Undergraduate Courses:
CIVL2001 Engineering Design and Communication (6 Credit Units)
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CIVL2006 Soil Mechanics (6 Credit Units)
Basic characteristics of soils; seepage and effective stress; consolidation theory and settlement analysis; soil compaction
CIVL3013 Project (12 Credit Units)
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Taught Postgraduate Courses:
CIVL6001 Project (4 Modules)
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CIVL6004 Advanced Soil Mechanics (1 Module)
Soil behaviour; stresses and strains in soil masses; stress path; soil deformation and consolidation theory; soil strength and failure criteria of soils; soil modelling techniques; laboratory testing applications
CIVL6077 Ground Investigation and Soil Testing (1 Module)
Soil and rock classification systems; field instrumentation techniques; in-situ tests; laboratory tests; stresspath and its applications; groundwater monitoring; stress measurements; GPS and laser scanning monitoring methods.
CIVL6078 Rock Engineering (1 Module)
Rock mass classification; rock mass strength and deformability as a function of structural defects such as joints; faults and bedding planes; in-situ rock stresses and their measurement; ground water percolation in rock; underground excavations and rock support system design; rock slope stability analysis; rock foundations; case histories in rock engineering; numerical methods; rock joint strength parameters; rockfall control.
Research Postgraduate Courses:
CIVL8013 Advanced Numerical Modelling in Geomechanics (1 Module)
Discrete element method (DEM); DEM computation schemes; contact laws; DEM applications; advanced topics in discontinuum modelling