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



 

Area:

Department of Civil Engineering

Contact Hours:

5.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Civil project economics - principles of financial establishment and control of construction projects. Economic assessment of engineering proposals. Cost benefit techniques. Valuation and depreciation of construction plant and equipment. Construction plant replacement appraisal. Principles of tender appraisal. Case studies. 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.


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2003Bentley CampusSemester 2Y  

- 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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