Geotechnical engineering
A S Power and K H McKenry
5 points * 39 lecture hours, 39 tutorial/laboratory hours * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: CVE3141
Objectives The student is expected to gain an understanding of time dependent settlement of soil, its shear strength characteristics, the development of lateral stresses and the performance of foundations; geological factors significant to engineering sites, mechanics of rock materials and its reinforcement methods.
Synopsis Soil consolidation and shear strength; lateral earth pressures; foundation capacity and settlement. Geological assessment of engineering sites; rock mechanics, discontinuity analysis, rock reinforcement.
Assessment Examination: 80% * Assignments: 20%
Prescribed texts
Das B M Principles of geotechnical engineering Kent, 1990
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