Foundation Engineering: foundation analysis and design bearing capacity, two-dimensional consolidation settlement, settlement of shallow foundations on sand; bearing capacity and settlement of pile foundations; earth retaining structures rigid retaining wall, sheet piles, braced excavations and reinforced earth walls; introduction to reliability based design.Rock Engineering: engineering behaviour of rock and rock discontinuities; hemisphere projection technique with applications to rock slope stability; insitu rock stress and its measurement; introductory underground opening design. Case histories and special topics.

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CS4001 - Foundation Engineering and Rock Mechanics

Select appropriate types and parameters of earth retaining structures

Appreciate the role of case histories in geo- engineering practice

Appreciate the role of rock material and discontinuity strength in the behaviour of rock slopes and underground openings

Apply hemisphere projection techniques to assess rock slope stability