| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2 |
| Outcomes |
Students gain advanced knowledge of methods of continuum mechanics used in analysing problems of stress and strain and the related failure mechanisms occurring in civil engineering structures, and the skills to apply these methods to solve practical civil engineering problems. |
| Content |
This unit addresses fundamental and computational aspects of engineering modelling based on continuum mechanics and fracture mechanics. The unit considers applications of modelling to the stability analysis of engineering structures including excavations and boreholes in rock masses. Novel engineering applications such as interlocking and deployable structures are also considered. |
| Assessment |
This comprises an examination and marked assignments which assess students' understanding of basic principles of civil engineering numerical analysis and their application to solving practical problems.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Winthrop Professor Arcady Dyskin |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Advisable prior study: CIVL7140 Civil Engineering Numerical Analysis or equivalent |
Contact hours—39 (lectures: 26 hrs; tutorials: 13 hrs)
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