ENCN452-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

Advanced Geotechnical Engineering

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

Stress-strain behaviour of soils. Critical-state soil mechanics. Approximations and limitations for geotechnical analyses. Piles under axial and lateral loading. Shallow foundations.

The aim of the course is to increase students' understanding of load-deformation characteristics of soils and fundamental concepts in geotechnical analysis and design. The course focuses on two aspects in particular: stress-strain behaviour of soils and design/analysis of shallow/deep foundations. The background theme of the course is modelling as a fundamental engineering problem-solving methodology.

Learning Outcomes

(a) to understand key features of stress-strain behaviour of soils and the use of state concept for its interpretation
(b) to introduce fundamental concepts for soil modelling
(c) to introduce analytical and numerical methods for geotechnical analysis and discuss their assumptions, approximations and limitations
(d) to understand principles of foundation engineering and to apply them to the geotechnical and structural design of shallow foundations
(e) to discuss and apply methods for analysis and design of piles under axial and lateral loading
(f) to develop specialised skills in testing of soils in the geotechnical laboratory, and analytical skills required for geotechnical modelling, analysis and design
(g) to integrate knowledge and skills to analyse and solve complex problems in geotechnical and foundation engineering.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ENCI452

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Misko Cubrinovski

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 1 (state concept interpretation) 5%
Assignment 2 (Geotech lab 1 : triaxial test) 10%
Assignment 3 (Geotech lab 2 : liquefaction test) 5%
Assignment 5 (settlement of piles) 5%
Assignment 6: (Piles: elastic & nonlinear analyses 10%
Assignment 7 (shallow foundations) 10%
Assignnment 4 (stress strain modelling) 5%
final exam 50%


1. Final exam:  A minimum pass mark of 50% in the exam is required in order for a student to pass the course.
2. All assignments must be submitted by the due date. Late submissions will not be accepted. If a student is unable to complete and submit an assignment by the deadline due to personal circumstances beyond their control they should discuss this with the lecturer involved as soon as possible.
3. Aegrotat eligibility: “Aegrotat provisions are intended to assist students who have covered the work of a course but have been prevented by illness or other critical circumstance from demonstrating their mastery of the material or skills at the time of assessment” [UC Calendar].
4. All assignments should be done individually.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Coduto, Donald P; Foundation design : principles and practices ; 2nd ed; Prentice Hall, 2001 (Selected chapters).

Muir Wood, David; Soil behaviour and critical state soil mechanics ; Cambridge University Press, 1990 (Selected chapters).

Wood, David Muir; Geotechnical modelling ; Spon Press, 2004 (Selected chapters).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,059.00

International fee $5,125.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

All ENCN452 Occurrences

  • ENCN452-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018