Area: |
Department of Civil Engineering |
Credits: |
12.5 |
Contact Hours: |
3.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: |
1 x 0.5 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
302780 (v.1) Civil Engineering 261 or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
Soil compaction, soil water at rest, soil water at motion, effective stress concepts - Stresses in saturated soils without seepage, stresses in saturated soil with seepage and seepage force. Stresses in a soil mass - normal and shear stresses on a plane,the pole method of finding stresses along a plane, stress caused by a point load. Westergaard's solution for vertical stress caused by a point load. Stress paths. Rheological Models. Routine laboratory index soil tests - water content, Atterberg limits,grain size, unit weight, relative density, specific gravity, shrinkage limit. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Field of Education: |
30900 Civil Engineering (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Not Online |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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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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