Unit information: Slopes and Dams 3 in 2010/11

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Unit name Slopes and Dams 3
Unit code CENG32500
Credit points 10
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director Dr. Nash
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Normally the successful completion of appropriate Level 2 Engineering units

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty Faculty of Engineering

Description including Unit Aims

By the end of this unit, successful students will: have developed an awareness of the literature of landslides; be able to examine geological features in the field and undertake basic geological mapping; be able to examine and investigate landslides in the field; understand the geotechnical requirements in the design of embankment dams; understand the principles of stability analysis and be able to apply them to landslides and embankment dams.