| Unit name | Hazards and Infrastructure 2 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | CENG20003 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Agarwal |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
The aim of this unit is to enable the students to understand the natural and man-made hazards (e.g. earthquakes, tsunami, floods, wind, explosions, accidents, human error) and the risks these pose to infrastructures and the society at large. The course will be delivered in the context of civil engineering infrastructures e.g. buildings, bridges, embankments, dams, transport, water supply etc.
On successful completion of the project, the students will
ULO 1. Be able to explain concepts of hazards and resilience, (A4, B1)
ULO 2. Be able to explain how civil engineering infrastructures are vulnerable to natural and man-made hazards, (A5, B4, C3)
ULO 3. be able to summarise and implement qualitative risk analysis and to identify measures to improve infrastructure resilience. (B2, B4, B8, C3)
Lectures will be arranged to cover different hazards and risks to infrastructures. Students will supplement these by undertaking wider reading.
Progress test 30% (ULO 1-1, ULO1-2)
Group Project 70% (ULO 1-3)
D.Blockley (Ed.), Engineering Safety, McGraw Hill, 1992. B.M.Ayyub, Risk Analysis in Engineering and Economics, Chapman and Hall, 2003
