302797 (v.1) Geotechnical Engineering 465

Area:

Department of Civil Engineering

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0

** 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 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

302793 (v.1) Structural Design 366 or any previous version
AND
302794 (v.1) Civil Project Economics and Geotechnical Engineering 362 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Site investigation - principles, planning, field and laboratory studies, preparation of technical reports. Design and construction of deep foundations. Pile foundation, types of piles and their structural characteristics, estimating pile length, installation of piles. Pile load test, comparison of theory with field load test results, settlement of piles, pullout resistance of piles, laterally loaded piles. Pile driving formulae, negative skin friction.

** 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:

30911 Geotechnical Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*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
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	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