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CIV 515 – Advanced Reinforced CIV 589– Advanced Civil within soil masses, Equilibrium
Concrete Design Engineering Materials and Compatibility, Stress-Strain
principles and Definitions, Volumetric
Credit Hour: 3 Credit Hour: 3 Strain and Bulk Modulus, Shear
Prerequisite: Core Courses Prerequisite: Core Courses Stress/Strain, Mohr-Circle Stresses,
Completion Completion principal Stresses, Octahedral
Stresses, Stresses Induced by Loads,
This design course on reinforced The course provides students consolidation and settlement of
concrete focuses on the advanced with detailed knowledge on soils, Terzaghi’s one-Dimensional Soil
analysis and design of reinforced advanced construction and consolidation Theory, primary and
concrete elements. This course building materials used in civil secondary Consolidation, Time Rate
covers design topics that emphasize infrastructure, such as advanced of Settlement, and shear strength
the design of reinforced concrete cement composites, advanced steel, of soils; Mohr-Coulomb Failure
systems to resist lateral forces advanced fibre reinforced polymer Criteria, Direct Shear and Triaxial
including earthquakes and wind. structural composites, advanced Tests, Shear Strength of granular and
Computer models are used to assess engineered wood composites, Cohesive Soils, Modulus of Elasticity
structural response to lateral forces sustainable materials for the built and Poison’s Ratio from Triaxial test,
per relevant codes including but not environment and smart materials. Stress Paths, Correlation for Effective
limited to ASCE 7, FEMA, and IBC. A The composition, microstructure, Stress Friction Angle, Anisotropy in
special topic is included such as strut- characteristics, mechanical Undrianed Shear Strength, Sensitivity
and-tie models. properties and performance of and Thixotropic Characteristics of
these materials will be introduced Clays
CIV 544 – Coastal Processes and in detail, and their availability, cost
Harbor Engineering and their use in civil engineering CIV 526– Slopes and Earth Dams
Credit Hour: 3 will be discussed as well, based on Credit Hour: 3
Prerequisite: Core Courses which the students will develop Prerequisite: Core Courses
the ability to make professional
Completion decisions about materials selection Completion
This course covers advanced for civil engineering design within The course presents fundamentals
topics related to coastal processes an environmentally sustainable and of problems of slope stability;
and harbor engineering. The practical context seepage in composite sections and
topics include: (1) Coastal zones CIV 522– Advanced Soil anisotropic materials; methods
hydrodynamics (reviewing tides, Mechanics of stability analysis; mechanism
storm surges, waves within the of failure of natural and artificial
nearshore and surf zone); (2) Credit Hour: 3 slopes; remedial measures to correct
Coastal geomorphology (including Prerequisite: Core Courses slopes, computer programs to
littoral drift and sediment transport, Completion analyze slopes, compaction; and field
equilibrium beach profiles); observations, principles of earth dam
(3) Erosion mitigation (beach The course presents an in depth design; selection of site, classification
nourishment, coastal armoring; knowledge and understanding of of earth dams, causes of failure,
beach fill and soft engineering concepts and principles of : soil foundation design, embankment
structures; hard engineering formation and soil deposition, design, piping through embankment
structures; tidal inlets, and shoreline mineralogical Composition of and foundation of dams and design
management); (4) Port (harbor) Soils, Mineral Identification, Soil criteria for filters.
planning and layout (elements, structure; Clay-Water Electrolyte
design principles and considerations); System, Electrokinetic Phenomena, CIV 521– Advanced Foundations
(5) Design loads on coastal structures Groundwater, Permeability and Credit Hour: 3
(geotechnical aspects; soil-structure Seepage through soils; Flow through
interaction design considerations); (6) saturated Soils, Effective Stress, pore Prerequisite: Core Courses
Design aspects of coastal structures water pressure, Critical Hydraulic Completion
(gravity type quay walls; sheet Gradient, Seepage in Two and The course presents essential Soil
pile bulkheads; piled waterfront Three Dimensional Space, Laplace Mechanics Concepts, Soil Exploration
structures; breakwater; offshore deep Equation, Flow Nets for isotropic and In-situ Testing, Shallow
water terminals). and Anisotropic Soils, Numerical Foundation Design; Combined
Solution, SEEP/W Program, Stresses, Footings, Mat Foundation Design;
strains and elastic deformation

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