308864 (v.1) Geotechnical Engineering 268

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

Prerequisite(s):

307529 (v.1) Engineering Mechanics 100 or any previous version
AND
307532 (v.1) Engineering Communications 100 or any previous version
AND
    307537 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics 130 or any previous version
    OR
    307538 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics 140 or any previous version
AND
307540 (v.1) Engineering Computing 100 or any previous version
AND
309123 (v.1) Engineering and Professional Studies SS 100 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Soil water at rest - soil water at motion - stresses in soil. Deposits - stress and strain invariants - stress paths. Basic physical geology - rock formation. Rock classification. Soil formation. Physical properties of soil. Soil classification.

** 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:

030911 Geotechnical Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External