1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

CE505 Investigation Project
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: poster paper and verbal presentation lo%, final
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report 90%
This is a fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering - -
(Civil)
Objectives
To develop students' initiative and self-education skills
through work on an investigation project in an area relevant
to the course.
Content
Students will work individually or in small groups on
selected projects under staff supervision and will be required
to meet ;e&larly with their supervisor. In general, prdjects
will be staff initiated and may arise from staff research or
from proposals put forward by industry or by cooperative
employers. Students may also suggest projects which will
require departmental approval before proceeding.
Each project will require a literature survey and a theoretical
and/or experimental investigation. Results and conclusions
will be presented as a progress report in the form of a poster
paper and an oral presentation, and a final written report at
the conclusion of the project.
CE507 Municipal and Transport Engineering
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9 credit points fi hours per week Hawthorn Assesmat:
emmindtion, ~ssi~nmentsilaborato~ work
This is a fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Civil)
Objectives
To extend students' knowledge and skills in the areas of
transport engineering, water engineering and municipal
engineering, including environmental considerations.
Content
Transport engineering (28 hours)
Freight transport shipping, harbours, dredging, cargo
containers, inland waterways, belt conveyors, air freight,
solids pipelines, ore handling, freight terminals, capacity,
selection of mode, physical distribution.
Passenger transport fixed guideway, APT proposals, metro,
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Road engineering application of queueing theory, freeway
geometry, traffic law, road hierarchy, road construction,
signing, bikeways, traffic generation, parking, pedestrianised
streets, computer packages for transport analysis.
Environmental considerations traffic noise, vehicle
emissions.
Transport economics, transport administration,
transportation planning.
Municipal engineering (42 hours)
Powers and duties of local government engineers
responsibilities for new developments, roads and traffic,
transport management, local area traffic management, street
design, road maintenance, parking requirements and control,
property and equipment, solid waste management,
recreation, including consideration of financial planning and
constraints.
Planning aspects of planning and building control relevant
to local government. Environmental effects statements.
Surveying introduction to photogrammetry and remote
sensing.
CE509
Investigation Project
10 credit points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: tutorials/consultations Assessment: research
bntflO%, posterpaper and talk 15%, report 75%
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Civil Engineering
0 b jedives
To develop students' initiative and self-educative skills
through work on an investigation project in a topic area
relevant to the course.
Content
Students will work in small groups on selected projects
under staff supervision. Projects will be generated either by
staff from their own research interests or from proposals put
forward by industry sponsors. Students can propose their
own projects but need the approval of a staff member who is
prepared to act as a supervisor.
Each project will require a literature review, the formation
and testing of an hypothesis and the development of a
research plan, presented as a research brief early in the
semester and a theoretical and/or experimental
investigation. Results and conclusions will be presented as a
progress report in the form of a poster paper accompanied
by an oral presentation, and as a final written report at the
conclusion of the project.
Recommended reading
Mauch, J.E., Birch, J.W. Guide to the Succes$ul Thesis and
Dissertation. 2nd edn, Dekker, 1989
CE510 Structural Design 2
10 credit points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, project session Assessment:
design projects and assignments 30%, examinations 70%
Prerequisites: CE217Structural Engineering 1, CE316
Structural Design 1
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Objectives
To further develop understanding of the design process
particularly through applications to the behaviour and
design of steel structures, timber structures and masonry
elements.
Content
Determination of loads on structures subject to wind forces.
Design of steel structures: fabrication erection; corrosion;
resistance to lateral loads; bracing systems; action under
non-gravity loads; design of steel portal frames: modelling;