Building Structures and Geomechanics 2

Course aim

The aim of this course is to examine soil classification and investigation procedures, behaviour of the three main types of problem soils, ground improvement techniques, bearing capacities and settlements of footings, slope stability, retaining structures, residential footings on reactive clay soils.

Course content

Basic soil mechanics; expansive soils; collapsing and compressible soils; ground improvement- compaction and other methods; shear strength and bearing capacity; slope stability for soil and rock; earth stresses and retwining structure systems; footing settlement; design of footings on expansive clay soils.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment 1, Assignment 2, Assignment 3, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.055
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.