Recent developments in civil engineering; students report on assigned subjects. Topics to be announced.
Equilibrium and variational formulations of finite element methods. Plane, axisymmetric, and shell elements. Isoparametric elements. Static and transient response of structures. Applications in potential flow, electrostatic thermal conduction field problems, and diffusion equations.
3 hr./wk.
Finite Element formulation and discretization for transient problems. Explicit and implicit time integration methods. Stability and convergence. Computational techniques for fracture mechanics. Singularity elements. Numerical evaluation of J-integral. Material nonlinear analysis. Plasticity models. Iterative methods.
3 hr./wk.
Consumer demand theory. Travel demand functions. Transportation cost and supply functions. Disaggregate and aggregate travel destination, route and modal choice models. Illustrations in practical situations for various modes.
3 hr./wk.
Definition of asset and asset management systems: definition, attributes, components, goals and objectives, benefits; consequences of poor asset management. Transportation assets: physical plant, equipment, real estate, employees, customer goodwill, investments, funding sources. Valuation and preservation of value: replacement asset value vs. depreciated asset value; minimizing real depreciation, maintaining asset value. Direct vs. indirect revenues; balance sheets: assets and liabilities, revenues and expenditures, return on investment; cash flow and income statements; depreciation schedules. Life-cycle cost analysis. Application to road, rail, airport, port, bridges, buses, trains, utilities, human resources, etc., with student projects and presentations.
3 hr./wk.
Planning, budgeting, funding, designing, constructing, monitoring, maintaining and rehabilitating a paved road network. Project vs. network Pavement Management Systems. Life cycle investment analysis and asset valuation. Pavement evaluation and performance. Structural capacity and safety. Design of alternatives and selection of optimal strategies. Pavement monitoring techniques. Implementation of PMS in highway agencies.
3 hr./wk.
A survey of quantitative methods useful in transportation and traffic engineering. Network analysis. Decision theory. Data analysis and statistical inference. Computer simulation.
Basic probability and statistics (e.g.
CE 26400).
3 hr./wk.
Transportation planning in context of federal policy, and legislative planning mandates. The structure of the transportation planning process. Travel behavior, accessibility, mobility and land use. Role of demand and supply models. Evaluation of alternatives. Air quality and congestion and their impacts. Role of revenue and funding. Regional examples.
3 hr./wk.
Role of policy and policy makers. Legislation and its impact on transportation systems, system performance, and land use. Transportation institutions and their responsibilities. Models of policy formulation and policy analysis. Regional examples.
3 hr./wk.
Basic techniques of service area analysis, route development, scheduling, revenue estimation, and service improvements for fixed route bus and rail transit. Integration of fixed route transit with paratransit, matching mode with service area, relationship of transportation department with other departments, budgeting, and policy setting also will be discussed.
3 hr./wk.
Methods of evaluating proposed projects including cost benefit analysis and alternative methods. How to value non-monetary impacts, e.g., time, life, clean air. Role of project evaluation within the planning process; evaluation criteria. Monitoring and evaluation of existing projects.
3 hr./wk.
Vibrations of elastic structures: Single degree and multi-degree-of-freedom systems; free and forced vibration; harmonic, impulsive and arbitrary loading; lumped parameter models. Analysis of dynamic response: Modal superposition; Numerical integration: introduction to inelastic behavior. Structural response to earthquake and wind loads. Damping characteristics of structures: Viscous, Viscoelastic and Friction Damping. Tuned mass dampers, passive energy dissipation systems.
3 hr./wk.
States of stress at a point. Constituitive equations. Formulation of equilibrium problems. Two-dimensional problems in rectangular and polar coordinates. Axisymmetrically loaded members. Plastic behavior of materials. True stress and true strain. Yielding criteria. Plastic stress-strain relations. Plastic analysis of structures. Elastic-plastic stresses in thick-walled cylinders and rotating disks.
3 hr./wk.
Review of fracture patterns in solids. Griffith-Irwin crack theory; stress analysis and crack tip stress-intensity factors; fracture toughness; crack extension force. Surface flows; plate thickness, and temperature effects; fatigue-crack propagation and stress-corrosion cracking. Application to structural analysis and design to avoid failures; fracture control plans.
3 hr./wk.
Exact and approximate methods of solution for various types of supports and various shapes of plates in polar and rectangular coordinates. Effect of large deflections. Cylindrical and spherical shells; elastic and inelastic buckling of shells. Thermal stresses in plates and shells.
3 hr./wk.
Traffic laws and ordinances; regulatory measures; traffic control devices; markings, signs and signals; timing of isolated signals; timing and coordination of arterial signal systems; operational controls; flow, speed, parking; principles of Transportation System Management/Administration; highway lighting. State-of-the-art surveillance and detection devices and techniques.
3 hr./wk.
Historical background of ITS, ITS functional areas and interrelationships: Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS), Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO), etc. ITS system architecture requirements. ITS technology and operational and implementation issues. Due to the cutting edge nature of the course, it is taught in a collaborative manner with outside speakers giving presentations on ITS implementation and technology and students presenting papers.
3 hr./wk.
Current techniques of planning will be applied to a regional case study. Survey techniques, travel behavior, travel demand management strategies, project evaluation and ISTEA/CAAA constraints will be reviewed for the study.
3 hr./wk.
Passenger terminal as modal interface. Concepts of passenger levels of service. Simulation and queuing theory. Issues of security, access, location, and role in community.
3 hr./wk.
Overview of the theory of structures including energy methods. Review of stiffness matrix and finite element analysis of structures. Structural modeling of large and complex systems. Computer implementation. Static condensation and substructuring. Semi-Rigid connections. Material non-linearity. Plastic Hinge Method. Geometric nonlinearity. Flexible members and theory of large deformations.
3 hr./wk.
Fundamentals of structural stability theory. Classical buckling of columns, trusses, frames, rings, arches, thin plates and shells. Energy methods and approximate methods of analysis. Torsional and lateral buckling. Design formulas. Dynamic instability.
3 hr./wk.
Seismological background. Characteristics and measurement of strong earthquake motions. Elastic response of simple oscillators to earthquakes. Response spectra. Inelastic response of SDOF systems. Ductility capacity and demand. Response of multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Seismic wave propagation. Soil amplification. Soil liquefaction. Seismic hazard and risk analysis. Seismic regulations.
3 hr./wk.
Sources and treatment of uncertainties in structural engineering. Probabilistic modeling of structural loads and resistance variables. Structural reliability methods. Safety assessment of structural members and systems. Introduction to stochastic processes. Application to load modeling. Load combinations. Seismic risk analysis. Introduction to random vibration. Calibration of structural design codes.
3 hr./wk.
Finite-difference modeling and its application to groundwater flow problems. Topics include classification of second order partial differential equations, boundary and initial conditions, method of characteristics, Taylor series and control volume approaches to discretization, truncation and roundoff errors, and numerical stability, convergence and consistency. Numerical schemes are principally applied to the groundwater flow and advection-dispersion equations. Methods of integrating physical and hydrogeologic data into groundwater flow models are examined. Course also provides introduction to commercial groundwater flow software.
3 hr./wk.
Codes, regulations, and current practices used in design of municipal wastewater treatment facilities. Total facility planning and component design layout on typical site. Hydraulic profile, site grading, outline specifications, and preliminary report preparation. Field trips required.
3 hr./wk.
Behavior of soils under dynamic loading. Measurement of dynamic soil properties. Soil liquefaction. Two and three-dimensional wave propagation. Analysis of foundations under dynamic loads. Impedance functions. Vibration of piles and pile groups. Seismic soil-structure interaction. Applications to geotechnical earthquake engineering.
3 hr./wk.
Elasticity, plasticity, and yielding of soils. Conduction phenomena in soils. Electrokinetic, electro-osmosis, and electrochemical effects. Elastoplastic constituitive models. Critical-state theories. Cam clay model. Peak and residual soil strength. Stress paths. Application to finite-element analysis. Geotechnical centrifuge modeling.
3 hr./wk.
Examinations, exploration, analysis, and chronicle of an engineering design, project, or system, from its inception through its development, consummation and consequent impacts. Written final report.
Completion of nine CE credits applicable to master's degree.
Analytical or experimental project, preferably of student's own choice. Under direction of a faculty advisor, student submits written proposal, performs the required task, and submits a written final report.
Completion of nine CE credits applicable to master's degree.