SUBJECT OUTLINE - University of Wollongong

SUBJECT OUTLINE - University of Wollongong SCHOOL OF CIVIL, MINING AND ENVIRONMENTAL, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SUBJECT OUTLINE Subject Code: CIVL462 Subject name: GEOMECHANICS2 Pre/Co-requisites: CIVL361 GEOMECHANICS1 Credit points: 6 Offered: Autumn Session 2010, Wollongong Campus CONTACTS Subject Coordinator and Lecturer Dr J S Vinod Faculty of Engineering, Building 4, Room 36 Telephone 61 2 42 214089 Email vinod@uow.edu.au Consultation time Monday 9.00 am to 11.00 am Friday 9.00 am to 11.00 am Lecturer Dr Martin Liu Faculty of Engineering, Building 4, Room 126 Telephone 61 2 42 213035 Email martindl@uow.edu.au Consultation time Monday 10.00 am to 12.00 pm Friday 10.00 am to 12.00 pm Students will be contacted throughout the Session via UoW SOLS Mail with important information relating to this subject. N.B. UoW email and UoW SOLS mail are not the same. Messages sent to SOLS mail do not go to your email account and vice-versa. Learning Outcomes By participating in and understanding all facets of this subject a student will be able to: No Learning Outcomes UoW Engineering Graduate Capabilities(see Note) i) 1, 2, 3, 4 demonstrate and explain the principles and factors controlling soil compression, including the process of consolidation; ii) 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 9 apply the concepts of bearing capacity and settlement of shallow foundations, single piles, pile groups and piled-raft foundations; iii) 1, 2, 4, 9 apply Rankine and Coulomb theories of earth pressure iv) 1, 2, 4, 7, 9 perform the correct procedures for laboratory testing and interpretation of the results. Note: (1) Professional knowledge, grounding and awareness; (2) Information literacy, gathering and processing; (3) Research, analysis and evaluation; (4) Problem solving skills; (5) Written communication; (6) Oral communication; (7) Teamwork; (8) Respect for views, values, culture of others; (9) Ethics and professionalism; (10) Sustainability, societal and environmental impact. Adopted Faculty/discipline graduate capabilities Capabilities needed to achieve this UOW Graduate Quality Graduate Quality – students in Engineering Informed 1. Professional knowledge, grounding and awareness 2. Information literacy, gathering and processing Independent learners 3. Research, analysis and evaluation Problem solvers 4. Problem solving skills Effective communicators 5. Written communication 6. Oral communication 7. Teamwork Responsible 8. Respect for views, values, culture of others 9. Ethics and professionalism 10. Sustainability, societal and environmental impact Outline (i) One-dimensional theory of consolidation, primary and secondary consolidation; normally consolidated and over consolidated soils; settlement analysis. (ii) Overburden and lateral stresses, active and passive pressures, Rankine's earth pressure theory, Coulomb's wedge theory, geotechnical aspects of retaining walls, drainage of backfill. (iii) Bearing capacity and settlement of foundations; shallow footings, single piles, pile groups and piled-raft foundations. (iv) The laboratory work included in this subject includes (a) Shear Box Test (b) Consolidation Test and (c) Triaxial Compression Text. Practical work: Practical work will involve: 1. Triaxial test 2. Oedometer test 3. Direct shear test Lecture/tutorial /fieldwork times Lecture Friday 1.30 pm - 3.30 pm 67-107 Tutorial Friday 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm 67-107 Recent Improvement Tutorial hand-ins has been introduced from this session. There will be 5 tutorial hand-ins. They must be completed and submitted during the tutorials. Those not submitted will attract a mark 0. Attendance Requirements The University Code of Practice Students states that it is the responsibility of students to attend all lectures, tutorials, seminars and practical work as stipulated in the subject outline. Attendance at practical work exercises is compulsory. Text books Craig, R.F., Soil Mechanics, 6th ed, Chapman & Hall, 1997 Smith, G.N. and Smith, I.G.N. Elements of Soil Mechanics, 7th ed., Blackwell science, 1998. Bowles, J.E., Engineering Properties of Soils and their Measurement, McGraw-Hill, 1992 (This book is imperative for laboratory work in all Geomechanics subjects). University and Faculty Policies Students should make themselves aware of the University and/or Faculty Policies regarding plagiarism, special consideration, supplementary examinations and other educational issues and student matters. Further information can be found in the Faculty Policy document available from the EEC or at: ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES Your final subject mark will be calculated from the following: Final Examination: 60% Learning outcomes (i) (ii) (iii) Mid-Session Examination: 20% Learning outcomes (i) (ii) Practical work 10% Learning outcomes (iv) Tutorial hand-ins 10% Learning outcomes (i) (ii) (iii) NOTE: A mark of less than 40% in the final exam or failure to complete the practical work will result in a Technical Fail (TF) being recorded as your grade. Marks are not normally scaled or modified in this subject Mid-Session Exam: thOne Mid-Session Exam is scheduled on Friday 30 April (Class 7) during the Lecture time. Failure to sit for the Mid-Session Exam will result in a zero mark, unless the absence is related to medical or other unavoidable circumstances. In such an event, the final examination component will be increased accordingly. Details will be confirmed by SOLS mail. Practical Work and Report: Labs are scheduled during class 3and 4 from 1.30 pm – 5.30 pm. A report on the practical work is thdue no later than 4pm 16 April. Assignment Submission: For assignments that are required to be handed in and collected from EEC, you will need to generate a cover sheet on the web and attach this to your assignment. Hand in the assignment to EEC and the staff will barcode scan your assignment cover sheet. You will then receive a receipt by email. When your assignment has been marked, you will also be emailed that it is ready to be picked up from EEC. On collecting your assignment, EEC will barcode scan your student ID card. To generate the cover sheet, go to: Login: student Password: coverit If you are required to work as a group and are to submit a group assignment or report, nominate a team leader to take the responsibility of generating the cover sheet, handing in the assignment and collecting it back from EEC. Only the team leader will be able to collect the assignment. The team leader should select the option and ensure that the other team members names are entered in the appropriate field. Late Work: Late submission of the practical report will result in a deduction of 10% of the maximum mark per day unless supporting documentation will be provided. Plagiarism Plagiarism will not be tolerated and has led to exclusion. Further information on plagiarism can be found in the Faculty Policy document, with full details available at: J S Vinod & Martin Liu February 2010 Schedule of lectures and tutorials: (Any change will be announced in lectures or on SOLS) The schedule of lecture topics is shown in Table 1. Class /Date/ Assessment Lectures Tutorial Lecturer Class: 1 Consolidation behaviour 5/3/10 Examples --- of soils - I JSV Class: 2 Consolidation behaviour Tutorial hand-in 12/3/10 Examples of soils - II (class 1 & 2) JSV Class: 3 Soil exploration & 19/3/10 Bearing capacity of Examples --- JSV shallow foundation-I Class: 4 Soil exploration & 26/3/10 Bearing capacity of Examples --- JSV shallow foundation-I Class: 5 Bearing capacity of 16/4/10 Examples --- shallow foundation-II JSV Class: 6 Bearing capacity of deep Tutorial hand-in 23/4/10 Examples foundation -I (class 3,4 & 5) ML Class: 7 Examination Mid session exam 30/4/10 Class: 8 Bearing capacity of deep Tutorial hand –in 7/5/10 Examples foundation -II (class 6 &8) ML Class: 9 Settlement analysis of 14/5/10 single piles and pile Examples --- ML groups Class: 10 Tutorial hand –in 21/5/10 Piled raft foundations I Examples (class 9 &10) ML Class: 11 28/5/10 Earth pressures - I Examples --- ML Class: 12 Tutorial hand –in 4/6/10 Earth pressures - II Examples (class 11&12) JSV