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CIVE 5253 Sensors and their Applications for Pavement Prerequisites: Graduate standing or senior standing with instructor approval. Description: Sensor Principles of Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD), Rolling Weight Deflectometer (RWD) and Traffic Speed Deflectometer (TSD); 2D and 3D laser imaging as used in pavement surface condition survey; Laser rangers and accelerometers for pavement longitudinal profile; Friction and texture measurement of pavement surface; New software and mobile tools for presenting sensor data with HTML5; 3D visualization and database management with pavement sensor data; Inertial navigation system and high-precision gyro for pavement data positioning; LIDAR and its usage for infrastructure management. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Civil & Environ. Eng CIVE 5273 Concrete Durability Prerequisites: CIVE 5673 Concrete Mixture Design and graduate standing or permission of instructor. Description: This course investigates the mechanisms, test methods, and evaluation procedures for the primary mechanisms for durability issues in concrete. Emphasis is placed on providing a practical and theoretical overview of the topics. Special topics may be covered with the interest of the students. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Civil & Environ. Eng CIVE 5283 Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering Prerequisites: Graduate standing, or professional school and CIVE 3714 for undergraduates. Description: The course covers a brief review of some fundamental principles of finite element method and its application to problems in geotechnical engineering. Students will use computer programs to perform analysis of geotechnical earth structures including flow through porous media, unsaturated and expansive soils. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Civil & Environ. Eng CIVE 5293 Design and Analysis of Earth Retaining Structures Prerequisites: CIVE major and graduate standing. Description: Lateral earth pressure theories. Use of earth retaining structures in civil engineering construction. Design and analysis of gravity, sheet pile, soil nail, and MSE walls by hand calculation and with a computer program. May not be used for degree credit with CIVE 4293. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Civil & Environ. Eng
CIVE 5303 Systems Analysis for Civil Engineers Prerequisites: Graduate standing or admission to CIVE professional school required. Description: Synthesis of systems modeling and simulation techniques, mathematical optimization procedures, and evaluation tools of multi- attributed systems including utility theory and decision analysis. Mathematical optimization techniques in the areas of resource allocation, transportation and water resources systems planning, structural design, construction management, and environmental and ecological problems. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Civil & Environ. Eng CIVE 5313 Highway Traffic Operations Prerequisites: Graduate standing or admission to CIVE professional school required and CIVE 3633. Description: Level of service, capacity and service volume concepts. Operational characteristics of uninterrupted-flow and interrupted- flow traffic facilities. The 1985 HCM procedures for analyzing the capacity of freeways, multilane and two-lane rural highways, urban arterials, signalized and unsignalized street intersections, and transit and pedestrian facilities. Administrative and planning actions for congestion management. Design alternatives and improvement strategies for effective use of urban arterial street width. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Civil & Environ. Eng CIVE 5323 Civil Infrastructure Systems Prerequisites: Graduate student.
Description: The course presents a unified approach to the management of civil infrastructure systems. Topics of discussion include various aspects of asset management: analytical methods, data collection technologies, life cycle cost, prioritization and optimization, climate change and sustainability. Types of infrastructure considered in the course include pavements (roads and airports), bridges, drainage and sewer systems, water supply systems, and power supply facilities. May not be used for degree credit with CIVE 4323. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Civil & Environ. Eng
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