Courses

    Fundamentals of continuum mechanics, finite deformations, Lagrangian finite strains, Cauchy and Piola Kirchoff stress tensors, plasticity and thermo-elasticity, elements of damage mechanics, elements of fracture mechanics, rehological and visoelastic theories, and modern experimental techniques. Recommended prereq., CVEN 5161.

    Evaluation and design of more sustainable urban stormwater infrastructure systems including street inlets, on-line and off-line surface storage and infiltration systems. Integrated design for major, minor, and micro storms to provide flood control and drainage as well as control of pollution from stormwater runoff. Simulation and optimization models will be used.

    Provides a foundational physical understanding of channel networks, runoff, precipitation, and evapotranspiration at multiple spatial scales of drainage basins using modern analytical concepts for understanding non-linear phenomena, e.g., fractals, multifractals, statistical scaling, criticality, and renormalization. Department enforced prereq., CVEN 5333.

    Studies basic physics of flow and transport of water, air, and other fluid mixtures through a porous medium. Course topics are relevant to applications in contaminant hydrology, contaminant transport in aquifers, hazardous waste management, geohydrology, soil physics, and geoenvironmental engineering.

    Provides a broad introduction to a variety of research topics from hydrologic sciences and water resources engineering. Offered as a one-hour weekly seminar by the departmental water faculty, graduate students,and external speakers. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate student Civil (CVEN) Engineering students only.
    Examines aquatic equilibria, corrosion, colloid and polymer chemistry, behavior of natural organic matter in engineered systems, and application of personal computers to model aquatic equilibria. Requires a term project. Offered in the spring every other year. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Examines the role of surfaces and particles in the fate and transport of contaminants in the aquatic environment. Emphasizes modeling of absorption, dissolution, precipitation, surface-catalyzed reactions, and coagulation and filtration kinetics. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of CVEN 5404 or GEOL 5280 (minimum grade C-).

    Covers constitutive modeling, multiphase mechanics, and finite element implementation of constitutive models and coupled solid-fluid mechanical governing equations for inelastic porous media at small strain. Considers transient and steady state conditions. Analyzes structural, geotechnical, geological, mechanical, biomechanical, and other related modern engineering problems. Uses general purpose finite element software program for implementation and analysis.

    Explores theoretical underpinnings of nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of framed structures, along with exposure to the corresponding programming techniques in Matlab. Topics covered are: flexibility and fiber based beam-column element formulation; structural,section and fiber plasticity; geometric and material nonlinearities; nonlinear pushover and transient analysis of framed structures. Department enforced prereq., CVEN 5525. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Analyzes and designs structures for earthquake load covering: properties of earthquake ground motions, ground motion prediction equations, seismic hazard analysis, response spectra, response of linear and nonlinear structures, construction of design spectra, seismic design methods, and building code requirements. Department enforced prereq., CVEN 5111. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

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