Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

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 and 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'searth 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:

 030911 Geotechnical Engineering

Funding Cluster:

 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

 Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark

Availability
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