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2013/14 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
CIVE1500 Geotechnics I
10 creditsClass Size: 200
Module manager: Dr T W Cousens
Email: T.W.Cousens@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2013/14
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
The course will introduce students to soils as engineering materials and by the end of the module they will have an understanding of the main types of soils, their stress-strain behaviour and strength characteristics and of the use of these concepts, after appropriate development, in the field of lateral earth pressures, including the analysis of retaining walls.Syllabus
- Introduction to geological processes
- Formation of soils and rocks
- Soil classification including index tests, particle size distribution and field tests
- Principle of effective stress
- Strength and stress-strain behaviour
- Mohr-Coulomb criteria
- Laboratory and field tests
- Introduction to consolidation and permeability
- Introduction to lateral earth pressures covering the Rankine and Coulomb approaches, gravity and sheet pile retaining walls.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 20 | 1.00 | 20.00 |
| Practical | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Tutorial | 15 | 0.50 | 7.50 |
| Private study hours | 69.50 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 30.50 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 | ||
Private study
Private study will consist of of reading and exam preparation.Opportunities for Formative Feedback
In-course MCQs and examples sheets will be used to monitor the progress of the students through out the module.3 MCQs - 3 @ 20 mins - exam
3 Assessed courseworks
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| In-course MCQ | 3 MCQ tests | 10.00 |
| In-course Assessment | 3 Example Sheets | 10.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 20.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 80.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 80.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 10/04/2013
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