CivE 695
Soil Structures
Description
This course provides students with understanding of stresses in slopes, landslides in soil, sift ground tunneling, dam foundations, and case histories of earth and rockfill dams. Students will develop skills in limit equilibrium methods of analysis and design of earth dams and embankments.Learning Outcomes
- Develop an understanding of the physical meaning of limit equilibrium analyses for evaluating slope stability and the underlying calculations, assumptions and implications associated with common methods of limit equilibrium analyses.- Conduct and critically review limit equilibrium analyses of slopes, and evaluate Factors of Safety.
- Develop an understanding of the physical meaning of shear strength reduction methods for evaluating slope stability and the underlying calculations, assumptions and implications associated with these methods.
- Conduct and critically review shear strength reduction analyses of slopes, and evaluate Factors of Safety.
- Develop an understanding of the impacts of soil type and settings on evaluating the Factors of Safety.
- Identify the setting for stability analyses applicable to dams and the design and construction methods employed to improve the survivability and serviceability of final structures.
| Lecture | Seminar | Lab | Credits | Total AU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 4 | 50.4 |
| M % | NS % | CS % | ES % | ED % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
None defined
None defined
Undergraduate Program(s)
Sections & Respective Instructors
| B1 - 2026/2027 - Winter - Renato Macciotta Pulisci & Rick Chalaturnyk |
| B1 - 2025/2026 - Winter - Rick Chalaturnyk |
| B1 - 2024/2025 - Winter - Fangzhou (Albert) Liu |
| B1 - 2023/2024 - Winter - Fangzhou (Albert) Liu |
| B1 - 2022/2023 - Winter - Michael Hendry |
| B1 - 2020/2021 - Winter - Michael Hendry |