Geotechnical engineering I
Keith McKenry and Adrian Power
4 points * 26 lecture hours, 13 hours tutorials, 13 hours laboratories * First semester * Caulfield
Objectives The development of competence in geotechnical engineering as applied to civil and construction engineering.
Synopsis Soil composition, clay minerals, soil condition, compaction, pore pressure and effective stress, permeability and seepage, rock-forming minerals and petrology, structural geology and tectonics, geomorphology.
Assessment Examination (3 hours): 80% * Assignment: 20%
Prescribed texts
Das B M Principles of geotechnical engineering Kent, 1990
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