School Of Engineering And Industrial DesignFoundations and DrainageWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 85017.1
Discipline: CIVIL ENGINEERING
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Prerequisite
85009 Water Engineering AND 85012 Soil Engineering AND 14508 Engineering Modelling
About this Unit
Foundations: this unit presents the application of principles of soil mechanics to the solution of foundation and geotechnical problems including the evaluation of allowable bearing capacity of shallow and pile foundations, the stability of earth retaining structures and stability of slopes. Drainage: this unit introduces the basic concepts of drainage analysis. Basic concepts of hydrology are introduced. This integrates with the hydraulic principles learned in 85009 Water Engineering to perform hydrologic analysis of catchments.