(a) Written Communications: A course on the nature of communication and report writing which includes one lecture per week during first term and tutorials.
(b) Seminars: One seminar per week in second term.
Details of topics to be covered will be posted on the notice board in the department at the beginning of each term.
Seminars may be supplemented by works visits to selected establish- ments.
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EXAMINATION
There will be no formal examination, but students will be assessed on the basis of their participation and reports.
456-302. SEMINARS
One seminar per week in first and second terms.
Details of topics to be covered will be posted on the notice board In the department at the beginning of each term.
Seminars may be supplemented by works visits to selected establish- ments.
EXAMINATION
There will be no formal examination, but students will be assessed on the basis of their participation and reports.
456-402. SEMINARS
One seminar per week in first and second terms.
TOPICS
Details of topics will be posted on the departmental notice board at the beginning of each term.
Seminars may be supplemented by works visits to selected establish- ments.
EXAMINATION
There will be no formal examination, but students will be assessed on the basis of participation, reports and prepared papers.
421-312. S01L MECHANICS
A course of approximately 37 lectureb Together with about 27 hours of laboratory work and practical work and one field excursion.
SYLLABUS (a) Soil Mechanics
25 lectures. Soil characteristics, Identification and classification. Flow of water through soils, Darcy's law, flow nets, seepage force, effective stress principle. Shear strength with applications to active and passive pressure, short and long term behaviour. Laboratory work. Six 3 hours periods during second and third terms.
(b) Soil Chemistry
(I) Agricultural Engineering Course
12 lectures. Introduction to colloid chemistry applied to soils. Crystal structure of clays. Interparticle forces. Soll texture and structure.
Soil survey and classification. pF and other soil-water terminology.
Chemistry of organic matter, nitrogen, acidity, salinity, phosphorous and trace elements.
Laboratory work. 3 x 3 hour periods during second and third terms.
Field Work. One full day excursion.
(ii) Civil Engineering Course
7 lectures. Soil as a material. 8011 texture. Introduction to соllоlд chemistry. Clay mineralogy. Structure of the silicate minerals.
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Books Sectiоп (a)
Prescribed textbook:
Lambe T W and Whitman R V Soil Mechanics, Wiley 1969 Section (b)
Recommended for reference:
Grim R E Applied Clay Mineralogy, McGraw-Hill 1962
Van Olphen H An Introduction to Clay Colloid Chemistry, Interscience 1963
EXAMINATION
Sections (a) and (b). One 3-hour written paper or equivalent. Examin- ations may be held during the year. Laboratory work and assignments will be assessed as part of the examination.
436-407. SOME ASPECTS OF BIOENGINEERING Dr Williams
A course of one lecture per week with two hours per week throughout the year allocated to demonstration, laboratory and seminar work.
SYLLABUS
The subject matter to be covered is Included in the following list of topics. The topics will be chosen to accommodate the particular Inter- ests of candidates as far as possible.
(a) Structure and Function of the Body. Skeletal, nervous, respiratory, and cardio-vascular systems. General structure of the body, body materials.
(b) Effects of Forces on the Human Body. Orientation effects, linear acceleration, vibration, weightlessness.
(c) Hearing and the Auditory Environment. Nature of sound, the ear, psycho-acoustics, effects of noise, designing the acoustic environment.
(d) Vision and Illumination. Nature of light, the eye, visual performance, effects of light, designing the light environment.
(e) Structural and Functional Biomechanics. Kinematics of the human body, blomechanics of musculo-skeletal components, prostheses, artI- ficlal limbs and Implants.
(f) Respiration and the Atmospheric Environment. Characteristics, res- piration and metabolism, oxygen deficiency, decompression hazards, special environments, contaminants, designing for the atmospheric en- vironment.
(g) Temperature Regulation and the Thermal Environment. Biothermo- dynamics, thermoregulatlorr, blothermal environment analysis and con- ditioning.
(h) The Effects and Control of Ionizing Radiation. Physics of radiation and high energy particles, measurement, effects, control and protective engineering.
BOOKS
There is no prescribed text book; however, printed notes and references will be Issued In lectures.
EXAM LNAT I ON
Tests will be held at the end of each topic together with a final 3-hour examination paper at the end of the year.
In the assessment for pass and final honours consideration will be given to performance In the examination, tests, laboratory and seminar work.
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619-002. STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS A course of 24 lectures and 24 tutorials.
SYLLABUS (a) Probability
Elementary Probability: Events and their combination, total probability, conditional probability, Independence.
Random Variables: Distribution functions and densities, expectation and variance, moment-generating functions. Joint and conditional distribu- tions, Independence and addition of random variables.
Standard Distributions: Binomial, Poisson, geometric, exponential, hyper- geometric, univariate and bivarlate normal.
Limit Laws: Chebyshev's inequality, law of large numbers, central limit theorem.
(b) Statistics
Random Sampling: Notion of a random sample; parameters and statis- tics, distribution of mean and variance, random numbers and their uses.
Estimation: Properties of estimators; consistency, unbiasedness, maxi- mum likelihood estimation.
Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests: Tests of means (t-test), of variances (F-test), of goodness of fit (chi-square test); contingency tables; general theory.
Analysis of Variance and Design of Experiments: One-and-two-way classifications; Latin squares.
Regression Theory: Least-squares fitting of linear models.
PRACTICAL WORK
illustrative arithmetical examples.
BOOKS
Recommended for reference:
Guttman I Wilks S S & Hunter J S Introductory Engineering Statistics, 2nd ed Wiley
In addition, reference to other publications will be made In class.
EXAMINATION O rre 3-hour paper.
451-210. SURVEYING PART A
A course of two lectures and three hours of practical work per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Coordinate systems. Distance measurements.
Differential levelling; design and adjustment of Surveyor's levels; evalu- ation and compensation of residual errors; contouring.
Magnetic compass surveys; plane table surveys; concepts of precision in surveying; adjustment of plotted traverses.
Design, use and adjustment of theodolites; evaluation and compen- sation of residual errors; traversing; calculation of angular and linear mlsclosures; missing data problems; areas of traverses; precision of theodolite traversing.
Tacheometric methods; Instruments and precision.
Barometric heighting.
Curve lay-out; contouring; volumes of regular solids; earthwork volumes;
cut and fill problems.
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PRACTICAL WORK
The equivalent of three hours per week devoted to field and office work and tutorial classes.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbook:
'Clark D Plane and Geodetic Surveying for Engineers, Vol 16th ed (S1 units) Constable 1972
EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper for pass and honours. There will be no formal practical examination; the assignments performed during the year will be assessed as part of the examination. However, any candidate may be required to submit to a practical test and to resubmit assignments per- formed during the course.