| Semester 2, 2023 Toowoomba On-campus | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Engineering |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: CIV2401 or CIV2403 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS
Overview
Advanced Geotechnical Engineering is concerned with the stability analysis and design of soil structures. Topics covered in this course include soil shear strength, slope stability analysis, retaining wall analysis, sheet pile wall, shallow foundations, and pile foundations.
Advanced Geotechnical Engineering is concerned with the stability analysis and design of soil structures. Topics covered in this course include soil shear strength, slope stability analysis, retaining wall analysis, sheet pile wall, shallow foundations, and pile foundations.
Course learning outcomes
- Understand what is meant by the shear strength of a soil and the implication of loading duration on the measured shear strength of a soil and become familiar with the terminology of 鈥渄rained鈥� and "undrained" loading and procedures involved in various shear strength tests;
- Determine lateral earth pressures using Rankine, Coulomb and curved failure surface methods and use this knowledge for the basis of designing earth retaining structures such as sheet pile walls;
- Determine the ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations and use this knowledge for the basis of designing shallow foundations;
- Analyse drained and undrained slope stability problems using the method of slices, design charts and computer programs;
- Determine the axial capacity and settlement of pile foundations; determine the axial capacity and settlement of pile foundations.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | SHEAR STRENGTH OF SOILS AND FAILURE CRITERIA The Mohr circle of stresses, Coulomb's failure criterion, Mohr Coulomb failure criteria, review of strength tests. | 10.00 |
| 2. | LATERAL EARTH PRESSURES Rankine, Coulomb and curved failure surface methods. Stability of gravity and cantilever retaining walls. Design of sheet pile walls. | 20.00 |
| 3. | SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS Ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations. | 20.00 |
| 4. | STABILITY OF SLOPES Method of slices, total stress analysis, effective stress analysis, and computer analysis. | 30.00 |
| 5. | PILE FOUNDATION Static capacity of single piles and pile groups, settlement of single piles and pile groups | 20.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
(ISBN-13: 9780357420485.)
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Problem Solving | No | 25 | 1,2 |
| Case 精东传媒app | No | 50 | 3,4 |
| Time limited online examinatn | No | 25 | 1,2,5 |