308556 (v.1) WASM Soil Mechanics Projects 431

Area:

Western Australian School of Mines

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

10.0

** 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

Individual Study:

1 x 8 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

303154 (v.1) WASM Geomechanics 332 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Three research or design projects in engineering soil mechanics will be undertaken covering tailings dams, mine back fill and soil slope stability. The Unit Controller may consider other topics as well. The work involves developing and writing a proposalfor each study, undertaking a literature search and a summary of the search, performing the work and writing each study up in the form of a formal professional engineering report. Lectures and seminars will be arranged from experts in the field from timeto time and attendance at these is mandatory. As part of this unit, students are required to attend a mining geomechanics field trip, the main purpose of which is to hone skills in geotechnical core logging, face mapping and data analysis. Satisfactory completion of this field trip component is a mandatory requirement for completion of the unit.

** 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	Kalgoorlie 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