CS3002:03
Geo-engineering 2
Townsville
39 lectures, 6 tutorials, 33 hours practicals. First semester.
Available to civil engineering students.
Introduction to engineering geology and geo-engineering; Basic geology: identification of rocks and minerals in relation to engineering problems, stratigraphy, structural geology, weathering and landscape formation, sediment processes, geomorphology, geological hazards. Geo-engineering: seepage analysis (two-dimensional), pore pressure measurement; response of soils to stress changes, Terzaghi theory, consolidation and one-dimensional settlement; shear strength and compressibility, Mohr-Coulomb strength criteria for drained and undrained conditions, triaxial testing, peak and residual strength; slope stability, infinite slope analysis, method of slices, Bishop’s method; site investigation, CPT and other insitu tests, interpretation of CPT data. Case histories.
Learning Objectives:
- identify the rocks and minerals of most significance to civil and environmental engineering;
- read and interpret geological maps;
- appreciate the significance of geological factors in geo-engineering problems;
- analyse cases of two-dimensional seepage in saturated soils;
- make estimates of consolidation settlement;
- select appropriate strength parameters for analysis and investigate the stability of slopes using Bishop’s method;
- specify appropriate methods of soil site investigation and interpret the results.
Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).