Infrastructure Deterioration Modelling
Duration
- One semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 48 hours face to face + blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2024 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Admission to a cognate Postgraduate course
Corequisites
Undergraduate
Aims and objectives
The aim of this unit is to introduce final year engineering students to the basic principles of infrastructure deterioration, assessment and modelling.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Recognise and describe the interaction between material properties, environmental factors and loading or usage on the deterioration mechanisms of the various civil infrastructure systems (K1, K3, K5, S1).
2. Apply the knowledge gained in assessing the health and/or services of an infrastructure using the appropriate performance measures and identify those reached the terminal levels for maintenance or rehabilitation (K1, S1, A4, A7).
3. Identify the differences between the practices locally and internationally in infrastructure assessment and the limitations in developing reliable deterioration models (K1, A4).
4. Independently organize a team to achieve specified objectives within time constraints and produce reports of high standards (K1, S4, A4, A6, A7).
5. Develop an understanding of the negative impacts deteriorated (functional and structural deterioration) civil infrastructure systems would have on the community, the natural and built environment and the associated costs and appreciate the importance of developing sustainable infrastructure systems and how to apply the principles of sustainability over the whole life of the system (K1, S2, K5, K6).
6. Develop an appreciation of research effort and innovation in infrastructure condition assessment, modeling and data collection technologies (local and international) and identify areas for possible improvements (K1, A4, A6).
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Recognise and describe the interaction between material properties, environmental factors and loading or usage on the deterioration mechanisms of the various civil infrastructure systems (K1, K3, K5, S1).
2. Apply the knowledge gained in assessing the health and/or services of an infrastructure using the appropriate performance measures and identify those reached the terminal levels for maintenance or rehabilitation (K1, S1, A4, A7).
3. Identify the differences between the practices locally and internationally in infrastructure assessment and the limitations in developing reliable deterioration models (K1, A4).
4. Independently organize a team to achieve specified objectives within time constraints and produce reports of high standards (K1, S4, A4, A6, A7).
5. Develop an understanding of the negative impacts deteriorated (functional and structural deterioration) civil infrastructure systems would have on the community, the natural and built environment and the associated costs and appreciate the importance of developing sustainable infrastructure systems and how to apply the principles of sustainability over the whole life of the system (K1, S2, K5, K6).
6. Develop an appreciation of research effort and innovation in infrastructure condition assessment, modeling and data collection technologies (local and international) and identify areas for possible improvements (K1, A4, A6).
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Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On Campus Lecture | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| On Campus Class (Tutorial) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Online Directed Online Learning | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 7.5 | 12 | 90 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
Assignment | Individual/Group | 50% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Examination | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Quiz | Individual | 10% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Minimum requirements to pass this Unit
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:
(i) an overall mark for the unit of 50% or more, and
(ii) at least 40% in the final exam
Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:
(i) an overall mark for the unit of 50% or more, and
(ii) at least 40% in the final exam
Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
Content
• Deterioration modelling of concrete structures
• Performance and condition assessment of buried pipeline
• Asset management of bridge structures
• Modelling of timber and masonry structures
• Performance and condition assessment of buried pipeline
• Asset management of bridge structures
• Modelling of timber and masonry structures
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline