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| CE
231: Engineering Materials I |
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CE
270: Introduction to Structural Mechanics |
| Nature
and performance of materials under load. Structure of
materials. Elastic, inelastic, and time-dependent behavior.
Influences of composition and processing upon material
properties. Composite materials particulate systems.
Chemical effects on materials. |
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Loads;
structural forms; analysis of axially loaded members,
flexural members, torsional members; combined loading
conditions; buckling. Basic behavioral characteristic
of structural elements and systems illustrated by laboratory
experiments. |
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| CE
331: Engineering Materials II |
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CE
461: Pavement Design |
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continuation of CE 231 |
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Design
of highway and airport pavement systems, subgrades,
subbases and bases, soil stabilization, flexible and
rigid pavements; cost analysis and pavement selection;
quality control; drainage; earthwork; pavement evaluation
and maintenance. |
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| CE
530: Properties of Concrete |
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CE
533: Physiochemical Properties of Materials |
| Basic
properties of hydraulic cements and mineral aggregates
and their interactions in concrete. Properties of plastic
and hardened concrete. Modifications through admixtures.
Production, handling, and placement problems. Specifications,
quality control, and acceptance testing, lightweight,
heavyweight, and other special concretes. A one-day
field trip is required Professor Weiss. |
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Atomic
and molecular structure, bonding, states of matter,
changes of state, phase relationship, solutions, surfaces,
application to the properties of engineering materials.
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| CE
538: Experimental Methods in Construction Materials
Research |
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Hours
and credits to be arranged. |
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course will introduce the student to the fundamental
aspects of the computer control of experimental equipment.
Emphasis is placed on the difficulties of interfacing
computers and instruments. Experimental techniques for
measuring important properties of construction materials
are discussed. For example, techniques involving the
use of strain gages, optical measurements, and measurement
of properties such as pore structure and surface area
are considered. Emphasis is placed on the effects of
experimental techniques on the resulting measurements. |
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CE
597: Repair, Condition Assessment, And Cost Consideration
in Concretes
CE
597C: Cement Chemistry
CE
5xx: Composites
CE
631: Concrete and Aggregate
CE
6xx: Mechanics of Fracture and Damage Localization in
Quasi-Brittle Materials
CE
6xx: Mechanics and Material Behavior of Cementitous
Composites
CE
638
CE
697 |
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| CE
535: Bituminous Materials and Mixtures |
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| Considerations
of major types of bituminous materials - asphalt cements,
cutback asphalts, asphalt emulsions, and tar. Influence
of chemical composition upon physical properties. Desirable
aggregate characteristics for bituminous mixtures. Construction
techniques. Current practices for determining optimum
asphalt contents. Two one-day field trips are required. |
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Taken Courses: |
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| CE
568: Highway Infrastructure Management Systems |
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CE
570: Advanced Structural Mechanics |
| Processes
and techniques of managing rehabilitating and maintenance
of highway infrastructure facilities, including roads
and bridges. Three management systems are examined:
pavement, bridge, and data collection, life-cycle cost
analysis, priority setting and optimization, program
development strategies, and institutional issues. |
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Studies
of stress and strain, failure theories, and yield criteria;
flexure and torsion theories for solid and thin-walled
members; and energy methods. |
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| CE
572: Prestressed Concrete Design |
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CE
575: Experimental Methods in Structural Engineering |
| Design
approaches for prestressed concrete structures; hardwares;
stress calculations; prestress losses; deflections;
shear design; section design; section proportioning;
anchorages and connections; special topics. |
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Theory,
methods, and techniques for experimental studies of
structural members and systems. Measurement fundamentals;
transducers for measuring strain, displacements, force
and torque, pressure, and temperature. Physical modeling
principles; similitude, materials and their properties,
and loading systems for application to studies for elastic
and inelastic models. Case studies. Individual project
required of each student. Professor Sutton. |
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| CE
576: Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design |
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CE
592: Plastic Design of Steel Structures |
| Design
of eccentric and combined footings, two-way reinforced
floor slabs, flat slab floor systems, continuous span
slab bridge, ultimate strength design, deflection of
concrete structures, and fundamentals of prestressed
concrete. Professor Sutton. |
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Ultimate
load capacity of steel structures; methods of analysis
for structures in the plastic range; plastic design
of continuous beams, frames, and connections. |
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| CE
595: Finite Elements in Elasticity |
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CEM
510: Microstructural Characterization Techniques |
| Fundamentals
of theory of elasticity; variational principles; one-,
two-, and three-dimentional elasticity finite elements;
interpolation methods; numerical integration; convergence
criteria; stress interpretation. |
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A
broad variety of analytical tools will be presented
The intent is to allow the student to make an educated
selection of characterization techniques, or critical
analysis of published data, for materials and defect
analysis. The techniques will be assessed in terms of
the probe type and material response, of what device
and specimen requirements are typical, and of what data
can or cannot be derived from each type of analysis. |
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| CEM
556: Fracture of Materials |
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ME
513: Engineering Acoustics |
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failure and fracture of materials under applied stress
are the focal points of this course, with particular
emphasis on the material characteristics that influence
fractures. The initial subjects covered in this course
will include introductions to linear elastic fracture
mechanics (LEFM) and elastic plastic fracture mechanics
(EPFM) Subsequently, the strength and toughness of metals,
ceramics, and polymers will be explored with regard
to processing property relationships and microstructure.
Special topics will include fracture mechanism maps,
Weibull statistics, toughening mechanisms, and failure
analysis. This course is distinct from a course of fracture
mechanics in that the fundamental materials aspects
of fracture are of paramount importance. |
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The
simple oscillator. Lumped acoustical elements. Electro-mechanical-acoustical
analogies. Wave motion in strings and membranes. Introduction
to linear acoustics through derivation of the wave equation
and simple solutions. Plane and spherical waves. Acoustic
intensity. Plane wave transmission through fluid layers
and simple barriers Sound absorption. Modeling of acoustical
sources: monopoles, dipoles, quadrupoles. Mechanisms
of sound generation and directionality. Sound propagation
in one-dimensional systems (e.g., ducts and mufflers).
Introduction to room acoustics. Professors Bolton and
Mongeau. |
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| ME
555: Composites and Polymer Processing |
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ME
569: Mechanical Behavior of Materials |
| Explores
composites processing, polymer processing, and associated
design. Emphasis is placed on basic issues in the context
of fundamentals of processing and design of fiber-reinforced
composites and polymers. Component design and manufacture
are treated as aspects of a single integrated process,
including design of process tooling and machinery for
manufactures. Eight laboratory sessions cover manufacture
of composites, injection molding, microstructure analysis,
characterization and testing. Team projects involve
physical prototyping. Professor Ramani. |
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A
study of how loading conditions and environmental conditions
can influence the behavior of materials in service.
Elastic and plastic behavior, fracture, fatigue, low
and high temperature behavior. Introduction to fracture
mechanics. Emphasis is on methods of treating these
conditions in design. Professor Hillberry and staff. |
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| AE
552: Nondestructive Evaluation of Structures and Materials |
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AE
554: Fatigue of Structures and Materials |
| Overview
of methods employed for nondestructive evaluation of
structures and materials taught in the context of damage-tolerant
structural analysis. Major inspection topics include:
radiography, ultra-sonics, eddy current, penetrant,
magnetic, and visual/optical techniques. Other new emerging
inspection techniques also are discussed. |
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Development
and application of methods for predicting the fatigue
life of structural components. Characterization and
response of materials to cyclic loading. Fatigue-resistant
design of aerospace structures. both fatigue crack initiation
and crack propagation concepts are discussed. Professor
Grant. |
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| AE
555: Mechanics of Composite Materials |
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AE
557: Inelastic Behavior of Materials and Structures |
| Current
and potential applications of composite materials. Review
of elasticity of anisotropic solids. Methods for determining
mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials. Static
and dynamic analyses of laminated composites. Fracture
and fatigue of laminates. Reliability, testing, and
design of composites. Professor Sun. |
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Yield
criterion; stress-strain relations of plasticity; limit
analysis and applications to structures; plane strain,
slip-line fields, applications to metal forming processes;
plane stress, field of characteristics; viscoelastic
models, their interrelation and associated constitutive
equations; applications to boundary value problems.
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