Course overview
This course seeks to extend students who wish to attain advanced knowledge and skills in geotechnical engineering. The course includes characterisation and logging of expansive and problematic soils, the design of residential footings, assessment and rehabilitation of cracked houses, and unsaturated soil mechanics.
- Problematic Soils
- Residential Footing Design
- Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
Course learning outcomes
- Calculate the characteristic surface movement of a soil profile and classify a site to AS 2870
- Create an engineering borehole log and estimate soil reactivity using the visual-tactile method
- Design of footings on expansive and collapsing soils
- Assess and diagnose the likely causes of distress and distortion to residential structures and recommend remediation options
- Evaluate effective stresses using unsaturated soil mechanics theory
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 61801
Section WS01
Size 70
Available 50
Class number 61796
Section PR05
Size 16
Available 4
Class number 61797
Section PR04
Size 16
Available 16
Class number 61798
Section PR03
Size 16
Available 14
Class number 61799
Section PR02
Size 16
Available 15
Class number 61800
Section PR01
Size 16
Available 11
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