General Information
Course specification: https://www.usq.edu.au/course/synopses/2018/CIV3403.html
All students must submit their assignments electronically using the Moodle system
in CIV3403 Study Desk. No other means of submission is permitted.
This is an individual assessment item and no collaboration with other students is
allowed.
Late submission penalty: see CIV3403 course specification.
https://www.usq.edu.au/course/synopses/2018/CIV3403.html
“Penalties for late submission of required work:
If students submit assignments after the due date without (prior) approval of the
examiner then a penalty of 5% of the total marks gained by the student for the
assignment may apply for each working day late up to ten working days at which
time a mark of zero may be recorded. No assignments will be accepted after model
answers have been posted.”
Assignment extension policy: see CIV3403 studydesk.
Q1: A warm up exercise: analyses of simple slopes (30 marks)
Determine the factors of safety (FoS) of the slopes,
● using Taylor’s design chart. (10 marks)
● using the computer program Slope/W (student version). (10 marks)
● discuss the results and write a brief conclusion. (10 marks)
