1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Channel Cow; uniform flow; Manning formula; art-full
pipes; specific energy; the hydraulic jump; graduallyvaried
flow.
Pump selection: classification and principles of
operation; pump and system characteristics.
Recommended reading
Evett, J.B. & Lieu, C., Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics. McGraw-
Hill, New York, 1987
CE243 Land Surveying
8 credit points 4 hours per week~(sem. I) Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, fieldwork Assessment:
examination 80%, assessed work'20%
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology
(Building Surveying)
Objectives
To enable students to understand basic land surveying
techniques and legal aspects of surveys as related to building
surveying practice.
Content
Principles and types of surveys and plans. Distance
measurement, levelling, angle measurement, setting out.
Cadastral surveying and laws related to surveying, check/
relocation surveys, old law, transfer of Land Act 1958 and
title office procedures.
Recommended reading
Bannister and Raymond. Surveying. 6th edn, London, Pitman,
1992
Schofield, W., Engineering Surveying. 3rd edn, London,
Butterworths, 1984
CE246 Survey and Road Engineering
20 credit points li hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SP124/125 and SM111/112 and SKI80 or
equivalent subjects Assessment: practical work, assignments
and examination
This is a subject of the Bachelor of Engineering (Civil)
Objectives
To develop in students a basic knowledge of Land Surveying
theory and practice related to civil engineering.
To give students an understanding of the principles and
practice of road design.
Content
Surveying theory: distance measurement including
principles and use of electronic distance measurers; levelling;
construction, use and adjustment of level types; booking and
level reductions; contour properties and use of contour
plans; theodolites including construction, use, traversing and
angle reading methods; setting out of engineering works;
introduction to Cadastral surveying and Geographical
Information Systems.
Computations: trigonometry; traverse reductions; areas,
volumes.
Survey practice: principles and types of surveys; detail
surveys including road surveying; use of engineering
surveying instruments and software to produce
computerised plans.
Geometric design of roads: terminology and design of road
cross sections; basic principles of road design and computeraided
road design; theory, coordination and computations
related to horizontal and vertical elements in road design;
cut and fill balance; applications in design project.
Recommended reading
Swinburne School of Civil Engineering & Building. CE246 Survey
and Road Engineering; (tutorials and practical notes). Swinburne
University Press, 1995
Underwood, R.T., Road Engineering Practice. 1st edn, Macmillan
Education, Australia, 1995
Bannister and Raymond. Surveying. 6th edn, Pitman, London, 1992
CE256 Structural Design
9 credit points 4 hours pw week (sem. 2) Hawthorn
Prerequisites: CE114 Applied Mechanics, SM193
Mathematics Instruction: lectures, tutorials
Assessment: examination 70%, assessed work 30%
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology
(Building Surveying)
Objectives
To familiarise students with the processes of design and
checking of structural documentation, with particular
emphasis on the main provisions and underlying principles
of codes of practice for steel structures, timber structures
and for glazing in buildings.
Recommended reading
AS1 170.1 Loading Code
AS1288 Glazing in Buildings
AS1684 Timber Framing Code
AS1720 Timber Engineering Code
AS4100 Steel Structures Code
CE276 Construction
11 credit points (sem. I) and 7 credit points (sern. 2)
li hours per week (sem. l), 3 hours per week (sm. 2)
Hawthorn Prerequisite: CE173 Construction
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, drafing classes, field work
Assessment: examination 70%, diary, reports, research projects,
folio of work 30%
This is a second year subject in the Bachelor of Technology
(Building Surveying)
Objectives
To give students an understanding of the general principles
and details of buildings with load-bearing walls up to three
storeys and single storey, wide span structures with framed
or load-bearing walls, and to expose the students to
architectural and engineering drafting related to buildings.
Recommended reading
Building Code of Australia 1990, 2nd edn, Canberra, Australian
Uniform Building Regulations Co-ordinating Council, 1990
Concrete Code
Ferguson, B.J., Reinforcement Detailing Handbook for Reinforced
and Pre-stressed Concrete Based Upon the Australian Concrete
Structures Standard AS3600-1988. Sydney, Concrete Institute of
Australia, 1988
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