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CIV 514 – Engineering Research the groundwater divide. Transient
methods and Communications Program Courses flow problems; Transport equation;
applications. Flow in fractures;
Credit Hour: 3 cubic law. Saltwater intrusion;
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing CIV 503 – Finite Element Variable density flow equation and
Analysis problems. Construction dewatering:
A course that in the first part groundwater control; sumps,
concentrates on the elements of Credit Hour: 3 drains, deep well and wellpoint
writing and presenting a research systems design, construction, and
topic and in the second part on Prerequisite: Core Courses installation. Unsteady radial flow to
engineering research methods. The Completion a well: Theis method for confined
first part of the course concentrates A first course on linear finite element aquifers; Cooper and Jacob method
on how to investigate, develop, write analysis that introduces the theory for confined aquifers; Hantush-
and present a research topic and of elasticity and, equilibrium and Jacob method for leaky aquifers.
assigns time for discussion with the compatibility equations, virtual work Neuman’s method for unsteady
students in order to arrive at their principle; plane stress and plane radial flow in unconfined aquifers;
research project for the course. strain conditions. This course covers software presentation. Introduction
The second part concentrates the formulation of different common to stochastic groundwater hydrology.
on engineering research finite elements and study of mesh The course includes a research-based
methods. Topics include: models’ layout, refinement and convergence project on applications of the above
approximation to reality, assumptions characteristics. Application of finite material in groundwater engineering
and limitations of theoretical element modelling and analysis problems.
solutions, 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensional techniques applicable for various civil
examples and criteria for selection engineering problems are covered. CIV 518 – Pre-stressed Concrete
of appropriate model. Uncertainty Use of different software to solve Design
in engineering systems, linearity typical civil engineering problems are Credit Hour: 3
assumption, examples of non-linear also included in this course content
and chaotic systems. Data collection, Prerequisite: Core Courses
instrument precision, human errors, CIV 542 – Groundwater Completion
incomplete data sets, hypothesis Hydrology The course discusses the
testing, discrepancy between properties of pre-stressed concrete
laboratory and field experiments; Credit Hour: 3 constituents; the applications of
examples. Soft information, and Prerequisite: Core Courses pre-stressed concrete elements
incorporation of soft and hard data Completion and components in various Civil
in the technical analysis; examples A course that covers advanced topics Engineering applications. This course
and applications. From theoretical in groundwater hydrology. Topics mainly covers the analysis of flexural
models to numerical models; errors include: Introductory concepts in behavior of simple and composite
in numerical models; running known hydrogeology; the water situation pre-stressed concrete girders;
cases to establish proper knowledge in the UAE; quantity and quality of calculation of pre-stressed losses for
of applied numerical model. Black- groundwater in the UAE; needs. simple prestressed concrete beams;
box models, artificial neural networks Soil structure, porosity, void ratio, design of pre-stressed concrete
and genetic algorithms, examples water content, specific yield, beams for flexure using current
and applications. The course includes specific retention; soil classification design procedures; construction
a project report and presentation system; properties of silts and clays. of moment-curvature and load-
Darcy’s law; continuity equation; deflection curves for pre-stressed
stratified aquifers; effective hydraulic concrete beams. The analysis and
conductivity. 1-dimensional steady design of pre-stressed concrete
state flow in confined aquifers; columns and simple slabs are also
regional groundwater Toth’s flow covered in this course
problem; 1- dimensional steady
state flow in unconfined aquifers;
Dupuit assumptions and limitations.
Flow inside earth dams; unconfined
aquifer under recharge; groundwater
flow to streams and solution for

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