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Ground Improvement and Monitoring Techniques - CVEN4204
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Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
 
 
School:  School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite/s: CVEN2201, CVEN3201.
 
 
Excluded: CVEN9790
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Assessment of the suitability and design of stabilization techniques for difficult foundation soils including instrumentation and application observational techniques to geotechnical engineering. Topics covered will include: principles of the observational method, instrumentation, selected lectures on braced excavations, dewatering, grouting, underpinning, stone columns, vertical and horizontal drains, vacuum pumping, deep compaction, vibrofloatation, lime stabilization, reinforced earth and soil nailing.

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