Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
Source: https://engineering.calendar.utoronto.ca/course/civ523h1 Parent: https://engineering.calendar.utoronto.ca/section/Civil-Engineering
Fixed Credit Value
0.50
Hours
38.4L/12.8T
This course is built around a transportation project that contains all the essential geotechnical investigation and design elements and illustrates how they all come together on a project. The students will be taken through the entire design process from project initiation to construction. In essence, the project will include a bridge over a river with some property constraints requiring the use of a retaining wall as well as deep and shallow foundations and some groundwater control. The highway will require a soil cut. One section crosses a low-lying swampy area that will require embankment construction over deep soft soils. A short tunnel section is planned beneath a railway that cannot be taken out of service. A pavement design will be required along the entire route as well as materials testing and construction monitoring.
Prerequisite
; equivalent or permission of instructor
Total AUs
42.7 (Fall), 42.7 (Winter), 85.4 (Full Year)
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