For course details, see https://catalog2.metu.edu.tr.Course Learning Outcomes
The objective of this course is to familiarize the students to ground improvement techniques. Discussions will focus on ground improvement techniques for cohesionless and cohesive soils, and layered soil media. Soil reinforcement in the form of anchors, soil nailing, stone columns will also be reviewed.
- Understands the available ground improvement techniques
- Assess the most suitable and feasible ground improvement engineering solution
- Designs a ground improvement engineering solution