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 421-209 Geomechanics 1

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr J Styles

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

42 hours of lectures and tutorials, 6 hours of laboratory classes

Subject Description

Soil and rock identification, mineral composition and classification. Discontinuities in Rock Masses. Water in soil. Principle of effective stress. Stress transmission. Confined and unconfined flow of water through soils. Darcy's law, seepage. Dispersive and swelling soils. Compressibility of soil and settlement of structures. Consolidation. Strength of soils and rocks. Earth pressure; active, passive and at-rest earth pressures; simple earth retaining systems. An introduction to slope stability.

Assessment

An assignment of up to 2000 words (10%); A three-hour written examination (80%); laboratory work (10%).

Prescribed Texts
  • Lambe, TW and Whitman, RV, Soil Mechanics. (SI edn) Wiley, 1977.
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