Ground Improvement and Monitoring Techniques - CVEN4204
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.
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Prerequisites: CVEN2201, CVEN3201 or equivalent
Assessment of the suitability and design of stabilisation 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 stabilisation, reinforced earth and soil nailing.
Assessment of the suitability and design of stabilisation 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 stabilisation, reinforced earth and soil nailing.
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