Course Title: Analyse and design foundations
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2011
Course Code: CIVE5684
Course Title: Analyse and design foundations
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C6093 - Advanced Diploma of Engineering Design
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Dr. B. Richards
+61 3 9925 4172
betty.richards@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
EDX130B-Use technical mathematics (basic)
EDX140B-Use technical mathematics (advanced)
EDX100B-Analyse force systems (basic)
EDC010B-Carry out geotechnical site investigation
EAC120B-Test and evaluate soils
Course Description
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to analyse and design residential slabs and footings, shallow footings in general and retaining structures, as well as select piles, underpinning methods and their applications, based on the fundamental principles and concepts applied to deep foundations, underpinning, trenching and sheet piling.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
EAC030B Analyse and design foundations |
Element: |
1. Select an appropriate footing type. |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Understanding of the broad classification of foundations is used |
Element: |
2. Carry out simple footing design to AS 2870 "Residential Slabs and Footings". |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 The scope of AS 2870 is understood and used to inform footing |
Element: |
3. Carry out simple shallow footing designs based on the principles of soil mechanics. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Designs are prepared for simple shallow footings based on |
Element: |
4. Calculate stresses in a soil mass. |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Calculations are carried out to determine the stresses in a soil |
Element: |
5. Design simple cantilever and gravity retaining walls. |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Understanding of common types of retaining structures and their |
Element: |
6. Select pile type/s and prepare a design. |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Appropriate pile types are selected, given a building plan, |
Element: |
7. Determine appropriate underpinning for various situations. |
Performance Criteria: |
7.1 Appropriate underpinning for various situations is identified. |
Element: |
8. Design and analyse unsupported excavation trenching. |
Performance Criteria: |
8.1 Unsupported excavation trenching is designed and analysed. |
Element: |
9. Design a cantilever sheetpiling wall. |
Performance Criteria: |
9.1 A cantilever sheetpile wall retaining cohesionless soil is |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
• A mixture of instructor–led face to face lessons and directed problem-solving exercises
• Group-based research, and oral presentation of group research outcome
• Assignments
Teaching Schedule
Week | Topic |
1-3 | 1. Select an appropriate footing type |
4-5 | 2. Carry out simple footing design to AS2870 "Residential Slabs and Footings" |
6-7 | 3. Carry out simple shallow footing designs based on the principles of soil mechanics |
8-9 | 4. Calculate stresses in a soil mass |
10-11 | 5. Design simple cantilever and gravity retaining walls |
12-13 | 6. Select pile types and prepare a design |
14 | 7.Determine appropriate underpinning for various situations |
15 | 8. Design and analyse unsupported excavation trenching |
16 | 9. Design a cantilever sheetpiling wall |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Will be advised during lessons. |
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment are conducted in both theoretical and practical aspects of the course according to the performance criteria set out in the National Training Package. Students are required to undertake summative assessments that bring together knowledge and skills. To successfully complete this course you will be required to demonstrate competency in each assessment tasks detailed under the Assessment Task Section.
Your assessment for this course will be marked using the following table:
NYC (<50%) Not Yet Competent
CAG (50-59%) Competent - Pass
CC (60-69%) Competent - Credit
CDI (70-79%) Competent - Distinction
CHD (80-100%) Competent - High Distinction
Assessment Tasks
Assessment of this unit will be based on:
1 Assignment covering topic 2
1 Assignment covering topic 7
Mid semester exam covering 1, 3,4,5,and 9
Exam covering topics 6, and 8
Assessment Matrix
Topic | Assessment Task | Value% |
2 | Assignment | 15 |
7 | Assignment | 5 |
1,3,4,5,9 | Mid semester exam | 50 |
6,8 | Exam | 30 |
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