CIVL4201
10 units
4000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course draws on the students’ background knowledge from CIVL2282 (previously CIVL2280) and CIVL3280 and expands it by focusing on practical solutions for commonly experienced geotechnical issues. These include geotechnical and geoenvironmental site investigation, soil consolidation theory, foundation settlements, deep foundation theory and design, and ground modification methods. These are explored using both analytical and numerical methods, as appropriate. Finally, this course provides students with a demonstrated capacity to complete the CIVL4571 Geotechnical Project.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Singapore BCA
- Semester 1 - 2024
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Reflect upon professional issues associated with geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering practice.
2. Identify the conceptual, technical and practical issues in conducting geotechnical and geoenvironmental investigations, and develop a geotechnical model for subsurface engineering designs.
3. Illustrate potential solutions for the remediation of contaminated sites.
4. Recognise the roles and limitations of analytical and numerical methods used in geotechnical design.
5. Determine the elastic and consolidation settlement of shallow and deep foundations, and design simple foundation solutions.
6. Determine the bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations, and design simple foundation solutions.
7. Solve geotechnical and geoenvironmental design problems using analytical and numerical methods.
Content
The following topics are covered in the course:
- Investigation of sites for contamination and/or for the design of engineering structures including the procedures, in-situ and laboratory testing and the interpretation of the results
- Soil consolidation theory and applications.
- Soil and groundwater remediation strategies.
- Design of shallow and deep foundations (including settlement and strength estimations).
- Use of analytical and numerical methods for the analysis of the aforementioned topics.
Assumed knowledge
Content covered in courses CIVL2282 Introduction to Geomechanics (previously CIVL2280) and CIVL3280 Geomechanics 2.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Assignment 1 - Calculation of short and long-term settlement of geostructures
Written Assignment: Assignment 2: Interpretation of site investigations and analysis of foundations
Formal Examination: Formal Examination
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Singapore BCA
Computer Lab-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 2
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 2
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Computer Lab-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 2
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 2
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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