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CS4001:03

Foundation Engineering and Rock Mechanics

Townsville

HECS Band 2

39 hours lectures, 39 hours tutorials and practicals. Semester 1.

Foundation Engineering: foundation analysis and design - bearing capacity, two-dimensional consolidation settlement, settlement of shallow foundations on sand; bearing capacity and settlement of pile foundations; earth retaining structures - rigid retaining wall, sheet piles, braced excavations and reinforced earth walls; introduction to reliability based design.

Rock Engineering: engineering behaviour of rock and rock discontinuities; hemisphere projection technique with applications to rock slope stability; insitu rock stress and its measurement; introductory underground opening design. Case histories and special topics.

Learning Objectives:

design shallow and pile foundations;

estimate consolidation settlements;

select appropriate types of earth retaining structures;

apply hemisphere projection techniques to assesment of rock slope stability;

appreciate the role of rock material and discontinuity strength in the behaviour of rock slopes and underground openings;

appreciate the role of case histories in geo-engineering practice.

Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).