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ENCE -- Engineering, Civil
ENCE 410 Advanced Strength of Materials (3) Prerequisites:
ENCE 353; and MATH 246. For ENCE majors only. Behavior of structural
members under load. Straight and curved beam analysis, unsymmetrical bending,
shear center, beams on elastic foundation. Tensions of solid and thin walled
members. Applied elasticity and stress-strain relations. Advanced topics
in mechanics.
ENCE 420 Construction Equipment and Methods (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 320. Senior standing. For ENCE majors only. Evaluation and selection
of equipment and methods for construction of projects, including earthmoving,
paving, steel and concrete construction, formwork, trenching, cofferdams,
rock excavation, tunneling, site preparation and organization. Design of
formwork, trench supports, and cofferdams.
ENCE 423 Project Estimating, Planning and Control (3) Two
hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENCE
320. For ENCE majors only. Application of planning and scheduling techniques
for construction work; introduction to resource leveling and time-cost
tradeoffs; cost estimating, cost indices, parametric estimates, unit price
estimates.
ENCE 425 Decision Support Systems for Construction (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 320. For ENCE majors only. Computer hardware and software tools
in civil engineering practice and research. Topics include computer hardware;
the operating systems for the hardware; the software available on those
systems, (e.g., text editors, word processors, spread sheets, interpreters,
compilers, communication packages, etc.); the use and development of computer
tools for civil engineering applications.
ENCE 430 Flow in Open Channels and Conveyance Structures (3) Two
hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENCE
330. For ENCE majors only. Application of theoretical, experimental and
computer simulation techniques in the design of open channels and conveyance
structures including transitions, spillways, culverts, wiers, and bridge
openings. Uniform and non-uniform flows under subcritical or supercritical
conditions. Analysis of unsteady, spatially varied overland and channel
flows. Laboratories will emphasize techniques to improve understanding
of complex flow phenomena and to provide design information.
ENCE 431 Surface Water Hydrology (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 330.
Study of the physical processes of the hydrologic cycle. Hydrometeorology,
concepts of weather modification, evaporation and transpiration infiltration
studies, runoff computations, flood routing, reservoir requirements, emphasis
on process simulation as a tool in the water resource development.
ENCE 432 Ground Water Hydrology (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 330.
Concepts related to the development of the ground water resource, hydrogeology,
hydrodynamics of flow through porous media, hydraulics of wells, artificial
recharge, sea water intrusion, basin-wide ground water development.
ENCE 433 Environmental Engineering Analysis (3) Two hours
of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: CHEM 133
and ENES 221 and CHEM 233. The theory and analytical techniques
used in evaluating man's environment. Emphasis on quantitative, physical,
electroanalytical and organic chemistry as applied to chemical analysis
of water.
ENCE 435 Sanitary Engineering Analysis and Design (3) Two
hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ENES
221 and ENCE 330 and CHEM 233. The application of sanitary analysis
and fundamental principles to the design and operation of water and waste
water treatment plants and the control of stream pollution.
ENCE 436 Drinking Water Treatment (3) Prerequisites: ENCE
315 and CHEM 233. Basic theory and practical design considerations
for unit proceesses involved in drinking water treatment. The physiochemical
operations considered include coagulation/flocculation, sedimentation,
filtration, adsorption, ion exchange, aeration, and disinfection.
ENCE 440 Engineering Soil Tests (3) Two hours of lecture and
two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENCE 340. For ENCE majors
only. Review of major soil tests and their interpretation for
engineering purposes. Engineering classification tests (Atterberg limits,
grain-size distribution, specific gravity), permeability and seepage properties,
in-situ and lab density-moisture tests, soil strength (penetrometers, vane
shear, CBR, unconfined compression, direct shear and triaxial) and compressibility
characteristics.
ENCE 441 Soil-Foundation Systems (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 340.
Review of classical lateral earth pressure theories, analysis of braced
excavation systems, cantilever and anchored sheet piling design, bearing
capacity of shallow foundations (footings and mats) design of deep pile
foundations to include pile capacity and pile group action.
ENCE 442 Highway and Airfield Pavement Design (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 340. Principles relative to the design, construction and rehabilitation
of highway and airfield pavement systems. Introduction to multi-layered
elastic and slab theories, properties of pavement materials and methods
of characterization, stochastic treatment of design variables, economic
principles of design alternates and the effect of environment upon pavement
performance. Review of existing rigid and flexible design methods as well
as major fundamentals relative to the rehabilitation of existing pavement
systems.
ENCE 453 Computer-Aided Structural Analysis (3) Two hours
of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENCE 353.
For ENCE majors only. Computer-aided analysis of structural systems.
Unified matrix formulation of stiffness and flexibility methods. Slope
deflection method. Evaluation of truss, frame, and grid systems. Non-prismatic
and curved elements. Error analysis and determination of ill-conditions.
Introduction to finite element methods; formulation of simple two-dimensional
elements. In laboratory, use and development of CAD software.
ENCE 454 Design of Concrete Structures (3) Prerequisites:
ENCE 353; and ENCE 355. For ENCE majors only. Formerly ENCE 451.
Combined bending and compression, development and anchorage of reinforcement,
deflections, design of slabs including one-way and two-way, design of footings,
retaining walls, introduction to prestressed concrete, design of multi-story
buildings.
ENCE 455 Design of Steel Structures (3) Prerequisites: ENCE
353; and ENCE 355. For ENCE majors only. Behavior and design of members
subjected to fatigue, and combined bending and compression; plate girders,
composite beams, open-web joists and connections. Methods of allowable
stress design, and load and resistance factor design. Elements of plastic
analysis and design. Framing systems and loads for industrial buildings
and bridges.
ENCE 463 Engineering Economics and Systems Analysis (3) Prerequisites:
ENCE 202 and ENCE 203. For ENCE majors only. Development and
application of engineering economic principles to engineering problems.
Evaluations of design alternatives. Deterministic modeling and optimization
with emphasis in civil engineering applications simulation modeling.
ENCE 465 Geographic Information Systems for Planning and Design Models
(3) Prerequisites: ENCE 202 and ENCE 203. Senior standing. For ENCE
majors only. Application of computer-centered techniques to develop,
manage, and interpret multi-dimensional data bases required for large scale
projects in transportation, water resources, and environmental engineering.
Translation of digital format data from remote sensing or conventional
sources to quantitative information. Required for spatially distributed
simulation models. Use of instructional geographic information systems
and image processing software on personal computers.
ENCE 466 Design of Civil Engineering Systems (3) One hour
of lecture, two hours of laboratory, and one hour of discussion/recitation
per week. Prerequisites: ENCE 353 or ENCE 355, ENCE 315, ENCE 320, ENCE
330, ENCE 340, ENCE 370 or permission of department. Senior standing. For
ENCE majors only. A major civil engineering design experience
that emphasizes development of student creativity, development and use
of design methodologies, evaluation of alternate solutions, feasibility
considerations, and detailed system descriptions. Realistic design constraints
including economic factors, safety, aesthetics, and reliability will be
imposed. Students will work in design project groups and be required to
exercise oral and written communication skills.
ENCE 470 Highway and Traffic Engineering (3) Two hours of
lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENCE 370. For
ENCE majors only. Highway location, design, construction and maintenance.
Concepts of traffic engineering, traffic flow theory and traffic operations
and management.
ENCE 471 Urban Transportation Planning (3) Prerequisite: ENCE
370. For ENCE majors only. Introduction to urban transportation modeling
systems. Transportation demand analysis. Trip generation, distributions,
mode split, and traffic assignment. Transportation alternative evaluations.
ENCE 472 Transportation Engineering (3) Prerequisite: ENCE
370. For ENCE majors only. Transportation engineering concepts including
transportation systems analysis, airport systems, airline and airport operations,
water transportation, and mass transportation operations.
ENCE 488 Senior Thesis (3) Senior standing. For ENCE majors
only. Advanced study in civil engineering problems with special
emphasis on mathematical modeling and experimental methods.
ENCE 489 Special Problems in Civil Engineering (1-4) Senior
standing. For ENCE majors only. A course arranged to meet the
needs of exceptionally well prepared students for study in a particular
field of civil engineering.
ENCE 610 Fundamentals of Structural Analysis (3) Cartesian tensor
notation. Linear forms of the general equilibrium, compatability, and constitutive
equations. The calculus of variations. The principles of virtual work and
complementary virtual work. Self-adjoint problem formulations.
ENCE 611 Finite Element Methods (3) Formerly ENCE 661.
Basic principles and fundamental concepts of the finite element method.
Consideration of geometric and material nonlinearities, convergence, mesh
gradation and computational procedures in analysis. Applications to plane
stress and plane strain, plates and shells, eigenvalue problems, axisymmetric
stress analysis, and other problems in civil engineering.
ENCE 613 Structural Dynamics (3) Formerly ENCE 653. Analysis
of the dynamic response of structrues and structural components subjected
to impact load, transient load, and ground excitations; study of single
degree-of-freedom and multi degree-of-freedom systems in classical closed
form solution and approximate numerical solution; solution in the frequency
domain and the use of finite element method.
ENCE 614 Computer Methods in Engineering (3) Formerly ENCE
756. UNIX programming environment, C programming, matrices, data structures,
sets and set operations, parsing techniques, interactive window systems,
applications to engineering.
ENCE 615 Structural Reliability (3) Probability and statistics.
Fundamentals of uncertainty analysis. Fundamentals of structural reliability.
Reliability-based design. Simulation and variance reduction techniques.
Fuzzy sets and applications.
ENCE 616 Plates and Shells (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 410 or equivalent.
Formerly ENCE 652. Medium thick plate theory, Von-Karman's plate
theory, orthotropic plates; approximate methods; buckling; membrane theory
of shells, bending theory of shells and shell deformations.
ENCE 625 Operations Analysis for Construction (3) Prerequisite:
permission of instructor. Formerly ENCE 424. Modeling and analysis
of systems for decision making in construction. Optimization using mathematical
programming. Simulation of construction processes for planning of dynamic
systems.
ENCE 626 Computer-Aided Construction Engineering (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 425 or permission of instructor. Technical concepts of
artificial intelligence and knowledge-based expert systems are explored
and illustrated through case studies. Provides hands-on experience with
a variety of software tools. Requires development of working computer prototype
expert system.
ENCE 630 Environmental and Water Resource Systems I (3) Application
of statistical and systems engineering techniques in the analysis of information
necessary for the design or characterization of environmental or hydrologic
processes; emphasis on the fundamental considerations that control the
design of information collection programs, data interpretation, and the
evolution of simulation models used to support the decision-making process.
ENCE 631 Hydrologic and Nonpoint Pollution Models (3) Prerequisite:
graduate admission to College of Engineering or permission of instructor.
The physical processes controlling the spatial distribution of run
off and constituent transport during rainfall and snowmelt events. Emphasis
on the processes and practical models of runoff simulation, stormwater
management and environmental impact assessment.
ENCE 632 Free Surface Flow (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 330 or equivalent.
Application of fundamentals of fluid mechanics to problems of free
surface flow; computation of steady and transient water surface profiles;
stratified flows in reservoirs and estuaries; diffusion; transition structures;
sediment transport.
ENCE 633 The Chemistry of Natural Waters (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 433 or permission of both department and instructor. Application
of principles from chemical thermodynamics and kinetics to the study and
interpretation of the chemical characteristics of natural water systems.
Explanation of the chemical composition of natural waters from a consideration
of metal ion solubility controls, ph, carbonate equilibria, absorption
reactions, redox reactions, and the kinetics of oxygenation reactions which
occur in natural water environments.
ENCE 636 Unit Operations of Environmental Engineering (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 315 or permission of both department and instructor. Properties
and quality criteria of drinking water as related to health are interpreted
by a chemical and biological approach. Legal aspects of water use and handling
are considered. Theory and application of aeration, sedimentation, filtration,
centrifugation, desalinization, corrosion and corrosion control are among
topics to be considered.
ENCE 637 Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering (3) An
examination of biological principles directly affecting man and his environment,
with particular emphasis on microbiological interactions in environmental
engineering related to air, water and land systems; microbiology and biochemistry
of aerobic and anaerobic treatment processes for aqueous wastes.
ENCE 640 Advanced Soil Mechanics (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 340
or equivalent. Introduction to the use of elastic theory in stress
and displacement solutions to geotechnical engineering (soil and rock mechanics).
The effect of soil moisture (at rest) relative to effective stress principles,
capillary and frost. Exact and numeric techniques for the analysis for
soil seepage under isotropic and anisotropic conditions. Classical settlement
(consolidation) and compressiblility theories, including finite difference
solution for vertical and radial drainage.
ENCE 641 Advanced Foundations (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 340 or
equivalent. Introduction to braced lateral earth pressure concepts
and theories applied to foundations. Analysis of braced excavations, retaining
walls and design of cantilever and anchored sheet piling systems. Principles
of Cofferdam design; bearing capacity theories related to shallow and deep
foundations; soil-foundation interactions for footing and mat designs and
analysis of single pile and pile group foundations. Exact and numeric solution
techniques.
ENCE 642 Soil Dynamics (3) Introduction to field and laboratory
methods for determining the dynamic characterizationof soil at both small
and large strain levels. Analysis and design of soil foundations subjected
to machinery generated vibrations. A critical review of earthquake causes
and their effect upon foundations and earth structures relative to earthquake
resistant design methodologies.
ENCE 643 Theory of Soil Strength (3) Prerequisites: ENCE 340
or equivalent and permission of instructor. Shear strength of cohesive
and cohesionless soils is analyzed using the critical state soil mechanics
theory of soil strength. Conventional laboratory strength tests, Mohr-Coulomb
representation of soil strength, and recommended design parameters.
ENCE 644 Engineering Soil Problems of North America (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 340 or equivalent. A critical review of the distribution of the
soils in North America with respect to engineering design and construction
problems. Design factors such as availability of quality aggregate resources,
soil origin and texture, high volume change soils, potentially poor subgrade
support conditions, and frost-susceptible soils.
ENCE 645 Design of Embankment Dams and Soil Reinforcement (3) Procedures
involved in embankment dam design, construction preparation with special
attention to rockfill dams, small dams and mine waste disposal dams, dam
surveillance, safety and repair. Geotechnical design with geosynthetics
including properties, design and construction.
ENCE 651 Matrix Methods of Structural Analysis (3) Review of
basic structural and matrix theory. Development of force and displacement
methods with emphasis on the latter. Discussion of special topics such
as geometric non-linearity, automated and optimum design non-prismatic
members and thin-walled open sections and sub-division of large structures.
Emphasis on applications to civil engineering structures.
ENCE 660 Mathematical Methods in Engineering (3) Selected topics
from differential calculus, multiple and line integration, orthogonal series,
differential equations, numerical methods, and complex variables.
ENCE 662 Construction Project Management (3) Prerequisite:
permission of instructor. For ENCE majors only. The techniques needed
by a project manager to be successful in the engineering/construction environment.
An integrated examination of project management beginning with feasibility
studies and progressing through project close out.
ENCE 663 Management of Construction Organizations (3) Management
of the construction organization at the company, project, and activity
levels. Topics covered include problem-solving and decision making, strategic
planning, functional planning, including marketing, project and activity
planning, organization, motivation and leadership, control, and conflict
resolution.
ENCE 664 Construction Contracts and Specifications (3) For
ENCE majors only. Basics of contract law; types and selection of construction
contracts; essentials of plans and specifications; bidding, awarding and
administration of contracts; liability, bonding, claims, and other legal
aspects associated with construction projects.
ENCE 666 Cost Engineering and Control (3) Analytic techniques
to estimate and control project costs, including site investigation, quantity
takeoff, work analysis and bid preparation. Systematic cost control as
related to job production and historical data.
ENCE 667 Construction Performance Management (3) Development
of performance framework; psychological and technological aspects of worker
and organization performance; application of continuous process improvement
and reengineering and construction processes.
ENCE 670 Highway Traffic Characteristics and Measurements (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 470 or permission of both department and instructor. The study
of the fundamental traits and behavior patterns of road users and their
vehicles in traffic. The basic characteristics of the pedestrian, the driver,
the vehicle, traffic volume and speed, stream flow and intersection operation,
parking, and accidents.
ENCE 671 Highway Traffic Operations (3) Prerequisites: {ENCE
470; and ENCE 670} or permission of both department and instructor.
A survey of traffic laws and ordinances. The design, application and
operation of traffic control devices and aids, including traffic signs
and signals, pavement markings, and hazard delineation. Capacity, accident,
and parking analyses.
ENCE 672 Regional Transportation Planning (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 471 or permission of both department and instructor. Factors
involved and the components of the process for planning statewide and regional
transportation systems, encompassing all modes. Transportation planning
studies, statewide traffic models, investment models, programming and scheduling.
ENCE 673 Urban Transportation (3) The contempory methodology
of urban transportation planning. The urban transportation planning process,
interdependence between the urban transportation system and the activity
system, urban travel demand models, evaluation of urban transportation
alternatives and their implementation.
ENCE 674 Urban Transit Planning and Rail Transportation Engineering
(3) Prerequisite: ENCE 471 or permission of both department and
instructor. Basic engineering components of conventional and
high speed railroads and of air cushion and other high speed new technology.
The study of urban rail and bus transit. The characteristics of the vehicle,
the supporting way, and the terminal requirements will be evaluated with
respect to system performance, capacity, cost, and level of service.
ENCE 675 Airport Planning and Design (3) Prerequisite: ENCE
471 or permission of both department and instructor. The planning
and design of airports including site selection, runway configuration,
geometric and structural design of the landing area, and terminal facilities.
Methods of financing airports, estimates of aeronautical demand, air traffic
control, and airport lighting are also studied.
ENCE 676 Highway Traffic Flow Theory (3) Prerequisites: {ENCE
461; and ENCE 462} or permission of both department and instructor.
An examination of physical and statistical laws that are used to represent
traffic flow phenomena. Deterministic models including heat flow, fluid
flow, and energy-momentum analogies, car following models, and acceleration
noise. Stochastic approaches using independent and Markov processes, Queuing
models, and probability distributions.
ENCE 677 Quantitative Methods in Transportation Engineering (3) Applications
of operations research and management science models to the planning, design
and operations of various types of transportation systems. Equilibrium
traffic assignment, network design, fleet assignment, fleet routing, crew
scheduling, simulation, and queueing theory.
ENCE 681 Freight Transportation Analysis (3) Application of operations
research and system analysis methods to freight transportation systems.
Cost and output analysis, terminal location, freight transportation demand
models, freight transportation network equilibrium models and analytic
models for analyzing the operations of rail, motor carrier, water carrier
and air cargo systems.
ENCE 688 Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering (1-3) Advanced
topics selected by the faculty from the current literature of civil engineering
to suit the needs and background of students. May be taken for repeated
credit when identified by topic title.
ENCE 689 Seminar (1-16)
ENCE 710 Steel Structures I (3) Formerly ENCE 656. Moment
connections of beams and columns. Wind bracing connections. Plate girders.
Floor systems for buildings. Strengthening of beams and trusses. Corrosion
control. Fatigue and fracture.
ENCE 711 Steel Structures II (3) Formerly ENCE 655. Plastic
analysis and design of beams, rigid frames, eccentrically braced frames,
and plates. Design of light-gauge cold-formed members.
ENCE 712 Masonry Structures (3) Analysis, design and construction
of masonry structures. Analysis and design of beams, columns and pilasters,
non-load bearing walls, load bearing walls, and shear walls. High rise
building design. Composite masonry. Prestressed and post-tensioned masonry.
Energy considerations, passive solar design of masonry structures. Recent
developments in masonry research.
ENCE 713 Concrete Structures I (3) Formerly ENCE 753.
The behavior and strength of reinforced concrete members under combined
loadings, including the effects of creep, shrinkage and temperature. Mechanisms
of shear resistance and design procedures for bond, shear and diagonal
tension. Elastic and ultimate strength analysis and design of slabs. Columns
in multistory frames. Applications to reinforced concrete structures.
ENCE 714 Concrete Structures II (3) Formerly ENCE 754.
Fundamental concepts of prestressed concrete. Analysis and design of
flexural members including composite and continuous beams with emphasis
on load balancing technique. Ultimate strength design for shear. Design
of post tensioned flat slabs. Various applications of prestressing including
tension members, compression members, circular prestressing, frames and
folded plates.
ENCE 715 Earthquake Engineering (3) Prerequisite: permission
of instructor. Formerly ENCE 755. Review of SDOF and MDOF structural
dynamics; characteristics of earthquakes; philosophies of seismic design;
elastic and inelastic response spectra; design for ductility; principles
of capacity design; design of structural systems requiring special performance
criteria.
ENCE 716 Forensic Engineering (3) Application of the art and
science of engineering in the jurisprudence system. Includes the investigation
of the physical causes of accidents and other sources of claims and litigation,
preparation of engineering reports, testimony at hearings and trials in
administrative or judicial proceedings, and the rendition of advisory opinions
to assist the resolution of disputes affecting life and property. Study
of the process of failure investigation from initial site visit, through
report preparation to adjudication. Emphasis on lessons learned from failures.
ENCE 717 Bridge Structures (3) Prerequisites: ENCE 255, ENCE
355, and differential equations. Recommended: ENCE 455. Formerly ENCE 751.
The design and rating of bridge structures in accordance with the AASHTO
WSD, LFD, ALFD, and LRFD specifications. Development of the basic strength
and performance requirements as defined within AASHTO, area and various
foreign codes. Projects requiring the design, rating and ultimate strength
evaluations will be assigned for all of the predominate construction types
including: simple and continuous span, straight and horizontally curved,
non-composite and composite w and box section superstructure elements.
ENCE 718 Advanced Structural Systems (3) Formerly ENCE 750.
Review of classical determinate and indeterminate analysis technique;
multistory buildings; space structures; suspension bridges and cables structures;
arches; long span bridges.
ENCE 730 Environmental and Water Resource Systems II (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 630 or permission of both department and instructor. Advanced
topics in operational research. Applications to complex environmental and
water resource systems. The use of systems simulation and probabalistic
modeling.
ENCE 731 Advanced Ground Water Hydrology (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 432 or equivalent. Theory and application of unsteady flow in
porous media. Analysis of one and two dimensional unsteady flow. Solutions
of non-linear equation of unsteady flow with a free surface. Development
and use of approximate numerical and graphical methods in the study of
ground water movement.
ENCE 733 Applied Water Chemistry (4) Three hours of lecture
and one hour of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: ENCE 633 or permission
of both department and instructor. A study of the chemistry
of both municipal and industrial water treatment processes. Among the topics
to be considered are water softening, stabilization, chemical destabilization
of colloidal materials, ion exchange, disinfection, chemical oxidation
and oxygenation reactions.
ENCE 736 Theory of Aqueous and Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal
(3) Prerequisites: ENCE 221 and fundamentals of microbiology; or
permission of both department and instructor. Theory and basic
principles of treating and handling waste products; hydraulics of sewers;
biological oxidation; principles and design criteria of biological and
physical treatment processes; disposal of waste sludges and solids.
ENCE 737 Industrial Wastes (3) Corequisite: ENCE 736 or equivalent.
A study of the characteristics of liquid wastes from major industries,
and the processes producing the wastes. The theory and methods of eliminating
or treating the wastes, and their effects upon municipal sewage-treatment
plants, and receiving waters.
ENCE 741 Aircraft Remote Sensing in Civil Engineering (3) Prerequisite:
ENCE 340 or equivalent; or permission of both department and instructor.
Theoretical and practical aspects of the use of remote sensing in engineering.
Emphasis on the interpretation of aerial photography and infrared, radar,
multispectral and other sensor data. The planning of aerial and field remote
sensing missions and the applications of these sensors to engineering programs
including regional inventories, route locations, environmental surveys
and site investigations. Computer analysis of remote sensing data is considered.
ENCE 742 Site Investigation (3) Prerequisite: ENCE 340 or
equivalent or permission of both department and instructor. A
study of various techniques for evaluating the physical environment and
performing exploration programs for engineering facilities. Methods for
using various techniques available for engineering site investigations,
including interpretation of topographic, geological and agricultural soil
maps; and the use of geophysical and subsurface exploration systems.
ENCE 745 Advanced Pavement Design (3) Fundamentals of recent
mechanistic structural design approaches of flexible and rigid systems
for highway and airfield pavements. The principles of probabilistic (reliability)
design approaches, dynamic material characterization, theoretical stress
solutions (multilayer and slab analysis) and fundamental distress criterion
of material fatigue and deformability, integrated into a total structural
design system framework.
ENCE 746 Pavement Management Systems (3) The overall framework
necessary to develop a Pavement Management System (PMS) at the project
and network level. Major emphasis on the data collection, maintenance and
rehabilitation phases of the systems concept. Pavement condition, performance,
safety and structural evaluation . Maintenance and rehabilitation methodologies
needed to develop life cycle costing of various alternative strategies.
ENCE 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6)
ENCE 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8)
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