UNSW Handbook Course - Geotechnical Engineering of Foundations

Geotechnical Engineering of Foundations - CVEN9502


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 21
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Principles of foundation types and design. Shallow foundations - general bearing capacity equations for vertical and inclined loads, settlement calculation, foundations in sand, rock and reactive clays. Pile foundations - pile types and construction, ultimateload capacity, equation, ultimate capacity from pile driving formulae, settlement analysis; lateral loading; use of code for design of piles. Earth pressures, retaining walls.

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