Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology

School

Civil Engineering School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Attendance mode

In Person

Class hours

Tutorial 2 Hours/ Week
Practical 3 Hours/ Ad Hoc
Workshop 3 Hours/ Week
Exam 2 Hours/ One Off
Practicals will run in weeks 4 & 12 during the semester

Prerequisite

(ENGG1400 or ENGG1700) and (MATH1052 or MATH1072)

Assessment methods

Workshop, laboratory practical, examination

Course enquiries

Dr Jurij Karlovsek (j.karlovsek@uq.edu.au)

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

All structures such as buildings, roads, bridges, airports are supported on the ground. A knowledge of the strength of ground and its deformation is essential for the design of infrastructure. In this course, students will learn how ground reacts when a load is applied on it, and what happens when it is saturated with water. This is an introductory level course in which you will learn about characterisation and classification of soils; principles of water flow in porous media; consolidation; effective stress; strength of soils; and testing procedures. The knowledge from this course will be used for Geotechnical engineering and Structural engineering and further study in courses such as Geotechnical design (CIVL3210), Geotechnical investigation (CIVL4270) and Integrated Structural Design (CIVL3350).

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2018 (23/07/2018 - 17/11/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2017 (24/07/2017 - 18/11/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2016 (25/07/2016 - 19/11/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2015 (27/07/2015 - 21/11/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile