Undergraduate - UnitCIV4249 - Foundation engineering

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2013 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

print version

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

To find units available for enrolment in the current year, you must make sure you use the indexes and browse unit tool in the current edition of the Handbook.

Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering
Organisational Unit	Department of Civil Engineering
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Asadul Haque

Synopsis

Review of soil mechanics model; the geological context of a project; site investigation and laboratory testing techniques; conceptual design of foundations; elastic, consolidation and creep settlement of shallow footings; total and differential settlement; bearing capacity of shallow footings of layered soils; raft foundations; piling options; the relationship between construction techniques and pile performance; axial capacity of single piles in compression and tension; settlement of single piles; capacity and settlement of pile groups; piled rafts; lateral capacity of piles; rational methods for design of rock-socketed piles; static, dynamic, statnamic and integrity testing of piles.

Assessment

Test: 30%
Assignments and interviews: 70%
Students require to score a minimum mark of 45% in the test and assignment components separately and a minimum of 50% overall mark to pass this unit.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Jeffrey Walker

Contact hours

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practical and 8 hours private study per week.

Prerequisites

CIV3247