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wastes; bioremediation; methods and economics of
recycling; landfill siting and design; landfill construction;
leachate and gas control; rehabilitation, after-use and
monitoring.
Recommended reading
Selected video tapes
Selected municipal publications
Selected publications fro9 Australian Road Research Board
CE576
Construction Engineering
Elective)
9 credit points fi hours per week
class test 40%, assignments 30%, verbal presentation 30%
This is a fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Civil)
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To develop students' knowledge of construction technology
and the construction industry.
Content
The construction industry organisation, economy and
opportunities, entrepreneurial construction activities;
plant output and performance of bulldozers, tractor
scrapers, excavators, truck cycles;
road and pavement construction. Quality assurance and
total quality managment in construction operations;
deteriorating assests; assessment, management and
remedial problems;
construction opportunities in the developing region of
S.E. Asia and China;
major projects in Australia;
bridge construction steel, reinforced and prestressed
concrete bridges, segmental and girder launched
construction;
piles types, selection of precast, insitu, or steel piling,
installation methods, load tests.
tunnelling soft ground and rock tunnelling, tunnelling
machines, tunnel linings, removal of excavated material,
inlet and outlet structures;
pipelines loads on precast and insitu pipelines due to
different methods of excavation and backfilling,
excavation and shoring, joints, laying techniques for
precast pipelines;
dams and embankments earth, rockfill and mass
concrete gravity dams and embankments, arch dams,
outlet works and spillways.
Recommended reading
Harris, F., Modern Construction Equipment and Methods.
Longman Scientific, 1989
Reiss, F., Project Management Demystz$ed. Spon 1992
Shahin, M.Y., Pavement Management for Airports, Roads and
Parking Cars. Chapman Hall 1994
Antill, J.M., Ryan, P.W.S., and Easton, G.R., Civil Engineering
Construction. 6th edn. McGraw-Hill 1988
CE580 Soil Dynamics
10 credit points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions
Assessment: examination 50%, assignment 30%, talk 20%
Prerequisites: CE488 Geomechanics and Structures
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To enable the student to appreciate the effect of seismic
forces on soil and the soil-structure system and to be able to
predict the effect of vibrations on adjacent structures. The
student will also have the ability to design foundations for
vibrating machinery.
Content
Seismicity of the earth; seismic active zones; seismicity of
Australia; seismicity of Victoria; seismicity of Melbourne;
lessons from the Newcastle earthquake; predicting the effect
of earthquakes in local regions; systems of measurement of
earthquake effects, (Mercalli, Richter, etc); types of
vibrations; effect of vibrations; types of waves; limits of
effects on structures; resonant frequency of soils, structures
and humans; vibrating machinery; damping of vibrations;
foundations for vibrating machinery.
Recommended reading
Booth, B., Fitch, F. Earth Shock. Sphere Books, 1980
Das, B.M. Principles . of
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Geotechnical Engineering. - - 3rd edn, PWS,
Boston, 1994
Das. B.M. Advanced Soil Mechanics. McGraw-Hill. 1985
~arland, G.D. Introduction to Geophysics. W.B. ~aunders
Company, 1971
Okamoto, S. Introduction to Earthquake Engineering. University
of Tokyo Press, 1973
Srinivasulu, P.,Vaidyanathan, C.V. Handbook of Machine
Foundations. TATA, McGraw-Hill, 1976
Tomlinson, M.J. Foundation Design and Construction. 5th edn,
Longman Scientific and Technical, 1986
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CE582 Geornechanics (Minor ~lective),h~&,,~~ :
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6 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
assignments/laborato y work 100%
This is a fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Civil)
Objectives
To extend students' knowledge of geology and soil
mechanics and introduce them to rock mechanics and give
them an appreciation of the high level of experience and
'art' required to practice in the area of geomechanics.
Content
Engineering geology of the Melbourne region;
behaviour of lightly loaded structures on expansive soil;
preventive and remedial measures to protect structures
on expansive soils;
moisture stabilisation for expansive soil sites;
vibrations due to machinery and seismic shock;
land full operations.
Recommended reading
Peck, W.A.ed. et al., Engineering Geology of Melbourne. Balkema,
1992
Das, B.M., Advanced Soil Mechanics. McGraw-Hill 1985
Goodman, R.E., Introduction to Rock Mechanics. Wiley, 1989
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