CIVIL ENGINEERING - C E

Professor K.P. George, Acting Chair
203 Carrier Hall

Professor Prasad
Associate Professor Uddin
Assistant Professors Barkdoll and Mullen

Graduate or prospective graduate students with backgrounds in civil engineering may have special interests in the following courses listed under Engineering: 558, 572, 585, 590-594, 601, 603-604, 617, 630-640, 647-649, 658, 671-679, 685, 687, 690, 696, 702, 706, 711-714.

511. STRUCTURES III. Advanced methods of structural analysis; finite-element modeling. Dynamics of structures. Computer applications. Laboratory demonstrations of the dynamic response of structures, employing computer graphics. Prerequisite: CE 411. (3).

514. DESIGN OF PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURES. Pre- and post-tensioning technologies; material properties; response to and design for axial load, flexure, shear, and torsion; application to buildings and bridges. Corequisite: CE 412. (3).

521. SOLID MECHANICS. Stress, strain, theory of elasticity; applications in two dimensions; strength theories; plasticity; viscoelasticity; thermoelasticity. Prerequisite: ENGR 309, 310. (3).

531. SOIL MECHANICS II. Soil variability, strength, and deformation; flow of water through soil; settlement calculation; stability problems including earth pressure; retaining structures; slope stability; bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations. Computer applications. Prerequisite: CE 431. (3).

541. FLOW IN OPEN CHANNELS. Uniform and nonuniform flow; gradually varying flow; rapidly varying flow controls; subcritical and supercritical transitions; unsteady flow; level-poor routing; flood waves. Prerequisite: CE 442. (3).

542. FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA. Steady, homogeneous flow; prediction of transport properties; wells, seepage, drainage, recharge; nonhomogeneous flow. Prerequisite: CE 442. (3).

543. SEDIMENT TRANSPORT. Fall velocity, particle, size analysis, incipient motion, bed form mechanics, suspended loads; stream flows, natural river processes; transport of liquid-solid mixtures in pipelines. Prerequisite: CE 442. (3).

561. CIVIL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS. Engineering applications of linear programming, dynamic programming, PERT-CPM, game theory, stochastic systems. Prerequisite: MATH 353. (3).

570. INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT. Methodologies for development and implementation of performance monitoring and maintenance management systems for roadways, bridge structures, and airport pavements; nondestructive evaluation; utilization of new materials and technologies. Corequisite: CE 456 or consent of instructor. (3).

581. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING II. Theory of traffic flow, car-following; intersection analysis; probabilistic methods. Prerequisite: CE 481. (3).

585. HIGHWAY PAVEMENTS. Stress analysis of pavements, traffic estimation, material characterization, current design schemes, computer applications. Corequisite: CE 431. (3).

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