| CIVIL ENGINEERING |
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| 560.201 (E,N) |
STATICS AND MECHANICS
OF MATERIALS (4) Graham-Brady Limit
20 per section Freshmen by permission only Co-listed
with 530.201 |
Lec.
Sec. 01
02
03
04 |
MTW 2 11
M 4-6pm
T 5-7pm
W 4-6pm
Th 4-6pm |
| 560.305 (E) |
SOIL MECHANICS (4) Anandarajah
Limit 30 Prereq: 560.206 Coreq:
570.351 Basic principles of soil mechanics. Classification
of soils. Compaction theory. Consolidation seepage and settlement
analysis. Stress-strain and shear strength of soils. Introduction
to earth pressure theories and slope stability analysis. |
Sec. 01
Lab |
ThF 10:30-12
F 1-4 |
| 560.325 (E) |
CONCRETE STRUCTURES (3) Igusa
Limit 25 Prereq: 560.206 Principles
of behavior of reinforced concrete beams, columns, and slabs,
with application to the design of elementary structures are introduced.
The ultimate strength and the elastic methods of analysis are
used. |
Sec. 01 |
W 5:30-8:15pm |
| 560.349 (E) |
DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS I
(2)
Russo/Vigener Prereq: Senior status or Perm. Req’d. A study of the engineering design process from
problem definition to the final design. There are team projects
which include written and oral presentations.
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Sec. 01 |
Th 4-6:30pm |
| 560.445 (E) |
ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
(3)
Guest Arwade
Prereq: 560.301 Matrix methods for the analysis of statically
indeterminate framed structures such as beams, plane trusses,
space trusses, plane frames, grids and space frames. Stiffness
and flexibility methods. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 11 |
| 560.491 (E) |
CIVIL ENGINEERING SEMINAR
FOR JUNIORS (0.5) Staff Limit 75 |
Sec. 01 |
T 4 |
| 560.493 (E) |
CIVIL ENGINEERING SEMINARS
FOR SENIORS (0.5) Staff Limit 75 |
Sec. 01 |
T 4 |
| 560.525 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY |
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| 560.535 |
RESEARCH |
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| 560.691 |
GRADUATE SEMINAR Staff |
Sec. 01 |
T 4 |
| 560.729 |
STRUCTURAL MECHANICS Graham-Brady Basic solid mechanics for structural engineers.
Stress, strain and constitutive laws. Linear elasticity and viscoelasticity. Introduction to nonlinear mechanics. Static,
dynamic and thermal stresses. Specialization of theory to one-
and two-dimensional cases: plane stress and plane strain, rods,
and beams. Work and energy principles; variational
formulations. |
Sec. 01 |
MW 3-4:15 |
| 560.734 |
ADVANCED PROBABILITY AND
STATISTICS
FOR ENGINEERS Igusa
Limit 25 Prereq:
560.435 or introductory course in probability and statistics.
Theory and applications with an emphasis on statistical learning
techniques for large experimental or computer-generated data sets.
Applications will include problems in solid and fluid mechanics. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 12 |
| 560.780 |
COASTAL ENGINEERING Dalrymple Coastal processes and
their influence on engineering at the shoreline. Waves and current,
equilibrium beach profiles, littoral transport, shoreline modeling
and the behavior of tidal inlets. The impact of structures on
the shoreline. |
Sec. 01 |
MW 4:30-6pm |
| 560.782 |
HYDRODYNAMICS Shen Limit 20 This
course covers fundamentals of hydrodynamics with applications
in ocean science and engineering. Topics include fluids transport,
elementary potential flows, method of conformal mapping, Green’s
theorem, hydrodynamic forces in potential flows, free-surface
flows, ship and ocean waves, air-sea interactions, boundary layers,
flow past bluff bodies, vortex shedding and vortex-induced vibrations,
scaling laws and model testing. |
Sec. 01 |
Th 10:30-11:45, F 9:30-10:45
Th 4:30-7:20pm |
| 560.787
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STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION
Guest
Introduction to structural optimization with
focus on topology optimization using finite element methods.
Applications to design of structural and mechanical systems and
use of inverse homogenization to design material microstructures
that yield extreme/ prescribed properties. Course canceled 8/16/06
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Sec. 01
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MW 9:30-11
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| 560.835 |
GRADUATE RESEARCH |
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