Introduction to engineering geology, hydrogeology and the engineering properties of geomaterials including strength, compressibility and permeability of soils and rocks. Labs, case studies and field trips emphasize slope stability, ground monitoring, instrumentation and the engineering significance of geological processes and geomaterials. Fundamentals of applied geomorphology, site investigation technology, geophysics and airphoto interpretation. Emphasis is placed on the surficial geology of the Canadian Prairies.
Introduction to field methods in geological engineering: mapping, discontinuity surveys, analysis and design. A two-week field camp immediately preceding the first term in the final year of the GEO E program.
Fluid flow in hydrocarbon reservoirs; material balance equations; oil and gas well testing; waterflooding and EOR methods; fractional and segregated flow of immiscible fluids.
Geomechanical, geotechnical and petrophysical problems of interest to the petroleum industry: petroleum well drilling, borehole breakouts, wellbore stability, hydrofracture, settlement and consolidation due to oil withdrawal.
Contaminant transport; regional groundwater flow; petroleum hydrogeology; fluid migration in basins; surface-water groundwater interaction; introduction to groundwater modelling.
GEO E 495.6
Registration Info — 2004-2005 Regular Session»Capstone Design Project 1&2(1L-3P) Prerequisite(s): C E 295, G E 300, 348 and 90 credit units towards the B.E. degree. Corequisite(s): C E 420.
Each student must plan and complete a project and submit a written engineering report. The project may involve original laboratory investigations and/or field case history studies and/or computer design problems. Results are presented orally at a seminar.