Civil Engineering (CIVE) Courses>Cross-disciplinary Capstone Design Project

CIVE385 - Geotechnical Engineering

Description

Composition, structure and physical properties of soil and rock; groundwater flow; stress in soil; compressibility behaviour, consolidation and settlement analysis; shear strength of soils; rock failure analysis, state of stress in earth's crust, stresses and deformations in rocks, including elastic, plastic, and time-dependent behaviour; impact of geologic discontinuities on rock strength. Site investigation, design, construction aspects of shallow foundations, calculation of settlements in soils, piled foundations, earth pressure calculations, earth retaining structures, slope stability analysis.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-1.5-1

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete 1 of:
      • CIVE220 - Mechanics of Solids I (1.5)
      • MECH220 - Mechanics of Solids I (1.5)
    • Complete all of:
      • CIVE285 - Civil Engineering Materials (1.5)

Course offered by

Department of Civil Engineering

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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