Foundation Engineering and Design unit (ENG706)

Introduction

This unit builds on the basic concepts and fundamental principles of engineering geology and soil mechanics and focuses on geotechnical engineering design. It introduces the following topics to students: soil stress path, soil shear strength, critical state model, bearing capacity and serviceability limit of geotechnical structures, footing design, pile foundation design, slope stability, lateral earth pressure and retaining wall design.

Summary

Unit name	Foundation Engineering and Design
Unit code	ENG706
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Sciences and Engineering School of Engineering
Discipline	Engineering
Coordinator	Doctor Hong Liu
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Model the behaviour of engineering soils under typical loading conditions using poroelastic model, Mohr-Coulomb failure model and critical state model.
• Design typical geotechnical structures such as footing, pile, slope and retaining wall including their documentations to ensure their short-term and long-term stabilities using both total and effective stress analysis methods.
• Evaluate the stability of geostructures against typical failure mechanisms using analytical and numerical methods

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

ENG103 or KAA110

Concurrent Prerequisites

ENG703

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

KNE773 or ENG315 or KNE273

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	3 x 1 hour lectures per week, 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week, and  3 x 3 hours practicals per semester
Assessment	Practical reports (10%)|Quizzes (10%)|Assignments (15%)|Exam (30%)|Design project (35%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Knappett, J.A., Craig, R.F. 2012. Craig's Soil Mechanics, 8th Edition, SPON Press
Recommended	Budhu, M. 2011. Soil Mechanics and Foundations (3rd Edition). J.Wiley and Sons Inc, NY Das, B.M. 2010. Principles of geotechnical enineering, 7th edition, CENGAGE Learning Ishibashi, I. and Hazarika H. 2010. Soil Mechanics Fundamentals, CRC Press Beer, D. and McMurrey, D. 2009. A guide to writing as an engineer (3rd Edition). Wiley: http://www.coop.com.au/bookshop/show/9780470417010

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