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

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Area:	Department of Civil Engineering
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
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.
Unit Outcomes:	The student will gain an understanding of stress analysis, the study of stress analysis of soils under applied loading. Strength and deformation characteristics will be illustrated by laboratory and model tests. The student will also gain an understanding of cost benefit analysis for civil engineering works.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Australian Standards. AS1289 Testing Soils for Engineering Purposes. Lamb T W and Whitman R V. (1977). Soil Mechanics. Wiley. Lee I K, White W and Ingle O G. (1983). Geotechnical Engineering. New York: Pitman.
Unit Texts:	Geotechnical Engineering III. Curtin University of Technology. Press M J. Cost Benefit Analysis. Curtin University of Technology.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y