308874 (v.1) Geotechnical and Earthworks 367
| 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 5 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | This unit will not be available until 2006. Geomechanics. Soil compaction. Stresses and strain in soils, shear strength, shear strength of sand, shear strength of clay, critical state theory. Soil bearing capacity for shallow foundations. Ultimate soil-bearing capacity for shallow foundations, Terzaghi's ultimate bearing capacity equation, effect of groundwater table, factor of safety, general bearing capacity equation, foundations subjected to one or two-way eccentricity, plate load test - a field test, bearing capacity of foundations on slope, and bearing capacity of sand based on settlement. Earthmoving. Earthmoving plant types, earthwork volumes, mass haul diagrams, soil volume properties, grade and rolling resistances, assessment of earthmovingplant including track-type tractors, scrapers, hydraulic excavators and shovels, front end loaders, off highway trucks, compaction plant. Fleet production, optimisation techniques, queuing theory. |
| ** 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 |
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