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Soil Mechanics

Zhairbaeva Gulnaz Askarovna

Description: It is an integral part of the mechanics of deformable bodies. It studies the stresses and deformations of soil masses. It solves problems of strength and deformation of soils, pressure of soils on supporting structures, issues of stability of slopes and slopes, studies processes occurring in soils and gives predictions of future behavior of soil masses.

Amount of credits: 5

Пререквизиты:

Mechanical Engineering

Course Workload:

Types of classes	hours
Lectures	30
Practical works
Laboratory works	15
SAWTG (Student Autonomous Work under Teacher Guidance)	30
SAW (Student autonomous work)	75
Form of final control	Exam
Final assessment method	Oral Form

Component: Component by selection

Cycle: Base disciplines

Goal

training of future construction specialists in the basics of engineering geology, soil mechanics and modern methods of calculation, design and construction of bases and foundations of buildings and structures on transport in different natural-climatic and regional conditions.

Objective

- students apply their knowledge to solve theoretical and practical problems in the field of engineering geology, soil mechanics and foundation engineering in transport construction;

Learning outcome: knowledge and understanding

Mastery of basic knowledge in the field of natural sciences, contributing to the formation of a highly educated person with a broad outlook and culture of thinking.

Learning outcome: applying knowledge and understanding

Ability to independently apply methods and means of knowledge in solving a wide range of problems related to the design of foundations and foundations.

Learning outcome: formation of judgments

To know the requirements for the content and nature of work in modern production, the main occupations of the road industry, in the design, construction and operation of roads.

Learning outcome: communicative abilities

Ability to apply standard methods of calculation of elements and units of building structures, to perform design work and draw up design and technological documentation according to standards, technical conditions and other regulatory documents, including with the use of computer-aided design.

Learning outcome: learning skills or learning abilities

Have an understanding of the state of basic scientific and technical problems, perspectives and interconnections of the development of professional training, as well as related areas of professional activity. Carry out communication in the professional environment and society as a whole, including in a foreign language; analyze existing and develop independently technical documentation; clearly state and defend the results of complex engineering activities in the enterprises of the construction and installation complex and in industry research organizations.

Teaching methods

- Traditional technologies are provided for teaching the discipline: classroom and independent work of students. Lecture course is presented in multimedia form. When presenting lecture material at the beginning and at the end of the lecture motivational speech is used. Text, audio and video information, graphs, tables etc. are used in the lecture-presentation. Laboratory classes are held in a laboratory equipped with modern equipment for making and testing soils.

Assessment of the student's knowledge

Teacher oversees various tasks related to ongoing assessment and determines students' current performance twice during each academic period. Ratings 1 and 2 are formulated based on the outcomes of this ongoing assessment. The student's learning achievements are assessed using a 100-point scale, and the final grades P1 and P2 are calculated as the average of their ongoing performance evaluations. The teacher evaluates the student's work throughout the academic period in alignment with the assignment submission schedule for the discipline. The assessment system may incorporate a mix of written and oral, group and individual formats.

Period	Type of task	Total
1 rating	Protection of laboratory works 1 to 2.	0-100
	Types and names of soils.
	Seismic phenomena. Earthquakes and their types.
	Classification of groundwater.
	Rubric control
2 rating	Protection of laboratory works 3 to 5.	0-100
	Interrelation of geotechnics with other natural and technical and technical sciences. The need for geotechnics in construction
	Engineering-geological surveys for construction
	Protection of the natural environment. Monitoring of dangerous geological processes in the tasks of geotechnics.
	Rubric control
Total control	Exam	0-100

The evaluating policy of learning outcomes by work type

Type of task	90-100	70-89	50-69	0-49
Type of task	Excellent	Good	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory

Evaluation form

The student's final grade in the course is calculated on a 100 point grading scale, it includes:

40% of the examination result;
60% of current control result.

The final grade is calculated by the formula:

FG = 0,6	MT₁+MT₂	+0,4E
	2

Where Midterm 1, Midterm 2are digital equivalents of the grades of Midterm 1 and 2;

E is a digital equivalent of the exam grade.

Final alphabetical grade and its equivalent in points:

The letter grading system for students' academic achievements, corresponding to the numerical equivalent on a four-point scale:

Alphabetical grade	Numerical value	Points (%)	Traditional grade
A	4.0	95-100	Excellent
A-	3.67	90-94	Excellent
B+	3.33	85-89	Good
B	3.0	80-84
B-	2.67	75-79
C+	2.33	70-74
C	2.0	65-69	Satisfactory
C-	1.67	60-64
D+	1.33	55-59
D	1.0	50-54
FX	0.5	25-49	Unsatisfactory
F	0	0-24	Unsatisfactory

Topics of lectures

Introduction
Minerals and rocks
Geological processes
Fundamentals of hydrogeology
Minerals and rocks
Basic prerequisites and regularities of soil mechanics
Determination of stresses and strains in soils
Fundamentals of the theory of ultimate stress state of soils and their applications
General principles of design of foundations and foundations
General principles of design of foundations and foundations

Key reading

1. Ilyichev V., Mangushev R., (eds.) Handbook of Geotechnics. Pamati un pamati un pazemes konstrukcijas. 2016, izdevis Būvniecības augstskolu asociācija. 1034 с. 2. Abukhanov A.Z. Mehānika augsnes. Mācību grāmata augstskolu studentiem. m., 2016.- 334 lpp. 2. Ilyichev V., Mangushev R., (eds.) Handbook of geotechnics. Pamati, pamati un pazemes konstrukcijas. 2018, izdevis Būvniecības augstskolu asociācija. 1034 с. 3. Ģeotehniķa rokasgrāmata. Pamati, pamati un pazemes būves / Rediģēja V.A. Ilyichev un R.A. Mangushev. - Maskava: Izdevniecība ASV, 2014. -728 с. 4. Zakharov M.S., Mangushev R.A. Engineering-geological and engineering-geotechnical surveys in construction: Textbook / Edited by R.A. Mangushev / M.S. Zakharov, R.A. Mangushev. - M., SPb.: Izdevniecība ASV, 2014. -176 с. 5. Pyankov S.A. Mechanics of soils: textbook / Ulyanovsk: UlGTU, 2018-195 p. 6. Adikov M.T., Isakhanov E.A. Metodiskie norādījumi inženierģeoloģiskās prakses veikšanai. - Almati: KazATC, 2005. 7. A.K. Bugrov Mechanics of Soils: Textbook / SPS Publishers Polytechnic University, 2011 -287 pp. 8. Abukhanov A.Z. Mehānika augsnes. Mācību grāmata augstskolu studentiem / M., 2016. - 334 lpp. 9. Mangushev R.A., Osokin A.I. Sanktpēterburgas ģeotehnika: Monogrāfija. - Maskava: Izdevniecība ASV, 2010. - 264 с.

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