CIV5149 Foundation engineering
Faculty of Engineering
CIV5149 Foundation engineering is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
Review of soil mechanics model; the geological context of a project; site investigation and laboratory testing techniques; conceptual design of foundations; elastic, consolidation and creep settlement of shallow footings; total and differential settlement; bearing capacity of shallow footings of layered soils; raft foundations; piling options; the relationship between construction techniques and pile performance; axial capacity of single piles in compression and tension; settlement of single piles; capacity and settlement of pile groups; piled rafts; lateral capacity of piles; rational methods for design of rock-socketed piles; static, dynamic, statnamic and integrity testing of piles.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for CIV5149.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Assess geotechnical investigation carried out for a civil infrastructure development project.
- 2
Generate geological models for a development site based on the geotechnical investigation
data. - 3
Predict design parameters for materials of interest from the geotechnical investigation results and existing correlations.
- 4
Draw on site-specific material properties to design shallow foundations on complex ground profiles satisfying limit states requirements.
- 5
Design pile foundations for complex loads and ground conditions based on limit state and serviceability requirements.
- 6
Communicate professional decisions to specialist and/or non-specialist audiences.
Workload and teaching
2 hours lectures, 2 hours of practical classes and 8 hours of private study per week.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Asadul Haque
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Jeffrey Walker
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for CIV5149?
CIV5149 has no prerequisites.
When is CIV5149 offered?
CIV5149 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.