CIV6147 Advanced geomechanics
Faculty of Engineering
CIV6147 Advanced geomechanics is a level 6, 0-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 0
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Clayton
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before CIV6147
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After CIV6147
No unit lists CIV6147 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
This unit is available only to Engineering PhD students.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
Consolidation theory of soils, estimation of consolidation and creep settlements for different types of soils, advanced topics on shear strength of soils and rocks for various drainage conditions, stress-paths and laboratory triaxial tests, determination of drained and undrained shear strength parameters, critical state mechanics and various failure criteria, soil and rock slope analysis, earth pressure theory and design of retaining walls.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Determine soil consolidation time and associated settlements.
- 2
Appraise the shear strength of soils and rocks.
- 3
Analyse advanced soil strength testing and stress paths results considering drained and undrained behaviour.
- 4
Draw on various soil models to analyse soil/rock behaviour.
- 5
Analyse stability of soil and rock slopes.
- 6
Draw on earth pressure theories to design basic retaining walls.
- 7
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.
Where it fits
CIV6147 is part of 1 area of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Ha Hong Bui
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Jeffrey Walker
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for CIV6147?
CIV6147 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is CIV6147 offered?
In 2020, CIV6147 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
Which majors and minors include CIV6147?
CIV6147 is part of Engineering PhD program.