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CS4001 - Foundation Engineering and Rock Mechanics
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Science and Engineering |
Foundation Engineering: foundation analysis and design bearing capacity, two-dimensional consolidation settlement, settlement of shallow foundations on sand; bearing capacity and settlement of pile foundations; earth retaining structures rigid retaining wall, sheet piles, braced excavations and reinforced earth walls; introduction to reliability based design.Rock Engineering: engineering behaviour of rock and rock discontinuities; hemisphere projection technique with applications to rock slope stability; insitu rock stress and its measurement; introductory underground opening design. Case histories and special topics.
Learning Outcomes
- appreciate the role of case histories in geo-engineering practice;
- appreciate the role of rock material and discontinuity strength in the behaviour of rock slopes and underground openings;
- design shallow and pile foundations;
- estimate consolidation settlements;
- select appropriate types of earth retaining structures;
- apply hemisphere projection techniques to assess rock slope stability;
- assess the stability of slopes.
| Prerequisites: | CS3002 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Siva Sivakugan |
| Lecturers: | Assoc. Professor Siva Sivakugan, Dr Peter To. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50% - 70%); on-course assessment, some of which may be invigilated (30% - 50%). |
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