(Professor Francis, Dr. Trollope, Dr. Laszlo, Mr. Wood, Dr. Lawson, Mr. Sharp, Dr. Moody, Mr. Lee and visiting lecturers.)
A course of about 8 lectures per week, with about 14 hours per week of laboratory, drawing office and practice classes throughout the year.
Sуы'.лвus. (i) Structural Engineering and Elasticity. Analysis and design of statically indeterminate structures such as trusses, rigid frames, arches and
shells. Inelastic behaviour. . .
Concrete mix design. Reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.
Stability of structures and components. Vibrations of beams, frames and the like. Elementary plate and shell theory.
(ii) Hydraulic Engineering. Topics such as the following:
, Rainfall : Distribution, intensity, run-off, evaporation, percolation, Waterway for bridges and culverts.
Rivers : Flood prevention, improvement and regulation.
Storage Reservoirs : Determination of capacity ; earthen, masonry, concrete and other dams ; outlet works, waste weirs; preservation of catchments. .
Conduits : Channels, flumes, pipe lines. Variable flow in channels. Waves.
Water Supply: Purification of water..' Reticulation. Service reservoirs, water towers, stand pipes.
Sewerage and Drainage Sewerage of towns and isolated buildings, drainage, separate and combined systems, sewage treatment, disposal of wastes, pumping stations.
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Irrigation: Conditions suitable, duty of water, methods of application to land barrages, head-works, regulators, distribution systems.
Hydro-electric Engineering: Turbine characteristics; settings; choice of type of turbine; speed regulation; surge tanks; water power schemes.
Pumping Plants.
Hydraulic models.
(iii) Soil Engineering. Behaviour of engineering soils. Principles and applications of soil mechanics to foundations, embankments, cuttings and re- taining structures.
(iv) Highway and Airport Engineering. Geometric design of roads, streets and airports. Pavement design and construction. Drainage. Intro- duction to traffic engineering.
(v) Engineering Practices*. (a) Engineering Construction. Topics such as the following: foundation methods, timbering, de-watering, under-pinning, etc. Structural steel fabrication. Methods of reinforced concrete construction, form- work, precasting. Erection methods. .
(b) Engineering Organization and Economics. Topics such as the following: organization of civil engineering works, contracts and specifications, financing of engineering projects, costing, legal aspects.
Laboratory, Drawing Office and Classroom Work. This will usually include the following: (i) original designs of structures in part or whole;
(ii) a scheme of water supply, irrigation, power, sewerage, etc.;
(iii) laboratory work including projects;
(iv) discussion groups, visits to works in progress and special lectures by visiting speakers;
(v) essays and reports.
No student will be admitted to the Final Examination without evidence of satisfactory laboratory and drawing office work, which will be assessed in the de- ciding of examination results. Records of laboratory and drawing office work must be submitted periodically as required. Additional tests may be set during the year;
the results of these will be taken into account in assessing examination results.
Boors. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Torroja, E.—Philosophy of Structures. (Univ. of California Press.) ' (b) Prescribed text-books : .
*Timoshenko, S., and Young, D. 1.—Theory of Structures. (McGraw-Hill.) Timoshenko, S.—Theory of Elastic Stability. (McGraw-Hill.)
Timoshenko, S.—Theory of Plates and Shells. (McGraw-Hill.) Lin, T. Y. Prestressed Concrete Structures. (Wiley.)
*Capper, P. L., and Cassie, W. F.—The Mechanics of Engineering Soils. (2nd ed., Spon.)
*Wilbur, J. B., and Norris, C. H.—Elementary Structural Analysis. (McGraw- Hi11.)
(c) Recommended for reference:
(i) Structural Engineering and Elasticity.
Probst, E. H., and Connie, J.—Civil Engineering Reference Book. (Butter- worth.)
Baker, J. F., Horne, M. R., and Heyman, J.—The Steel Skeleton, Vol. I.
(C.U.P.)
Beedle, L. S. Plastic Design of Steel Frames. (Wiley.) Hoff, N. J.—The Analysis of Structures. (Wiley.)
Cross, H., and Morgan, N. D.—Continuous Frames of Reinforced Concrete.
(Wiley.)
Parcel, J. L, and Moorman, R. B. B.—Analysis of Statically Indeterminate
Structures. (Wiley.) .
Mix Design and Quality Control of Concrete. (1954 Symposium. Cement and Concrete Association.)
• This section of the syllabus will not be given in 1960.
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Stewart, D. A.--High Quality Concrete. (Spon.)
Komendant, A. E. Prestressed Concrete Structures. (McGraw-Hill, 1952.) Guyon, Y. Prestressed Concrete. (Contractors Record.)
Dunham, C. W.—Theory and Practice of Reinforced Concrete. (3rd ed., McGraw-Hill.)
Walley, F. Prestressed Concrete Design and Construction. (H.M.S.O.) Murdock, L. J.—Concrete Materials and Practice. (Arnold.)
(ii) Hydraulic Engineering.
Hydraulics
Addison, H.—A Text-Book of Applied Hydraulics. (Chapman and HalL) Dougherty, R. L., and Ingersoll, A. C. Fluid Mechanics. (5th
ed.,
McGraw-Hill.) .
Rouse, H., and Howe, J. W. Basic Mechanics of Fluids. (Wiley.) Jaeger, C. Engineering Fluid Mechanics. (Blackie.)
Streeter, V. L. Fluid Mechanics. (McGraw-Hill.)
Rouse, H., and Iice, S. History of Hydraulics. (State University of Iowa, 1957.)
Allen, J.—Scale Models in Hydraulic Engineering. (Longmans.) Structures
Schoklitsch, A.-Hydraulic Structures, Vols. I, II. (Amer. Soc. Mech.
Eng.)
Water Supply .
Wegmann, E.—The Conveyance and Distribution of Water for Water Supplу. (Constable.)
Babbitt, H. E., and Doland, J. J.—Water Supply Engineering. (4th
ed.,
McGraw-Hill.)Sewerage and Stormwater Drainage
Babbitt, H. E.—Sewerage. and Sewage Engineering. (Wiley.) Isaac, P. C. G. Public Health Engineering. (Spon.)
Fair, G. M., and Geyer, J. C.—Water Supply and Waste Water Disposal.
(Wiley.)
Imhoff, K., and Fair, G. M.—Elements of Sewage Treatment. (Wiley.) Irrigation
Etcheverry, B. A. Irrigation Practice and Engineering. (McGraw-Hill.) 3
vols.
Davis and Wilson. Irrigation Engineering. (Wiley.) Parker, P.—The Control of Water. (Routledge.) Brown, H. Irrigation. (Constable.)
Kanthack, F. E.—Principles of Irrigation Engineering. (Longmans.) Houk, I. E. Irrigation Engineering, Vols. I and II. (Wiley.)
Leliaysky, S. Irrigation and Hydraulic Design. Vol. 1. (Chapman and Hall.) Hydro-electric Engineering
Spannhake, W.—Centrifugal Pumps, Turbines and Propellers. (Mass. Inst.
Tech.)
Dougherty, R. L. Hydraulic Turbines. (McGraw-Hill.) Barrows, H. K.—Water Power Engineering. (McGraw-Hill.)
Brown, J. Guthrie.—Hydro-electric Engineering Practice, Vols. I, II and III.
(Blackie.)
(iii) Soil Engineering
Tschebotarioff, G. P.—Soil Mechanics, Foundations and Earth Structures.
(McGraw-Hill.)
Taylor, D. W. Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics. (Wiley.) Terzaghi, К V.—Theoretical Soil Mechanics. (Wiley.) .
Terzaghi, K. V., and Peck, R. В. Soil Meçhanics in Engineering Practice.
(Wiley.)
Peck, R. B., Hanson, W. E., and Thornburn, T. H. Foundation Engineering.
(Wiley.) ..
Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research.—Soil Mechanics for Road En- gineers. (H.M.S.O.)
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(iv) Highway and Airport Engineering
' Road Construction and Maiпteпance. (Country Roads Board of Victoria.) Dempster, G. J: Somе Aspects of the Geometric Design of Roads. (Country
Roads Board.)
Hewes, L. I., and Oglesby, C. H. Highwãy Engineering. (Wiley.)
Public Roads Administration, U.S.A.—Highway Practice in the U.S.A. (Public Roads Administration.)
Sharp, H. 0., Shaw, G. R., and Dunlop, J. A. Airport Engineering. (Wiley.) Gliddon, H. C., Law, H. F., and Cowles, J. E. Airports. Design, Cопstruсtiоп
and Management. (McGraw-Hill.) ExAмiNAтюxs. Five 3-hour papers.
DESIGN PROJECT•
• (To be taken at the Royal Melbourne Technical College) ' . '
A course of one lecture per week for two terms and two full days per week (tutorial and drawing-office work) for third term.
SYCEAHUs. The economic design of a chemical plant to meet a specified pro- duction requirement ; the preparation of quantitative and qualitative flow diagrams, the specification of equipment, the selection of appropriate materials of construction and the methods of fabrication, the preparation of drawings of individual pieces of equipment where necessary, and of the general arrangement of the plant.
Booнs. Recommended for reference.
*Rase, H. F., and Barrow, M. H. Project Engineering of Process Plants.
(Wiley.)
Perry, J. H.—Chemical Engineers' Handbook. (McGraw-Hill.)
Vilbrandt, F. C.—Chemical Engineering Plant Design. (McGraw-Hill.) DISCUSSION SESSIONS
(Various lecturers from other faculties)
A course of some three hours a week throughout the year generally on historical and artistic topics in a limited field.
Some reading and essay or project work will be included and candidates will be assessed on the. work performed. .
EARTH SCIENCE
A course of approximately 85 lectures ; three hours' laboratory and practical work per week throughout the year and five field excursions.
SYLLABUS.
(a) Geology (Engineering' Course)
Part 1-24 lectures. The more important minerals and rocks. Elementary structural geology and physiography (including underground water). Physical pro- perties of rocks. Methods of geological investigation.
Part 2-9 lectures on special aspects of Engineering Geology.
LABORATORY Wоnк. Three hours per week during first term. .
FтEтu WORK. Two half-day field excursions. .
(b) Soil Chemistry
25 lectures. Introduction to colloid chemistry applied to soils. Crystal structure of clay minerals. Elementary soil Chemistry. Soil texture and structure. Soil types and profile formation. Erosion. .
LAвоаwтоav Wокк. Six 3-hour periods during second term. .
FIELD Wокк. One half-day and one whole-day field excursion: These two excursions are compulsory and will cost approximately 15/-. .
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(c) Soil Mechanics and Physics
25 lectures. Soil-Water relationships. Soil Classification and Identification.
Compaction. Consolidation. Shear Strength of soils. Elementary stability theory—earth pressures, stability of slopes, bearing capacity.
LAвonАтoRY WORK. Eight 3-hour periods during second and third terms. . Books. Section (a)
(i) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Read, H. H.—Geology. (H.U.L.)
Raistrick—Teach Yourself Geology. (E.U.P.) (ii) Prescribed text-books:
*Hills, E. S: The Physiography of Victoria. (Whitcombe and Tombs.)
(iii) Recommended for reference:
Legget, R. F.—Geology and Engineering. (McGraw-Hill.) or Krynine, D. P., and Judd, W. R. Principles of Engineering Geo-
logy and Geotechniqurs. (McGraw-Hill.)
(iv) Dapples, E. C.—Basic Geology for Science and Engineering. (Wiley.) Section (b)
(i) Prescribed text-books:
*Leeper, G. W. An Introduction to Soil Science.
(ii) Recommended for reference:
Baver, L. D.—Soil Physics. (Wiley.) Section (e)
(i) Prescribed text-books:
*Capper, P. L., and Cassie, W. F.—The Mechanics of Engineering Soils. (2nd ed., Spon.)
*Soil Mechanics for Road Engineers. (H.M.S.O.) (ii) Recommended for reference:
Terzaghi, K. V., and Peck, R. В.--Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice. (Wiley.)
EXAMINATION.
Section (a) One 3-hour written paper.
One 3-hour practical test.
Both at times to be arranged during second term.
Section (b) One 2-hour written paper.
Section (c) One 2-hour written paper.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (C)
(Mr. McCutchan, Mr. King-Smith, Professor Moorhouse)A course of two lectures per week during first and second terms with 60 hours' laboratory and practice class work.
SYLглвиs. (a) Circuit Theory, A.C. and D.C.
(b) Electrical Machines.
Lлвoкптокy Woax. Three hours per week during first and second terms, on experiments relating to the course of lectures. The practical work may be assessed in the deciding of examination results.
Booкs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Pumphrey, F. H.—Electrical Engineering. (Prentice-Hall.)
(b) Prescribed text-books:
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Cotton, H.—Applied Electricity. (4th ed., Cleaver-Hume.)
or Fitzgerald and Higginbotham—Basic Electrical Engineering. (McGraw-Hill.) or Hirst, A. W.—Applied Electricity. (Blackie.)
(c) Recommended for reference:
As for Electrical Engineering II.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers (Pass standard only). A test examination will be held at the beginning of third term. Students passing in this examination may be exempted from further examination, subject to satisfactory practical work.
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