UNSW Handbook Course - Water and Soil Engineering

Water and Soil Engineering - CVEN0610


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Basic properties of soils and soil mechanics; Classification of soils; seepage of water through soils; shear strengths, settlement of foundations, stability of slopes and embankments, earth pressures and simple design of retaining walls; site investigation, sampling and in-situ testing of subgrades. Scope and applications of hydrology; hydrologic measurements, rainfall analysis, storm rainfall-runoff relations, flood estimation, surface and groundwater sources, urban drainage concepts. Basic concepts of hydraulics: Fluid properties, hydrostatics, motion of fluids, closed conduit (pipe) flow, open channel flow, urban development/subdivision layouts with consideration to water supply distribution, wastewater collection and stormwater drainage.

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