2005-2006 CATALOG
ENCE 2301 Civil Engineering Computing and Graphics 4 cr.
Prerequisite: MATH 1126 and credit or registration in ENCE 2310. Introduction to Fortran programming and spreadsheet design for civil engineering applications. Fundamental graphical concepts and related material as they apply to the technologies utilized in the field of civil engineering. Two one-hour lectures and two three-hour labs.
ENCE 2310 Elementary Surveying Measurements 3 cr.
Prerequisites: MATH 1126 and credit or registration in ENCE 2301. Practical surveying measurement techniques are presented with suitable office computation methods for boundary, construction, and topographic surveys. State coordinate systems are introduced with proper use of geodetic datums (NAD 1927 to NAD 1983). Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory.
ENCE 2311 Mechanics of Materials Laboratory 1 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: credit or registration in ENCE 2351. Selected experiments in mechanics of materials: mechanical extensometers, electric strain gauges, photoelasticity, stress concentration, surface hardness. Three hours of laboratory
ENCE 2312 Advanced Surveying 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 2310 or consent of department. Elementary vertical and horizontal control surveying with least-squares adjustment and analysis. Practical geodetic transformations are used as well as instrument adjustments and calibration. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory.
ENCE 2350 Statics 3 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisites: MATH 2108 or 2111 and PHYS 1061; credit or registration in ENCE 2301 or CSCI 1201. Vectors; two-dimensional and three-dimensional force systems; equilibrium; friction; centroids; mass moments of inertia; second moments of areas.
ENCE 2351 Mechanics of Materials 3 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: ENCE 2350. Simple stress and strain; shear, moments, stresses and deflections in beams; combined stresses; thermal stresses; statically indeterminate members; columns.
ENCE 2355 Engineering Mechanics 3 cr.
Prerequisites: CSCI 1201, MATH 2108 or 2111, and PHYS 1061. Vectors; equilibrium of force systems; friction; centroids; moment of inertia; kinematics and kinetics; work and energy; impulse and momentum.
ENCE 3093 Special Problems in Civil Engineering 1 cr.
Prerequisite: senior standing in engineering. Seminar, independent study, and research participation in civil engineering.
ENCE 3094 Special Problems in Civil Engineering 1 cr.
Prerequisite: senior standing in engineering. Seminar, independent study, and research participation in civil engineering.
ENCE 3095 Special Problems in Civil Engineering 1 cr.
Prerequisite: senior standing in engineering. Seminar, independent study, and research participation in civil engineering.
ENCE 3300 Computational Methods in Civil Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisites: Credit or registration in MATH 2221 or consent of department. Samples and populations, measures of the distribution of data, normal or Gaussian and other distributions, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing, modeling, computers and error analysis; interpolation, numerical differentiation and integration; and function approximation and data fitting for problems in civil and environmental engineering.
ENCE 3318 Principles of Hydraulics 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENME 2750 and PHYS 1062. An introductory course to the fundamentals of hydraulics and environmental water resources engineering. Fluid properties, conservative equations, flow resistance in pipes and open channels, dimensional analysis, pipe flow and pipe measurements.
ENCE 3323 Introduction to Environmental Engineering 4 cr.
Prerequisites: CHEM 1018 credit or registration in ENCE 3318 or credit or registration in both ENME 3720 and ENME 3716. Topics include: water quality, water and wastewater treatment processes, air pollution control, and solid and hazardous waste management. Laboratory provides hands-on analytical experience with various pollution parameters. Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab.
ENCE 3340 Geotechnical Engineering 3 cr.
Fall semester. Prerequisites: GEOL 1001, ENCE 2351 and 3318 or ENME 3720; credit or registration in ENCE 3300 and ENCE 3341. Properties and behavior of soils as engineering materials; the origin and classification of soils; permeability of soils; compressibility and strength characteristics of soils; elementary treatment of consolidation, earth pressure, and bearing capacity. Determination of engineering properties of soils in the laboratory. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory.
ENCE 3341 Soil Mechanics Laboratory 1 cr.
Prerequisite: credit or registration in ENCE 3340 or consent of department. Properties and behavior of soils as engineering materials. Data collection, computations, and presentation of results.
ENCE 3356 Structural Analysis 4 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 2351 and 2301. Analysis of structures using manual and computer methods. Analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures subjected to static loads by the following methods: moment-area principles, virtual work, conjugate beam, moment distribution, displacement method.
ENCE 3390 Basic Project Management 3 cr.
Prerequisites: Junior standing. Civil engineering economic analysis including equivalence, cash flow diagrams, present worth, decision analysis, estimating economic life, project definition, the project manager, planning, scheduling, critical path analysis, and project evaluation and review techniques.
ENCE 3900 Senior Honors Thesis 1-6 cr.
Prerequisites: admission to the Honors Program, and approval by the director of the Honors Program and the chair of the department. Senior level research and/or design project in civil engineering. Thesis and oral examination required. May be repeated for credit with total hours not to exceed six.
ENCE 4096 Special Topics in Civil Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisite: junior standing in engineering. Courses may be taken for credit three times. No student may earn more than nine hours degree credit in courses ENCE 4096 and 4097.
ENCE 4097 Special Topics in Civil Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisite: junior standing in engineering. Courses may be taken for credit three times. No student may earn more than nine hours degree credit in courses ENCE 4096 and 4097.
ENCE 4310 Photogrammetry and Control Surveying 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 2310 or consent of department. Photographic measurements and refinement, vertical and tilted photographs, planning for aerial photography, conformal coordinate systems and grids, horizontal and vertical control for photogrammetric mapping, ellipsoidal datum shifts, stereoscopic plotting instruments, orthophotos, panoramic and orbital photography, terrestrial and close-range photogrammetric control extension, and analytical rectification by single ray.
ENCE 4312 Topographic Engineering Design 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 2310 or consent of department. Design of projects requiring advanced topics in surveying and mapping disciplines. Coordinate systems, horizontal and vertical control, geodetic astronomy, inertial Surveying, geodetic satellites, and photogrammetry.
ENCE 4318 Hydraulic Engineering Systems 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3318 or ENME 3720 and 3716 or consent of the department. Flow in pipe networks open channel flow; design of rigid and erodible boundary open channels; similitude and hydraulic modeling; design of hydraulic structures. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory/tutorial.
ENCE 4319 Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory 1 cr.
Co-requisite: ENCE 4318. The time will be equally split between laboratory experiments in the Hydraulics laboratory and design tutorials. The physical experiments are designed to demonstrate the continuity, energy and momentum principles; flow in hydraulic structures such as culverts, weirs, spillways, and stilling basins; steady and unsteady flow including gravity waves; rigid and mobile bed flows. The tutorials will cover: the use of applicable software for hydraulic systems and the design of hydraulic structures or components of hydraulic structures (3-hr laboratory).
ENCE 4320 Water Resources Engineering Systems 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENGL 2152, ENCE 2301 and 4318. Hydrological processes and computations; groundwater flow and hydraulics of wells;probability concepts in hydraulic design; reservoirs; hydromachinery; drainage and urban collection systems; flood mitigation; navigation; water law; economics of water resources; water resources development and systems approach. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory.
ENCE 4321 Hydrology 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3318 or ENME 3720 and credit or registration in ENCE 3300. The hydrologic cycle, runoff relations, unit hydrographs, flood routing, probability in hydrology, hydrologic simulation, and stochastic methods in hydrology.
ENCE 4322 Design of Water Supply and Sewer Systems 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3320. Design of water supply systems including surface water intakes, groundwater wells, pumping, pipelines, storage reservoirs, and water distribution systems. Design of urban drainage systems including: sanitary sewer systems, storm water collection systems, sewage pumping stations, and appurtenances and special structures.
ENCE 4323 Design of Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3323. Design and analysis of unit operations and processes for water and wastewater treatment processes. Topics include physical, chemical, and biological unit processes. Course will focus on water and wastewater treatment plant design including comparisons of alternate treatment processes.
ENCE 4325 Waste Management 3 cr.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in science or engineering or consent of the department. Solid waste management principles and practices including engineering design of integrated solid waste systems. Methods of predicting waste generation, composition, and characterization are covered. Collection, handling, treatment, and disposal of solid waste is also addressed. Recycling and reuse, engineering cost estimation, and regulatory/legal aspects of waste management are included.
ENCE 4328 Air Pollution Control 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 3318 or ENME 3720, and ENME 3770 or equivalent. Air pollutants and their sources, air pollution meteorology, effect of air pollution on man, vegetation and materials, air quality standards, atmospheric sampling and analysis, dispersion of pollutants, technology of air pollution control, and combustion evaluation.
ENCE 4329 Modeling and Design in Environmental Hydraulics 3 cr.
Prerequisite: Senior standing and approval of department. The hydrologic cycle and water quality; systems engineering and environmental pollution control; mathematical and statistical concepts; optimization techniques; and applications in surface subsurface water waste treatment and environmental management.
ENCE 4330 Groundwater Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisite: senior classification in Civil Engineering or Geology or consent of department. Fundamentals of fluid mechanics and geotechnical engineering applied to flow in porous media. Elements of the hydrologic cycle. Occurrence of groundwater. Hydraulics of aquifers and groundwater development.
ENCE 4340 Foundation Engineering 3 cr.
Spring semester. Prerequisite: ENCE 3340 or consent of department. Application of soil mechanics principles to the design of footings, foundations, embankments, and retaining walls. Subsurfaces investigations, dewatering, deep excavations, piles, caissons and cofferdams. Case histories will be cited.
ENCE 4358 Structural Steel Design 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3356 or consent of department. Concepts of and introduction to elastic and plastic design of steel structures. Elastic design of structural elements, i.e. tension members, columns, beams, beam-columns and connections, incorporating AISC design specifications and manual. Critical comparisons of specifications with theories.
ENCE 4359 Structural Concrete Design 3 cr.
Fall semester. Prerequisite: ENCE 3356 or consent of department. Theory and design of reinforced concrete beams, girders, slabs, columns, floor systems, and footings incorporating ACI Code provisions for working stress and ultimate strength design. Consideration of deflection, torsion, creep, and shrinkage. Review of experimental data and current design specifications.
ENCE 4363 Structural Design with Wood, Masonry,
Aluminum and Plastics 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 3356, 4358, and 4359. Introductions to structural design with wood, masonry, aluminum, and plastics; material behavior, loading, analysis, design codes.
ENCE 4364 Steel Bridge Design & Construction 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 4358 and previous Work on Steel Bridge Competition. Design concepts, loadings, codes for steel bridges. Steel bridge design and construction in compliance with AISC current year competition rules.
ENCE 4386 Principles of Transportation and
Highway Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 3300, 3340 and credit or current enrollment in ENCE 2310, 4318, and 4321. An examination of the principles and concepts which influence transportation system performance and the analytical techniques which are employed to solve problems in transportation design, operations, and planning.
ENCE 4387 Traffic Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ECNE 3386 and MATH 2314. Definition and measurement of traffic stream variables, statistical distributions, traffic stream models, and capacity of roadway and intersections.
ENCE 4390 Senior Civil Engineering Design Project 3 cr.
Prerequisites: Credit or registration in ENCE 3390, 4318, 4323, 4340, 4386, and 4359. Individual or team study and evolution of a project, involving engineering design, synthesis or systems in civil engineering. Using basic information provided, a design will be developed for a comprehensive civil engineering project. The design process will consist of the following phases: information collection; generation of alternate solutions; preliminary evaluation; analysis; synthesis; review and implementation. A comprehensive written report and oral presentation are required. Not open to graduate students.
ENCE 4399 Civil and Environmental Seminar 2 cr.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in degree program. Not for credit in CEE graduate program. This course addresses professional, licensure, and ethical responsibilities of the civil engineer, as well as communication concepts. Contemporary issues will be included to further develop an understanding of the impact of engineering solutions from a global and/or societal context. The ability of students to apply the fundamental knowledge of mathematics, sciences, and engineering will be tested. Passing this course is a requirement for graduation. Weekly meeting will include a one-hour lecture and a three-hour laboratory.
ENCE 4723 Ocean and Coastal Engineering 3 cr.
(ENCE 4723, ENME 4723, and NAME 4723 are cross-listed). Prerequisite: ENME 3720 or ENCE 3318 or consent of the department. Elements of wind and wave generation and forecasting, tidal phenomena, hurricanes, storm surge, tsunamis, interaction of waves and wind with coastal and offshore structures, coastal and estuary processes. Design aspects of various topics are discussed and analyzed: e.g., offshore structures, spar buoys, underwater pipelines, oil production risers, coastal protection, mooring cables, vortex shedding, gas flares, beach formation, harbor resonance, structure resonance, etc. A design project is required.
ENCE 6095 Advanced Civil Engineering Problems 1-6 cr.
Individual projects in selected fields of civil engineering. Independent work under the direction of a faculty member on a subject of mutual interest. Students must find faculty sponsor. A written report will usually be required. Course may be repeated for credit but no more than a total of six credit hours may be applied towards a degree. Section number will correspond with credit to be earned.
ENCE 6096 Advanced Special Topics in Civil Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. Special lectures or independent study on subjects of current interest in the various fields of civil engineering. May be taken for credit three times. No student may earn more than a total of nine hours of degree credit in courses ENCE 4096, 4097, 6096, 6097, and 6098.
ENCE 6097 Advanced Special Topics in Civil Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. Special lectures or independent study on subjects of current interest in the various fields of civil engineering. May be taken for credit three times. No student may earn more than a total of nine hours of degree credit in courses ENCE 4096, 4097, 6096, 6097, and 6098.
ENCE 6098 Advanced Special Topics in Civil Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. Special lectures or independent study on subjects of current interest in the various fields of civil engineering. May be taken for credit three times. No student may earn more than a total of nine hours of degree credit in courses ENCE 4096, 4097, 6096, 6097, and 6098.
ENCE 6312 Coordinate Systems in Cartography and Geodesy 3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. Geometric Geodesy and ellipsoidal transformations. Conformal mapping of the ellipsoid, Gauss-Kruger Transverse Mercator, Lambert Conformal Conic, Normal Mercator, Oblique Stereographic, Rectified Skew Orthomorphic, Laborde, and conformal variations. Authalic, Aphylactic, and Azimuthal Projections with computation of the geodesic. Grids and Datums of the world are covered with emphasis on Lease-Block computation legal requirements in foreign nations for geophysical and mineral exploration. Advanced theory and design computations for senior cartographers, surveyors, and civil engineers.
ENCE 6317 Stormwater Management 3 cr.
Prerequisites: consent of department. Basic principles of stormwater engineering and management; widely used best management practices including stormwater detention and retention; facility analysis and design.
ENCE 6318 Water Quality Simulations 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3320. Water quality modeling from a perspective of practicality and reliability; emphasis on model calibration and verification procedures and methodologies for quantifying uncertainties associated with model predictions.
ENCE 6319 Hydraulics of Free Surface Flow 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3320. Natural and artificial open channels, steady and unsteady flow, water surface profiles, channel transitions, hydraulic jump, secondary flow, and application of energy and momentum principles.
ENCE 6320 Design of Hydraulic Structures and Systems 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3320 or equivalent. Design of hydraulic structures including consideration of types and functions of dams; hydraulic design of spillways, crest gates, outlet works, and stilling basins; design considerations for hydraulic machinery, hydroelectric power, canals, and navigation locks.
ENCE 6321 Advanced Hydrology 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 4321 or equivalent CSCI 1201 or knowledge of computer programming. Application of hydrologic model simulation and stochastic methods in hydrology. Computer application for modeling of large scale problems. Emphasis upon problems of local interest such as flood control and urban drainage with examination of design alternatives.
ENCE 6322 Hydraulics and Environmental Modeling 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENME 3020 or equivalent. Hydraulic and environmental variables; dimensional analysis; design of experiments and physical models; formulation of numerical models for flow problems; and application of numerical and mathematical methods to surface and subsurface flow and environmental problems.
ENCE 6323 Sediment Transport 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3320 or consent of department. Particle size analysis, fluid-particle systems, incipient motion. Suspended and total loads, bedforms, sediment measurements. Physical and numerical modeling of sediment transport. Transport of liquid-solid mixtures in pipes.
ENCE 6324 Groundwater Hydraulics 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ECNE 3340 and 4330 or equivalent. Groundwater systems and groundwater flow relationships; well hydraulics. Environmental aspects of groundwater. Hydraulic modeling of groundwater systems. Management models in groundwater.
ENCE 6325 Solid Waste Management 3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. Solid waste management practices, including generation, composition, collection, handling, and disposal. Recycling and reuse together with costs, marketing, and legal regulatory aspects are included.
ENCE 6327 Hazardous Waste Management 3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. Hazardous waste management practices: including identification and classification of waste; regulations; treatment, storage, and disposal techniques; and facilities parameters.
ENCE 6328 Advanced Hazardous Waste Materials Management 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 6327. Management methods for treatment storage and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes with emphasis on current industry practices. Six field trips to commercial hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities possibly including superfund sites.
ENCE 6330 Treatment Plant Process Microbiology 4 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 4323; Consent of the Department. An advanced lecture and laboratory course for the biological process design engineer which will focus upon cellular microbiology and biochemistry as it directly relates to biological treatment and stabilization processes. It will address aerobic treatment anaerobic treatment and stabilization of toxic and hazardous wastes.
ENCE 6331 Treatment Plant Process Chemistry 4 cr.
Prerequisites: CHEM 1011 or 1018; ECCE 4323; consent of the department. An advanced lecture and laboratory course for the process of design engineer which focuses upon aquatic chemistry as it directly relates to engineered water and wastewater treatment and stabilization processes. It includes chemical equilibria, thermodynamics, acid-base equilibria, solubility equilibria, oxidation-reduction equilibria, process kinetics, surface and colloidal chemistry, water treatment, stabilization, softening and neutralization, ion exchange, carbon adsorption, and applications of redox chemistry
ENCE 6332 Water Treatment Processes and Design 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 4322, 4323, and 6331. A comprehensive presentation of water treatment processes with their application to treatment plant design. Laboratory experiments on the principal water treatment processes. Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory.
ENCE 6333 Waste Water Treatment Processes and Design 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 4322, 4323, and 6330. A comprehensive presentation of wastewater treatment processes with their application to treatment plant design. Laboratory experiments on biological wastewater treatment processes. Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory.
ENCE 6335 Pollution Prevention 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ECON 2000. Identification of pollution prevention opportunities and implementation of proven methodology as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Emphasis on economic evaluation of pollution prevention practices and investments for various manufacturing and post-consumer processes.
ENCE 6336 Air Quality Monitoring 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 4328 or consent of the department. Principles of measurement for ambient air quality, source testing and fugitive emissions. Both grab sampling & continuous sampling techniques and analysis methods will be studied. Standard instruments used in air quality monitoring including continuous & ambient emissions monitoring instruments/systems and regulatory aspects will be covered in the course.
ENCE 6337 Air Pollution Meteorology and Atmospheric
Dispersion Modeling 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 4328 or consent of the department. Fundamentals of air pollution meteorology and atmospheric dispersion of pollutants. Mathematical models including Gaussian model, use of PC-based dispersion models to predict ambient concentrations of pollutants due to point, line, area and volume source emissions. Regulatory aspects of modeling and guidelines.
ENCE 6340 Mechanical Behavior of Soils 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3340 or equivalent. Re-examination of basic principles of soil mechanics; detailed study of physicochemical nature of soils; stress states and stress-strain-time behavior; advanced theories and detailed study of shear strength of cohesionless and cohesive soils; in-depth evaluation of the strength compressibility and permeability of natural soils.
ENCE 6341 Earth Structures 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3340 or equivalent. Design of projects involving earth dams, embankments, and natural slopes; site investigation, soil properties and compaction, analysis of seepage and slope stability; seepage control and landslide prevention; performance observations and practical consideration in design and construction; and case studies of types of failures.
ENCE 6342 Dewatering and Groundwater Control 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 3340 or equivalent. The study of the seepage through earthen dams, construction excavations and hydraulic structures. Properties of phreatic surfaces. Seepage pressures, piping and boiling. Construction and utilization of flow nets. Groundwater mechanics applications including flow characteristics and changes in flow due to pump and drain systems.
ENCE 6343 Advanced Soil Mechanics Laboratory 1 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3340 or equivalent. Laboratory measurement of soil properties from introductory to advanced techniques. Emphasis on strength, compressibility, and permeability tests.”
ENCE 6344 Geotechnical Engineering for Waste Management 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 3320, 3340 or equivalent. An overview of the theoretical and practical aspects of the site selection, design, construction, and performance of waste disposal facilities, state and federal regulations governing solid and hazardous waste.
ENCE 6345 Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering I 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 4340, ENME 3020 or consent of department. Re-examination of basic concepts from solid mechanics; constitutive models, strain-displacement relations; and use of finite difference methods, finite element methods and other numerical methods, with application to beams, slabs, and pavements.
ENCE 6346 Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering II 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 6345. Consolidation, flow through porous media, advanced methods applied to design and analysis of soil-structure systems; shallow and pile foundations, earth retaining structures, and limit design.
ENCE 6347 Ground Improvement 3 cr.
Overview of recent methods of placement and improvement of soils for engineering construction practice. Compaction methods including vibro techniques, dynamic compaction and compaction grouting. Use of preloading and acceleration of consolidation settlement. Application of electro-kinetics in construction practice. Various methods and applicability of in-situ earth reinforcement. Excavation support methods and groundwater lowering and drainage techniques.
ENCE 6348 Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisites: Computer programming skills ENME 3020 or equivalent; or consent of instructor. Numerical techniques for the formulation and solution of both discrete and continuous systems of equilibrium propagation eigenvalue and optimization problems.
ENCE 6349 Deep Foundations 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3340 and ENCE 4340. Review of pile materials, equipment and installation. Evaluation of the soil parameters for pile foundation by laboratory and field tests. Analysis and design of piles for vertical and lateral loads. Application of design procedures for drilled shafts. Use and interpretation of pile load tests. Principles of pile foundations under dynamic loads.
ENCE 6350 Matrix Methods in Structural Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 3356 or equivalent, CSCI 1201 or knowledge of computer programming. Review of basic matrix operations; classical methods of structural analysis in matrix formulation; work and energy principles; analysis of structures by the flexibility and stiffness methods; development and application of computer programs for matrix methods of analysis; introduction to finite element method.
ENCE 6351 Advanced Design of Structural Systems 3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. Advanced design course offered on a demand basis with registration only by demonstration of adequate preparation. Design of pressure vessels, tanks, folded plates, and shell roofs; design of advanced bridge systems including orthotropic decks, box-girder bridges, and post-tensioned sectional bridges; selected advanced design topics.
ENCE 6352 Reliability Analysis in Civil Engineering 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 3356, 3320,and 3340, and MATH 2314. Analysis of failure probability for civil engineering systems. Construction of load and capacity probability distributions from data. Introduction to decision theory. Applications to structures, soils, planning, hydraulics, and other civil subareas.
ENCE 6353 Advanced Mechanics of Materials 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 2351. Advanced topics in mechanics of materials, including torsion of non-circular prismatic bars, shear center, unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, flat plates, elastic strain energy, and theories of failure and application to machine and structural design. One-third of course is devoted to analysis and two-thirds to synthesis and design.
ENCE 6355 Theory of Plates and Shells 3 cr.
(ENCE 6355 and ENME 6355 are cross-listed) Prerequisites: ENCE 6353 and MATH 2221. Laterally loaded plates with various boundary conditions; elastic stability of plates; differential geometry of surfaces; equilibrium and strain equations; membrane theory of shells; shells of revolution with emphasis on cylindrical and spherical shells.
ENCE 6358 Advanced Steel Design 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENME 3356 and 4358. Design of plate girders, composite beams, and connections; plastic hinges and introduction to plastic analysis of steel structures; and computer-aided design of steel space frame and introduction to steel bridge design.
ENCE 6359 Advanced Concrete Design 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3356 and 4359. Structural systems for buildings; lateral load analysis and design of shear walls; design of two-way slabs; design of biaxially loaded columns; torsion in concrete beams; introduction of prestressed concrete design; and general aspects of design
ENCE 6360 Plastic Design of Steel Structures 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 4358. Collapse mechanism and plastic analysis; stability and deformation considerations; plastic design and methods of optimization; shakedown analysis; introduction to load and resistance factor design.
ENCE 6361 Prestressed Concrete Design 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 4359. Principles and methods of prestressing; design for flexure, shear, temperature, and fatigue; roof and floor framing systems, bridge construction, columns, and piles; connections and erection methods for precast members; pretensioning and posttensioning systems and procedures; and special design topics.
ENCE 6371 Structural Stability 3 cr.
Prerequisites: ENCE 4358 and MATH 2221. Review of elastic column buckling; basic consideration of bifurcation; stability of frames; analysis of lateral torsional stability of beams and columns; and inelastic buckling of columns.
ENCE 6375 Design of Fixed Offshore Platforms 3 cr.
(ENCE 6375 and NAME 6175 are cross-listed) Prerequisites: ENCE 3356 (or NAME 3120), ENCE 4358 (or NAME 3120), ENCE 4340, or permission of Department. Design of fixed offshore platform structures and their foundations; loadings, materials, design codes; design examples.
ENCE 6384 Traffic System Analysis 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 4387. Basic concepts in traffic flow theory; generalized demand, price, and capacity relationships applied to traffic flow prediction; flow in transportation networks; and the evaluation of alternative highways and traffic engineering designs.
ENCE 6385 Design of Highways 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 3386. Location of routes, vertical and horizontal alignment, mass curve computations, design of drainage structures, intersection design, pavement design, and computer applications. Each student will complete a design project.
ENCE 6386 Mass Transportation 3 cr.
Prerequisite: ENCE 6384. A study of the different public transportation systems and technologies, comparison of different modes, mass transit operations, models for basic operational parameters, optimal model choice.
ENCE 6390 Engineering Project Management 3 cr.
ENCE 6390, ENMG 6120, and MANG 6472 are cross-listed) Prerequisite:consent of department. Encompasses project organization structure, project planning and control. Discussions will include performance analysis based on earned value. Emphasis will be given to project management information systems. Human behavior in the project setting will be discussed.
