Courses

Studies structural analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate systems, deflections, energy methods, and force method. Prereq., CVEN 3161 or MCEN 2063. Restricted to Architectural or Civil Engineering majors only. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite course of CVEN 3161 or MCEN 2063. Restricted to Civil, Environmental, or Architectural Engineering majors only.

Studies matrix formulation of principles of structural analysis and development of direct stiffness and flexibility methods for analysis of frame and truss structures. Topics include support settlements, thermal loads, and energy formulations of force-displacement relationships. Prereq., CVEN 3525. Same as CVEN 5525.

Applies basic principles to design of steel structures; design of tension members, columns, beams, open-web joists, steel decks, bolts, bolted connections, welding processes, and welded connections. Prereq., CVEN 3525.

Focuses on applications to the design of reinforced concrete structures, including design of beams, columns, slabs, and footings; continuous beams and frames; cast-in-place buildings. Prereq., CVEN 3525.

Applies design methods to beams, columns, trusses, and connections using timber and glued, laminated members. Prereq. or coreq., CVEN 3525.

Same as CVEN 4525. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Explores principles and methods of structural reliability, and formulates bases for design to insure adequate safety and performance of elements and structural systems. Prereq., CVEN 3535, 4525, or instructor consent.

Philosophical and analytical issues for lifetime design and operation of civil systems. Optimization tradeoffs of construction, management, and sustainability. Utility of operation and service, including present-value economic analysis. Decision-making alternatives of safety and performance, including hazards consideration. Recommended prereq., CVEN 3227 or equivalent.

Covers steel structure design and analysis. Includes plate girders, moment connections for beams, design of multistory frames, and other topics determined by class interest. Prereq., CVEN 4545 or equivalent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Covers design and analysis topics for prestressed concrete and/or reinforced concrete structures. Includes review of the current ACI design code, slabs, prestressed concrete, seismic design, folded plates and shells, finite element analysis, and other topics determined by class interest. Prereq., CVEN 4555 or equivalent.

Supervised study of special topics of interest to students under instructor guidance. Prereq., instructor consent.

Motivated by Performance Based Engineering, this course provides students with the proper theoretical underpinnings of nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of framed structures along with, exposure to the corresponding programming techniques in Matlab. First part covers traditional topics related to plasticity; second part focuses on the finite element formulation ( with emphasis on flexibility based ones) for geometric and Material nonlinearities; nonlinear pushover and transient analysis of frame structures. Prereq., CVEN 4525/5525 or equivalent; proficiency in Matlab.

Analyzes and designs structures for earthquake loadings. Gives attention to earthquake ground motions, attenuation laws, and seismic hazard analysis. Also involves numerical methods for time-domain and frequency-domain analysis, response of linear and nonlinear structures, elastic and inelastic response spectra, construction of design spectra, soil-structure interaction analysis, and seismic design methods and building code requirements. Prereq., CVEN 5111 or equivalent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Studies fundamental propositions for the design of skeletal structures, automatic design of optimal structures, life-cycle cost design of deteriorating structures, problem-oriented computer languages, and linear and nonlinear programming methods for structural design. Prereq., CVEN 4525 or equivalent.

Examines inelastic behavior of materials, including calculation of ultimate capacity of perfectly plastic structures by use of upper- and lower-bound theorems. Looks at theories of inelastic action as applied to structural design in steel and concrete and elements of theory of plasticity with applications in ultimate analysis of plates, shells, and continuous bodies. Prereq., CVEN 3505.

Analysis and design of structures for earthquake loadings. Earthquake ground motions, attenuation laws, and seismic hazard analysis. Numerical methods for time-domain and frequency-domain analysis response of linear and nonlinear structures. Elastic and inelastic response spectra, and construction of design spectra. Soil-structure interaction analysis. Seismic design methods and building code requirements. Prereq., CVEN 5111 or equivalent.