School of Civil and Resource Engineering

Unit Outline

Lectures & Tutorials

Assignments & Labs

Projects

Click here CIVL2122 for Handbook entry.

(see entry for Prof. Fahey in COFS Personnel)

Notices

Week	Beginning Monday	Lab Instructions (Download & Print)	Notices
1 (30)	20 July
2 (31)	27 July
3 (32)	3 August
4 (33)	10 August
5 (34)	17 August
6 (35)	24 August	Lab. 1	Lab Manual (3 labs)
7 (36)	31 August	Lab. 1
(37)	7 September		*NON TEACHING BREAK*
8 (38)	14 September	Lab. 2	Constant Height Shear Test (demo)
9 (39)	21 September	Lab. 2
10 (40)	28 September
11 (41)	5 October	Lab. 3
12 (42)	12 October	Lab. 3
13 (43)	19 October
	2 November		Provisional Tutorial Marks
	12 November		Provisional LAB and TUTORIAL marks

Link to LECTOPIA recordings for this unit

Week	Beginning	Lectures			Tutorials	Tutorial
Week	Beginning	Monday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Solutions
1	20 July	Outline	Part 1: Consolidation
2	27 July				Tutorial 1	Tut 1 Solution
3	3 August	Kansai	Part 2: Soil Strength		Tutorial 2	Tut 2 Solution
4	10 August				Tutorial 3	Tut 3 Solution
5	17 August				Tutorial 4	Tut 4 Solution
6	24 August				Tutorial 5	Tut 5 Solution
7	31 August		Part 2B: Bound Theorems, Limit Equilibrium		Tutorial 6	Tut 6 Solution
	7 September	NON	TEACHING	BREAK
8	14 September		Part 3: Site Investigation (6 per page)		Tutorial 7	Tut 7 Solution
9	21 September				Tutorial 8 Cam Clay Spreadsheet	Tut 8 Solution
10	28 September				Tutorial 9	Tut 9 Solution
11	5 October				Tutorial 10	Tut 10 Solution
12	12 October			Diagram	Tutorial 11 CPT data
13	19 October		Data sheets from 2009 Final Exam

Lab Handout: Lab #1 (Consolidation)

Notes for Geomechanics section of Engineering Geology & Geomechanics (CIVL 2121). Caution: Large File (4.16 MB)

Kansai Airport - long-term consolidation settlement

Introduction to Geology and Soil Mechanics: Good on-line "text book", with good illustrations

Laboratory Tests: Good on-line descriptions of basic tests