Teaching & Lectures
Courses lectured in the Department of Civil Engineering at Middle East Technical University, and recordings of keynote and invited lectures.
Undergraduate
- CE363 Soil Mechanics 4 units · 5.0 ECTS
Introduction: engineering problems involving soils. Basic characteristics of soils, classification and compaction of soils. Principle of effective stress. Permeability and flow of water (seepage) in soils. Shear strength of soils. Slope stability. Lateral earth pressure theories. Consolidation theory.
- CE366 Foundation Engineering I 3 units · 4.0 ECTS
Site investigations, retaining structures, excavations, dewatering, shallow foundation design, bearing capacity, settlement, stress distribution in soils, initial settlement, consolidation settlement, permissible settlement, deep foundation design, bearing capacity, settlement, types of piles, ground improvement.
- CE462 Foundation Engineering II 3 units · 5.0 ECTS
Deep foundations. Piles and pile foundations, types of piles, pile foundation design. Types of sheet pile walls. Single-wall, double-wall and cellular cofferdams. Box open and pneumatic caissons. Underpinning of existing structures.
- CE464 Ground Improvement 3 units · 5.0 ECTS
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.
- CE468 Geotechnical Design 3 units · 7.0 ECTS
Design problems in geotechnical engineering: Shallow foundations, consideration of differential settlements, foundations on bored and driven piles, dewatering of a foundation pit, stabilization of landslips by various methods, In-situ retaining structures for excavation support, foundations on problem soils, ground improvement against excessive settlements and liquefaction.
Graduate
- CE569 Deep Excavations and Retaining Structures 3 units · 8.0 ECTS
Earth retaining systems for deep excavations. Water pressure acting on earth retaining systems and related problems. Lateral earth pressure acting on earth retaining systems. Lateral supporting elements: Ground anchors and struts. Types. components. production and installation. dimensioning. bearing capacity. corrosion protection. testing and prestressing of anchors. Lateral and vertical displacements of adjacent ground. Modes of failure of retaining systems. Sloped excavations in soil and rock. Instrumentation and monitoring of deep excavations. Soil nailing: system description and design.
- CE5601 Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering 3 units · 8.0 ECTS
A brief review of seismicity, fault-rupture mechanisms, and fundamentals of vibrations. Discussion of attenuation relationships, design motions and influence of soil behavior on ground shaking characteristics. Methods of analyzing seismic site response. Soil liquefaction phenomena and methods to predict seismic soil liquefaction initiation. Use of in-situ index tests in the estimation of seismic liquefaction risk. Seismic performance of slopes and earth structures and soil-structure interaction effects.
- CE5602 Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics 3 units · 8.0 ECTS
A brief review of some fundamental methods in numerical modeling with emphasis on finite element formulation. Development of constitutive laws for geotechnical materials including linear or nonlinear elastic (hyperbolic), linear elastic perfectly plastic, and non-linear elastic-plastic models based on the Critical State Soil Mechanics theory. Employment of a finite element computer program for the analyses of a geotechnical engineering problem. Discussion of the new developments in numerical modeling of geotechnical problems including modeling of dynamic problems and new constitutive models.
- CE5603 Seismic Hazard Assessment 3 units · 8.0 ECTS
A brief of probability concepts, and epistemic and aleatory uncertainties. Deterministic vs. probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. Source characterization and attenuation relationships. Hazard computer code: deaggregation of hazard. Development of design spectra: equal hazard spectra, directivity and basin effects. Design of time histories: scaling vs. spectrum compatibility. Numerical simulation methods for time histories.
Graduate supervision
38 doctoral and master's theses completed, with 5 in progress. See the group page.
Recorded lectures
- 2022Mechanics of Granular Soils: From Grain to Soil15th Ord. Prof. Dr. Hamdi Peynircioğlu Lecture, 18th National Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Erciyes University, Kayseri, 29–30 September 2022Video: Kemal Onder Cetin
- 2021Keynote lecture, Rocscience International Conference (RIC) 2021Video: Rocscience
- 2014Seismic Design and Performance Criteria for Fill DamsInvited lecture, ZM15 — 15th National Congress on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, METU, Ankara, 16–17 October 2014Video: Nejan Huvaj
Invited lectures
47 invited lectures and presentations are listed on the CV.