1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

interaction; interaction of lightly loaded structures and
expansive soil subgrades; foundations on expansive soils:
deep soft soils, rock, deep foundations on rock, rock
socketed piles, raft foundations; excavation adjacent to
structures: settlement, protective works.
Recommended reading
Coates, R.C., Coutie, M.G., and Kong, F.K. Structural Analysis.
2nd edn, Nelson, Surrey, 1980
Laible, T.P. Structural Analysis. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New
~ork,i985
Das, B.M. Principles of Geotechnical Engineering. 3rd edn, PWS,
Boston, 1994
Tomlinson, M.J. Foundation Design and Construction. 5th edn,
Longman Scientific and Technical, 1986
CE520
Urban Planning and Environment
10 credit points 4.5 hoursper week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, seminars and site visits Assessment:
assignments 100%
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Civil Engineering
0 b jectives
To provide a basic understanding of the systemic allocation
and management of urban land in the context of sustainable
development.
Content
Information: physical and social surveys; satellite
technology; geographical information systems; land cover,
tenure and use; census data.
Land use planning: historical origins; urban and regional
structure; strategic planning; planning schemes; permits and
conditions; developer-community agreements; local
amenity; resolution of disputes; appeals.
Transport planning: travel demand; transport planning
models; integration of land and transport systems;
AMCORD concepts; noise and atmospheric pollution;
~ublic transport; freight transport.
Environmental and social assessment: environmentally
sensitive design; ecological systems; environmental
assessment; environmental legislation and policies.
Recommended reading
Planning System Reform Team. Using Victoria's Planning Systa.
Department of Planning and Development, Melbourne, 1994
rn Victoria Environment Protection Act, 1970
-. & Minister for Planning and Housing. Guidelines for Environmental
Impact Assessment and the Environment Effects Act. Latest edn,
Department of Planning and Housing, Melbourne, 1988
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, CE533 Water Engineering (Minor Elective)
6 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
examination 60%, assipnments 40%
This is a fifth suGect in the Bachelor of Engineering
(civil)
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To Lxtend students' knowledge and skill; into unsteady,
non-uniform flow phenomena. On completion, students
should be able to apply these principles to the solution of
practical problems.
Content
Flood estimation methods, flood routing through reservoirs
and retarding storages, streamflow routing, graphical
methods, application of computers in analysis and design.
Urban drainage major and minor systems, hydrologic and
hydraulic performance of drainage systems for varying
treatments, effects of urban redevelopment, on-site
stormwater detention.
Underground water supplies steady state hydraulics, safe
yield, artificial recharge, coastal groundwater hydrodynamics,
non-steady state hydraulics. Theis' solution,
degradation of arable lands by saline groundwater intrusion.
CE539 -Water Engineering
10 credit points 4.5 hours per week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, tutorials/laboratory sessions, project
sessions Assessment: assignments 40%, examination 60%
Prerequisites: CE236 Hydraulics
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Civil Engineering
Objectives
To develop in students the ability to apply the principles of
hydraulics, hydrology and water quality to the design of
stormwater systems and the management of urban
catchments.
To improve students' ability to communicate technical
information, and review technical issues.
To develop students' appreciation of social objectives and
environmental issues in urban catchment management.
Content
Water treatment: wastewater, potable water, stormwater,
water conservation.
Groundwater hydraulics: steady-state well hydraulics;
modelling salt intrusion and landfill seepage.
Flood estimation: unit hydrograph method; statistical
rational method; flood routing through storages and
streams.
Urban drainage systems: major/minor systems; hydraulic
design.
Flood attenuation: flood retarding basins, on-site detention,
grass swales.
Open channels: structures; erosion and sedimentation; bank
treatment.
Water quality in urban catchments: pollution sources;
multiple uses and quality standards; source controls; gross
pollution traps; nutrient ponds.
Recommended reading
Institution of Engineers, Australia. Australian Rainfall C Runoff:
1987
CE550 Design and Construction 2
20 credit points 4.5 hours per week for two semesters
Hawthorn Instruction: lectures, case studies Assessment:
individual presentations 5O%, syndicate presentations 50%
Prerequisites: CE458 Design and Construction I, and the
student must be currently enrolled full time in Semester 9 or
have substantially completed Semester 9.