(Staff of Civil Engineering and other Departments and visiting lecturers) A course of about 11 lectures per week, with about 12 hours per week of practical work throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Section 1, comprising about 156 lectures and 300 hours of practical work, will be taken by all students. In section 2, comprising 4 units each consisting of 24 hours of lectures and tutorial classes, a number of alternative choices of topics will be offered, and students must select topics from these to give the required total prescribed time. The topics offered in Section 2 will depend on the staff situation, and some may not be given In a particular year. The choice of topics must be approved by the Head of Department.
Section 1
(I) Structural Engineering (48 lectures, 24 hours of practice classes).
Linear structural analysis. Computer applications in design. Concrete structures and concrete technology. Steel structures, connections artd welding technology. Non-elastic and plastic behaviour and collapse analysis.
(ii) Hydraulic Engineering (36 lectures, 18 hours of practice classes).
Open channels, irrigation applications. System design. Basic hydrody- namics. Instrumentation. Hydrology and drainage. Model studies. Un- steady flow. Sediment transport, river engineering.
(iii) Soil Engineering (24 lectures, 12 hours of practice classes).
Retaining structures, sheet pile walls. Seepage. Design of earth dams.
Analyses of stability of slopes. Site Investigation. Foundation engineer- ing: settlement and bearing capacity of footings, pile foundations.
(iv) Transport Engineering (24 lectures, 12 hours of practice classes).
Topics in the following fields: Transport systems, operating character- istics and technology. Traffic engineering. Road capacity. Transport 95
planning and economics. Highway design and construction practice.
Pavement design. Photogrammetry.
(v) Engineering Practices (33 hours of lectures and practical cIasses).
Topics selected from the following: professional practices, law and the engineer, project planning networks, engineering and the community, engineering construction, accounting practice.
PRACTICAL WORK
This will include sessions allocated to the following:
(1) practice classes, tutorials and seminars
(2) designs of structures, hydraulic systems, earth and rock structures, traffic systems
(3) laboratory work associated with lecture material (4) projects
(5) visits to works Including vacation excursions
(6) discussion sessions on topics such as current affairs, engineers In society, history of engineering, professional Interactions, art appreci- ation etc.
(7) essays and reports
No student will be admitted to the final examination without evidence of satisfactory practical work and an assessment of this work will be included In the final examination results. Practical work assignments must be submitted at times specified and in the required form.
Section 2
(24 hours of lectures and tutorial classes, or an approximate equivalent per unit.)
(i) Structural Engineering
ST 1: Elasticity, stability and dynamics (1 unit)
ST 2 :Advanced linear analysis, matrix methods, finite element analysis (1 unit)
ST 3: Advanced structural technology in steel, concrete and other materials (1 unit)
(ii) Hydraulic Engineering
H 1: Environmental engineering Including water supply, sewerage and drainage (1 unit)
H 2: Dynamics of pipe systems, hydro-electric engineering (1 unit) H 3: River engineering
(iii) Soil Engineering
SO 1: Earth pressure problems, retaining structures (1 unit) SO 2: Foundation engineering: settlement analysis, footings, piled
foundations, vibration (1 unit) SO 3: Earth and rockfill dams (1 unit) (iv) Transport Engineering
T 1: Planning of transport networks (1 unit) T 2: Traffic engineering (1 unit)
T 3: Transport facilities engineering (1 unit) (v) Engineering Practices
EP 1: Project planning and control (1 unit)
EP 2: Construction methods and works organization (1 unit) EP 3: Benefit cost analysis (1 unit)
(vi) Mathematics •
CM 1: Numerical analysis and computer applications (1 unit) CM 2: Mathematical programming and systems analysis (1 unit) CM 3: Probability and statistics (1 unit)
(vii) Advanced Research Projects (1 unit) (viii) Other Elective Subjects
(a) 770-001: Town Planning (Civil Engineering and . Surveying Course) (1 unit)
(b) Business Administration
311-201 Organizational Behaviour (1 unit) 311-202 ' Business Planning & Control (1 unit) 311-203 Business Decisions (1 unit) (c) 102-201 Science French (2 units)
102-202 Science German (2 unIts)
102-203 Science Russian (2 units)
(d) 618-045 • Engineering Mathematics, part IV. (At least 2 units.) (e) any other recognized examinable University subject of suit-
abi e content and extent which is approved by the head of the department of Civil Engineering and the head of the depart- ment In which the subject Is given.
BOOKS
Recommended for preliminary reading:
Torroja E Philosophy of Structures, U of California Press Rouse H & Ince S History of Hydraulics, State U of Iowa 1957 Prescribed textbooks:
Laursen H I Structural Analysis, McGraw-HIII 1969 Johnson R P Structural Concrete, McGraw-Hill 1969
*Daily J W & Harloman D R F Fluid Dynamics, Addison-Wesley Lambe T W & Whitman R V Soil Mechanics, Wiley
EXAMINATION
A total of 10 two or three hour papers for pass and final honours, or the equivalent In time. Some of the examinations may be held during the year. Additional tests may be set during the year; the results may be taken into account in assessing examination results.
451-202. COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
A course of one lecture per week during first term with practical work.
SYLLABUS
Computer programming using Fortran IV language.
PRACTICAL WORK
About ten hours of demonstrations of digital computers and exercises In writing computer programs.
BOOk RECOMMENDED FOR REFERENCE
McCracken D D A Guide to FORTRAN 1V Programming, Wiley & Sons EXAMINATION
There will be no formal examination; a pass in this subject will be granted on successful completion of a prescribed project.
431-312. DISCUSSION SESSIONS PART I
(Various lecturers from other faculties and institutions)
A course of about 15 lectures and tutorials on Rhetoric followed by about 30 hours of study of a selected novel.
Essay and project work will be prescribed and candidates will be assessed on the work performed during the year.
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431-412. DISCUSSION SESSIONS PART
ii
(Various lecturers from other faculties and establishments)
A course of 50 hours In first and second term generally on literary or historical and artistic topics In a limited field.
Some reading and essay or project work will be Included and candi- dates will be assessed on the work performed.
456-102. DRAWING PRACTICE
An Intensive two week drawing office course, held after the annual examinations and immediately preceding the commencement of the next academic year.
SYLLABUS
Sketching: Orthographic projection. Multiview sketching and visualization.
Auxiliary views, sectional views, isometric drawing.
Instrumental Drawing: Lettering, measurement, dimensioning and toler- ances. Instruments and standard drawing practice. Machine elements and fastenings. Simple detail and assembly drawings. Blueprint read- ing. Elementary development of surfaces and Intersections.
Graphics: Graphs, charts, diagrams, nomographs. Graphic symbols and their use in flowsheets. Flowsheet presentation and/or electronic circuit drafting.
BOOKS
Prescribed text- afd work-books:
'McCabe F T, Keith C W & Farnham W E Mechanical Drafting Essentials, Prentice-Hall
'BS 308А: 1958—Engineering Drawing Practice, Abridged edition (British Standards Institution)
Recommended for reference:
Zozzora F Engineering Drawing, McGraw-Hill
Hoelscher R P & Springer C H Engineering Drawing and Geometry, Wiley French T E & Vierck C J Graphic Science, McGraw-Hill
BS 974: 1953—Symbols for use on flow diagrams of chemical and petroleum plant, British Standards Institution
SAA, CZI: 1966—Australian Standard Engineering Drawing Practice, Institution of Engineers
EXAMINATION
There will be no formal examination. Progress will be assessed on the basis of performance and completed drawing office work.
436-202. DYNAMICS OF MACHINES PART I
Mr Clifton ..
A course of 26 lectures with 22 hours of tutorial and practice classes.
SYLLABUS
(a) Kinematics: Mechanism. Relative plane motion. Instant centres.
Velocity and acceleration diagrams. Application to plane mechanisms including cams and gears.
(b) Kinetics: Forces in machine members, torque diagrams. Flywheels.
Power transmission; gear trains, belts, clutches, brakes, power screws.
Balancing of rotating masses. Vibration of systems with one degree of freedom, undamped and damped, free and forced. Transmissibility.
Books
Recommended for reference:
Hirschhorn J Dynamics of Machinery, Nelson
Nara H R Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Part 11: Dynamics, Wiley Shigley J E Theory of Machines, International Student Edition McGraw-Hill Note: Numerous other texts will be referred to throughout the course.
EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper for pass and honours. In order to pass the subject, students must reach a satisfactory standard both in the practical work and the written. paper.