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Mohr's circle; time-dependent soil behaviour; settlement; capacity and failure of foundations; field investigations; slope stability; earth pressure theories and retaining structures.
This second course in geomechanics focuses primarily on the analysis of common geo-structures and foundations. It makes use of the soil mechanics concepts and calculations learned in ENCN 253 and familiarity with this material is assumed. Generally speaking, the course content has been developed on the assumption that ideas and understanding, as opposed to codes or rote-learned formulae, are the backbone of successful engineering – our aim is to understand the behaviour of soil, and then put this understanding to work to solve practical engineering problems and make decisions.Course contentThe course is divided into eight modules of roughly equal weight and duration:Module 1: Mohr’s circles and soil stress-strain behaviour – revision and extensionModule 2: Consolidation and related settlement Module 3: Shallow foundations – ultimate capacity and failureModule 4: Shallow foundations – serviceability and settlementModule 5: In situ testing and site investigationModule 6: Deep foundationsModule 7: Slope stabilityModule 8: Retaining walls
ENCN253, EMTH210
ENCI351
Jenny Haskell
Gabriele Chiaro
Siale Faitotonu
Exam: A minimum mark of 40% must be achieved in the final exam in order to pass the course. Astudent who narrowly fails to achieve 40% in the exam, but who performs very well in the test may be eligible to pass the course.Aegrotat eligibility: “Aegrotat provisions are intended to assist students who have covered the workof the course but have been prevented by illness or other critical circumstance from demonstratingtheir mastery of the material or skills at the time of assessment” (UC Calendar). As a generalguideline, a student may only apply for an aegrotat for the exam if they have sat the mid-semester test and submitted at least 60% of the coursework (labs and homework's).Homeworks: Homeworks should be submitted to the box marked ‘ENCN353’, located on the firstfloor of the engineering block. Official Department coversheets should be used for all submissions.Homework submitted without a coversheet will be given a mark of zero. You are stronglyencouraged to make a copy of your homeworks prior to submitting them to the boxes. Veryoccasionally submitted homeworks go missing and by making a copy you will still be able to compare your work to the model solutions and learn from any mistakes mistakes.All homeworks should be submitted by the due date. Late submissions will not be accepted. If astudent is unable to complete and submit a homework by the due date owing to circumstances beyond their control, they should discuss this with the course coordinator at the earliest opportunity.Tutorials: At the end of tutorials you will be asked to hand in your work. This will not be formallymarked, with ‘full marks’ instead being given for making a good attempt at the set problem(s). Inorder to obtain the full 5% of the course grade associated with tutorials you need to hand in a goodattempt at the set material for at least 8 of the weekly tutorials.
Domestic fee $874.00
International fee $4,725.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .