Civil Engineering
About the Program
Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE): 45.0 quarter credits
Doctor of Philosophy: 90.0 quarter credits
Objectives
The graduate program in civil engineering offers students the opportunity to develop a more fundamental and complete understanding of the principles that govern their field as well as current design methodology. Students are encouraged to be innovative and imaginative in their quest for recognizing, stating, analyzing, and solving engineering problems.
The goal of the master’s program is to develop technical depth of expertise for a professional career in the planning, design, construction, and operation of large-scale infrastructure systems, built facilities, and water resources management. The goal of the PhD program is to develop the abilities to discover, pursue, and apply basic knowledge. PhD recipients are prepared to engage in teaching and research or in an industrial career in the development of new concepts and innovative systems.
General Information
The civil engineering programs comprise the following areas of specialization: building systems, geotechnical engineering, hydraulic and coastal engineering, structural engineering, and water resources.
For more information, visit the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering web page.
Admission Requirements
MS admission is based on an academic record demonstrating adequate preparation and potential for successful graduate study. This typically includes a BS from an engineering curriculum accredited by the Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) or the equivalent from a non-U.S. institution. Submission of results from the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is required. A grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 is usually required. Graduates who do not have a bachelor's degree in either Civil, Architectural or Environmental Engineering may be required to take preparatory undergraduate courses.
For additional information on how to apply, visit Drexel's Admissions page for Civil Engineering.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering
The programs of study at the master’s level continue the specialization developed at the senior level of the undergraduate program or newly developed interests. The Master of Science in Civil Engineering degree may be elected by graduates of ABET-accredited undergraduate programs in civil engineering and related fields. Admission and prerequisites are determined on the basis of a student’s undergraduate transcript.
Most MSCE graduates work as professional engineers in consulting firms, industry, or governmental agencies. A number of our graduates have started consulting and construction firms in the Philadelphia area and have been very successful. Other former students hold prominent positions in public utilities, local government agencies, and industry.
The full-time graduate academic program is closely associated with the research efforts of the faculty. Full-time master’s degree candidates are encouraged to base their master’s thesis on some aspect of faculty research. The one-to-one relationship between student and faculty member provides an invaluable learning experience. The General (Aptitude) Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required for applicants pursuing full-time study.
The master’s degree requires a total of 45 credits, of which 24 credits must be in the major field of interest and 6 credits are to fulfill math requirements. The remaining credits are taken as electives in related areas. The choice of core and elective courses is made in consultation with the student’s graduate advisor.
Areas of concentration include:
- Structural
- Geotechnical/geoenvironmental/geosynthetics
- Water resources
- Building systems/energy
Dual graduate degrees are possible. Among the more popular programs are combining the MS in Civil Engineering with an MS in Environmental Engineering, or Engineering Management. The required credits must meet all civil engineering program requirements and will be determined on the basis of the student’s proposed program of study.
PhD in Civil Engineering
The PhD degree is awarded for original research on a significant civil engineering problem. Graduate students who have completed their MS degrees work closely with individual faculty members (see Faculty Research Interests below). PhD dissertation research is usually supported by a research grant from a government agency or an industrial contract.
The full-time graduate academic program is closely associated with the research efforts of the faculty. The General (Aptitude) Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required for applicants pursing full-time study.
Doctoral students normally take at least 45.0 credits, including research credits, beyond the master’s degree requirements. Full-time residency for one continuous academic year is required for the PhD degree to ensure students the opportunity for intellectual association with other scholars. Many doctoral students take two, three, or four years of full-time graduate study to complete their degrees. Involvement in the teaching activity of the Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department is required of all PhD applicants.
After approximately one year of study beyond the master’s degree, doctoral students take a candidacy examination, consisting of written and oral parts. Each PhD candidate is supervised by a major professor and a doctoral committee chaired by the major professor.
PhD candidates submit a detailed proposal for dissertation research to the doctoral committee. The students then take a proposal examination; successful completion of this examination is required to become a PhD candidate. After approval of the proposal, the committee meets from time to time to review the progress of the research. The dissertation must be submitted to the doctoral committee at least 90 days before the graduation date. The committee schedules and conducts a final oral examination before approval of the dissertation.
Areas of research include:
- Structural
- Geotechnical/geoenvironmental/geosynthetics
- Water resources
- Sustainable engineering
- Building systems/energy
Dual Degree Programs
Civil Engineering students may find it useful to pursue dual MS degrees. Such programs have been pursued in concert with Environmental Engineering/Science, Mechanical Engineering, Information Studies and Engineering Management. A dual degree student must complete the required coursework for each degree. Depending upon the concentration, up to 15 credits from another program may count as electives for the MSC.E. with the advisor's approval. The student is responsible for obtaining approval of MSC.E. courses that apply to the second degree.
Bachelor’s/Master’s Dual Degree Program
Exceptional undergraduate students can also pursue a master of science degree in the same period as the bachelor of science. Many students deepen their knowledge with a Master's degree in Civil Engineering, while others have broadened their knowledge with a Master's degree in related areas such as Environmental Science, Engineering Management, Software Engineering and Information Technology.
Facilities
Construction Materials Laboratory
This laboratory contains facilities for the study of concrete, asphalt, mortar, soil-cement, and timber materials, and moist cure facilities.
Geosynthetics Laboratory
This laboratory contains a complete suite of physical, mechanical, hydraulic, endurance, and environmental test devices for assessing behavior of geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes, and geocomposites.
HVAC and Refrigeration Laboratory
This laboratory contains complete models of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and pumping system models.
Hydromechanics Laboratory
This laboratory contains a wave channel tilting flume, pipe friction equipment, bench demonstration equipment, and a beach erosion model.
Soil Mechanics and Geoenvironmental Laboratory
This laboratory contains triaxial and direct shear equipment, controlled environmental chambers, consolidation tests, flexwall permeameters, and a test bed.
Structural Testing Laboratory
This laboratory contains universal testing machines with 150,000- and 300,000-pound capacity and test beds with MTS dynamic load equipment.
Courses
CIVE 501 Model Analysis of Structures 3.0 Credits
Open to advanced undergraduates. Covers application of models for the analysis and design of complex structures, including development of laws of similitude, methods of fabricating, and testing and instrumentation of models.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 510 Prestressed Concrete 3.0 Credits
Open to advanced undergraduates. Covers definitions and general principles, anchorage systems, and loss of prestress; analysis and design of simple beams for flexure, shear, bond, and bearing; partial prestressed and post-tensioned reinforcement; and continuous beams.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 520 Advanced Concrete Technology 3.0 Credits
This course covers the mechanical, physical and chemical properties of concrete: characteristics of concrete in the fresh, setting and hardening states; high performance concrete. Factors influencing the mechanical performance of concrete are discussed as well as field testing methods.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is AE or major is CIVE or major is EGEO.
CIVE 530 Geotechnical Engineering for Highways 3.0 Credits
Covers design if stable right-of-way, USDA classification, frost and swell expansion, capillary moisture retention, subgrade compaction, beam on elastic foundation pavement model, loads and resistance of buried pipes, subdrainage, basic slope stability and retaining structures.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 531 Advanced Foundation Engineering 3.0 Credits
Covers design of shallow foundations (footing and mats), deep foundations (piles, augered, drilled shafts) and retaining structures for stability and deformation performance.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 560 Introduction to Coastal & Port Engineering 3.0 Credits
Provides an overview of coastal engineering problems and their solution, including shoreline erosion, ocean waves and wave theories, wave generation, diffraction, refraction, harbor hydraulics, coastal currents, and tidal inlet hydraulics and sedimentation.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 561 Introduction to Hydrology 3.0 Credits
Covers climate and weather, precipitation, evaporation and transpiration, drainage basins, and hydrographs.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: EGEO 700 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 563 Coastal Processes 3.0 Credits
This course provides a detailed presentation of hydraulic and sedimentary processes occurring in the coastal zone with a view toward applying knowledge of the processes to coastal erosion and shoreline stabilization problems.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 560 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 585 Transportation Planning and Capacity 3.0 Credits
Open to undergraduates. Covers prediction of travel demand; principles of highway and transit capacity; level-of-service concepts; uninterrupted and interrupted flow; traffic characterization by volume, speed, and density; operational analysis and design of freeways, highways, and urban streets; intermodal systems, intelligent transportation systems (its), and mass transit.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 586 Geometric Design of Highways 3.0 Credits
Open to undergraduates. Covers classification of highway and transit systems with relation to function, funding, ownership, and design; characteristics of design vehicles, drivers, and traffic; elements of design including sight distance, horizontal alignment, and vertical alignment; cross-section and roadside design; and at-grade and separated intersections and interchanges.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 605 Advanced Mechanics Of Material 3.0 Credits
Open to advanced undergraduates. Covers shear flow and shear center, unsymmetrical bending, torsion of non-circular and open sections, bending of curved beams, stress at a point, and failure theories.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if classification is Senior.
CIVE 615 Infrastructure Condition Evaluation 3.0 Credits
This course covers the tools necessary for the inspection and evaluation of infrastructure. Non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques are introduced and applications and limitations of NDT techniques for a variety of structures are illustrated. Also covered are the policies for deter-mining the physical condition and maintenance needs for highway bridges.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is AE or major is CIVE or major is EGEO.
Prerequisites: CIVE 250 [Min Grade: D] and CIVE 520 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 632 Advanced Soil Mechanics 3.0 Credits
Consolidation magnitude and time rate of settlement, secondary compression, mitigating settlement problems, shear strength of cohesive and non-cohesive soils, critical state soil mechanics, undrainied pore pressure response, SHANSEP undrained strength.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 635 Slope Stability and Landslides 3.0 Credits
Slope process and mass wasting; landslide characteristics, features and terminology; limit equilibrium slope stability analysis, including Bishop, Janbu, Spenser, Morgenstern-Price methods; effects of water on slop stability; dynamic (earthquake) stability analysis methods; introduction to rock slopes, slope stability investigations, and design and repair.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 636 Ground Modification 3.0 Credits
This course covers the improvement of soil properties to meet project requirements, including surface and in situ technologies: compaction, densification, precompression, stabilization with admixtures, grouting and dewatering.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 640 Environmental Geotechnics 3.0 Credits
This course covers the analysis and control of subsurface exploration, groundwater remediation, pollutant-soil interaction and waste containment barriers and drains.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 650 Geosynthetics I 3.0 Credits
Open to advanced undergraduates. Presents a basic description of the various products, relevant aspects of polymeric materials, and an overview of each category of geosynthetics. Covers geotextile testing and design on the basis of primary application function: separation, reinforcement, filtration, drainage, barrier, and combined.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if classification is Senior.
CIVE 651 Geosynthetics II 3.0 Credits
Continues CIVE 650. Covers design and testing of geogrids for reinforcement applications and geonets for drainage applications. Presents geomembrane design and testing from an applications perspective in the areas of environmental, geotechnical, transportation, and hydraulic engineering.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 650 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 652 Geosynthetics III 3.0 Credits
Continues CIVE 651. Covers design and testing of geosynthetic clay liners as a hydraulic/gas barrier and geopipes as drainage materials in numerous application. Presents geocomposites in separation, reinforcement, filtration, drainage, and barrier applications.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 651 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 660 Hydrology-Stream Flow 3.0 Credits
Covers precipitation, runoff, evaporation and transpiration, streamflow, floodflow, and minimum flow. Pays special attention to factors affecting water supply and quality.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if classification is Senior.
Prerequisites: CIVE 561 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 661 Groundwater Hydraulics 3.0 Credits
Covers occurrence of underground flow, groundwater supply, pollution problems, and well and aquifer hydraulics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 561 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 662 Hydrodynamics I 3.0 Credits
Covers theory of perfect fluids, Euler's equations of motion, continuity equation and energy equation, velocity potential and stream function, sources and sinks, circulation and vorticity, flow-around bodies and flow in channels, and jet flow.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 663 Hydrodynamics II 3.0 Credits
Extends the theory of perfect fluids to cover fluid forces and moments on bodies, free streamline theory, and extension of vorticity theory.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 662 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 664 Open Channel Hydraulics 3.0 Credits
Covers principles of flow in open channels, conservation laws, uniform flow, critical flow, gradually varied flow, backwater computations, channel design, and numerical computation of flows having a free surface.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if classification is Senior.
CIVE 665 Computational Hydraulics I 3.0 Credits
This course continues CIVE 664 to cover the application of mathematical and numerical techniques to model complex open channel hydraulic processes. At each stage the fundamental hydraulic principles are reviewed to assure proper construction of a modeling algorithm and to assist in interpretation of results.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is CIVE.
Prerequisites: CIVE 664 [Min Grade: C] and CIVE 330 [Min Grade: D] and CIVE 341 [Min Grade: D] and CIVE 430 [Min Grade: D]
CIVE 666 Free Surface Flows 3.0 Credits
This course extends the concepts of one-dimensional open channel flow to cover both the physical under-standing and the application of mathematical and numerical techniques to model very complex open channel hydraulics problems including transients, countercurrent flows and complex boundary conditions.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is CIVE.
Prerequisites: CIVE 664 [Min Grade: C] and CIVE 665 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 701 Structural Analysis I 3.0 Credits
Covers basic principles of structural analysis, including elastic deflection; elastic analysis of statically indeterminate structures by methods of virtual work, Castigliano's theorems, and moment distribution; and the Muller-Breslau principle and application to influence lines for continuous members and frames. Introduces numerical techniques.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
CIVE 702 Structural Analysis II 3.0 Credits
Covers matrix analysis of structures using finite elements, including elastic analysis of structures by influence coefficients, Argyris force method, direct stiffness method, and the displacement method. Introduces the finite-element method for planar structures.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 701 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 703 Structural Analysis III 3.0 Credits
Covers development of stiffness functions for planar and three-dimensional finite elements, and application to frame, plate, shell, and massive structures. Introduces the general application of finite elements to continuum problems.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 702 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 704 Behavior and Stability of Structural Members I 3.0 Credits
Covers development of the basic differential equations of member behavior, including second-order effects, in-plane beam-column behavior, column buckling, elastic and inelastic behavior, energy methods, and approximate methods.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 705 Behavior and Stability of Structural Members II 3.0 Credits
Covers general torsion of thin-walled open, closed, and combined open-and-closed cross-sections; lateral torsional buckling; biaxial bending; elastic and inelastic behavior; approximate methods; and frame buckling.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 704 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 710 Design and Structure of Integrity Building Systems 3.0 Credits
Covers integration of design and building cycle, building envelope, structural morphology, composite structures, thermal and moisture design, fire and smoke, sound and vibration, building failure, and repair and restoration.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 711 Engineered Masonry I 3.0 Credits
Covers masonry materials, structural behavior of masonry assemblages, and deformational characteristics of brick and block masonry; performance of load-bearing wall systems and design of unreinforced masonry elements; and special design and construction topics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 712 Engineered Masonry II 3.0 Credits
Covers fundamental concepts of reinforced masonry, reinforced wall design, column and pilaster design, seismic resistance of masonry structures, prestressed masonry, and applied design of low-and high-rise buildings.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 714 Behavior of Concrete Structures I 3.0 Credits
Covers reinforced concrete members; relationship between results of research and current specifications for design of members subjected to axial loads, flexure, combined axial load and flexure, combined shear and flexure, long columns, bond and anchorage, and limit design; application to design of determinate and indeterminate reinforced concrete frames; and development of current code provisions for design of floor slabs in buildings.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 715 Behavior of Concrete Structures II 3.0 Credits
Continues CIVE 714.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 714 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 717 Behavior of Metal Structures I 3.0 Credits
Covers load and resistance factor design, including tension, bolted and welded connections, block-shear, compression, built-up compression members, lateral-torsional instability, light-gauge metal buckling and post-buckling strength, and behavior.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 605 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 718 Behavior of Metal Structures II 3.0 Credits
Covers load and resistance factor design, including design and behavior of metal structural members and connections, flexural members including plate girders, bracing and lateral-torsional buckling resistance, torsion and other combined loading, and composite beams and columns.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 717 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 719 Behavior of Metal Structures III 3.0 Credits
Covers load and resistance factor design, including idealization and design of structures and their connections, frame bracing and sway, frame design philosophy, optimization, fatigue, and fracture.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 718 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 730 Experimental Soil Mechanics I 3.0 Credits
Covers methods and techniques of soil testing, including interpretation and evaluation of test data, and fundamentals of soil behavior.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 731 Experimental Soil Mechanics II 3.0 Credits
Continues CIVE 730.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 730 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 732 Experimental Soil Mechanics III 3.0 Credits
Continues CIVE 731.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 731 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 737 Seismic Geotechnics 3.0 Credits
Introduction to earthquake hazards and seismology; strong ground motion parameters, deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, influence of subsurface conditions and topography and ground motion, soil liquefaction, and brief coverage of seismic slop stability, design of retaining structures, and soil-structure interaction.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 632 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 752 Coastal Structures 3.0 Credits
This course briefly reviews the functional design of costal and port structures and deals in detail with forces on those structures. Forces caused by waves and currents, and mooring and vessel impacts are addressed.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 563 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 754 Properties and Processes of Polymeric Construction Materials 3.0 Credits
This course focuses on the uses and characteristics of polymeric materials used in civil and architectural engineering infrastructure. Also covered are micro-structure, physical and chemical properties and mechanical behavior. and the effects of manufacturing on the properties of the products.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is AE or major is CIVE or major is MATE.
Prerequisites: CIVE 250 [Min Grade: D] and TDEC 211 [Min Grade: D]
CIVE 755 Durability of Polymeric Construction Materials 3.0 Credits
This is a continuation of CIVE 754 and concentrates on protecting and predicting service lifetimes. It covers physical aging, mechanical stabilization and chemical degradation of polymeric materials and the products in which they are incorporated for field use. Covered in this course is the fundamental degradation mechanisms of different polymeric materials commonly used in Civil Engineering practice. Also covered are test methods and extrapolation methodologies for predicting long-term performance.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 754 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 756 Evaluation of Polymeric Construction Materials 3.0 Credits
This lab course is designed to integrate and extend the coverage of CIVE 754 and 755 so that students have a full concept of the behavior of polymeric construction materials. A series of thermal analysis and physical, chemical, and mechanical tests are included. The stress relaxation, stress cracking, oxidation, and applications of test results in infrastructure and environ-mental applications are discussed, including problems in comparative analysis of test results and their implications in design and specification.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 754 [Min Grade: D] and CIVE 755 [Min Grade: D]
CIVE 767 Surface Water Mixing Processes 3.0 Credits
This course covers hydrodynamic mixing and transport processes in free-surface flows. Basic mixing processes including molecular diffusion, turbulent diffusion, and dispersion are also covered. Emphasis will be on the solution of the advection-diffusion equation with various boundary conditions. Additional topics include boundary exchanges, non-ideal mixing in rivers, and analysis of jets and plumes.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is CIVE or major is ENVE.
Prerequisites: CIVE 664 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 768 Sediment and Contaminate Transport 3.0 Credits
This course covers the transport of sediments and reactive solutes in surface waters. Reviewed is the classic theory for bed-load and suspended sediment transport; interplay of stream flow, frictional resistance and sediment transport. Biogeochemical processes that influence contaminant mobility and integration of physical and chemical processes in contaminant transport models are also discussed.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is CIVE or major is ENVE.
Prerequisites: ENVE 767 [Min Grade: C] or CIVE 767 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 790 Special Topics 9.0 Credits
Covers selected advanced-level topics in civil engineering. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
CIVE 799 Independent Study 12.0 Credits
Independent study on a topic selected by the student. Independent study is supervised by a faculty member and guided by a plan of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
CIVE 801 Dynamics of Structures I 3.0 Credits
Covers formulation of equations of motion, including generalized single-degree-of-freedom systems, free vibration response, undamped and damped systems, harmonic analysis, resonance and vibration isolation, response to periodic loading, impulsive loading, response to general dynamic loading, non-linear structural response, and Rayleigh's method and other variational techniques. Introduces multi-degree-of-freedom systems.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 802 Dynamics of Structures II 3.0 Credits
Covers formulation of multi-degree-of-freedom equations of motion, including evaluation of structural property matrices; elastic properties, mass properties, damping, and external loading; geometric stiffness; undamped free vibrations; analysis of dynamic response; practical vibration analysis; Stodola method; Holzer method; reduction of degrees of freedom; matrix iteration and other techniques; analysis of non-linear systems; variational formulation of the equations of motion; partial differential equations of motion; and free vibrations of beams.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 801 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 803 Dynamics of Structures III 3.0 Credits
Covers distributed parameter dynamic systems, equations of motion, free and forced vibrations, analysis of structural response to earthquakes, seismological background, deterministic analysis of single-degree-of-freedom and multi-degree systems, multi-degree-of-freedom and distributive parameter systems, soil-structure interaction, non-linear response to earthquakes and current design code requirements, dynamics of complex structures, modeling, and use of large computer codes.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 811 Plates and Shells I 3.0 Credits
Covers analysis of circular, rectangular, and continuous plates by classical and approximate methods, including the folded plate theory.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 812 Plates and Shells II 3.0 Credits
Covers the general theory of thin shells, cylindrical shells, surfaces of revolution, hyperbolic paraboloids, and other shells of double curvature.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 811 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 813 Plates and Shells III 3.0 Credits
Covers buckling and vibration analysis, including application of finite-elements methods and anisotropic behavior.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 812 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 831 Deep Foundations 3.0 Credits
Covers topics including mat foundation design using plate theory, continuous beam design using beam-on-elastic foundation theory, and pile design.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 833 Earth Retaining Structures 3.0 Credits
Covers lateral earth pressure theories, analysis and design of temporary and permanent retaining structures, surcharge load, excavations, and loads on buried conduits.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 838 Soil Behavior 3.0 Credits
Particle-scale behavior of soil and assemblages; clay mineralogy; soil formation, composition, structure and properties; soil water interaction; clay-water-electrolyte systems, adsorption-desorption and ion exchange; conduction phenomena; micromechanics; volume change behavior; strength and deformation behavior.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 632 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 839 Geomechanics Modeling 3.0 Credits
This course covers constitutive laws in goemechanics, including linear elastic, quasi-linear (hyperbolic) elastic, linear elastic-perfectly plastic and elasto-plastic models based on critical state soil mechanics. The finite element method is used to solve geotechnical boundary value problems incorporating different constitutive models.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: CIVE 632 [Min Grade: C]
CIVE 898 Master's Thesis 0.5-20.0 Credits
Involves investigation of an approved topic. Required of full-time master's degree students.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
CIVE 997 Research 1.0-12.0 Credit
Research.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
CIVE 998 Ph.D. Dissertation 1.0-12.0 Credit
Involves investigation of an approved topic. Required of Ph.D. students.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
