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302794 (v.1) Civil Project Economics and Geotechnical Engineering 362


Area:

Department of Civil Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Civil project economics - principles of financial establishment and control of construction projects. Economic assessment of engineering projects. Cost benefit and other evaluation techniques. Selection of construction plant and equipment. Principles oftender appraisal. Case studies. Risk and uncertainty. Geotechnical engineering - consolidation and consolidation settlements, soil consolidation and settlement problems, soil consolidation. Preconsolidation and estimation of the preconsolidation pressure. Settlement computations. Slope stability. Stability of infinite slopes, finite slopes. Slope with water in the tensile crack. Lateral earth pressure, Rankine's theory. Diagrams for lateral earth pressure distribution against retaining walls. Coulomb's earth pressure theory. Effect of wall friction on passive pressure.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

30900 Civil Engineering (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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