Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Engineering (Volume 4 page 96)
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421-430 "Geotechnical Engineering" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering (v4, p96) : Next:421-431 | Prev:421-424
Credit points: 8.00
Contact: 26 hours of lectures, 13 hours of tutorials and 6 hours of laboratory work
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course students will be able to: identify areas requiring investigation when dealing with construction involving soils and rocks; reduce a complex soil/rock profile to one that is amenable to analysis; select an analysis/design procedure appropriate to the problem being posed; appreciate the significance to their final solution of assumptions/simplifications made in their analysis/design.
Content:
Compaction. Analyses of the stability of slopes. Site investigation. Foundation engineering: settlement and bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations.
Assessment:
A two-hour examination (80%); an assignment of up to 3,000 words (10%); laboratory work (10%).
1. Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering (v4, p96) : Next:421-431 | Prev:421-424
2. Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science (v4, p189) : Prev:421-332
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Mr J B Styles
Prerequisite: Geomechanics 1 421-331 and Geomechanics 2 421-332
Contact: 26 lectures, 13 tutorials, 6 hours of laboratory work
Timetable: First semester only
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this subject students will be able to:
- identify areas requiring investigation when dealing with construction involving soil;
- reduce a complex soil profile to one that is amenable to analysis;
- select an analysis/design procedure appropriate to the problem being posed;
- appreciate the significance to their final solution of assumptions/simplificatons made in their analysis/design.
Content:
Earth and rockfill dams - material selection, causes of failure, placement and compaction. Analyses of the stability of slopes. Site investigation. Foundation engineering: settlement and bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations.
Assessment:
One 2-hour examination, one assignment of not more than 3,000 words. Laboratory work will be included as part of the assessment. Weightings: 80 per cent examination, 10 per cent assignment, 10 per cent laboratory work.
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, CONTENT, COORDINATOR, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PREREQUISITES, SEMESTER differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science (v4, p189) : Prev:421-332
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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