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- CE 383 Geotechnical Engineering I
Introduction to the nature and origin of soils and rocks; engineering significance of geologic landforms and soil deposits; identification and engineering classification of soils; engineering behavior and properties of soils; permeability, compressibility, shearing resistance; soil compaction. - CE 483 Geotechnical Engineering II
Subsurface investigations and techniques for sampling soils, lateral earth pressures, and stability of retaining structures; stability of earth slopes; shallow and deep foundations design. - CE 580 Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
Advanced treatment of topics in geotechnical engineering, including the engineering response to loading, soil properties, earth pressures, shear strength, soil compaction and fabric, permeability, and consolidation and settlement analysis. - CE 585 Dams
Engineering and environmental factors involved in planning, design, construction, and maintenance of dams; procedures for design of earth, rockfill, and concrete (gravity and arch) dams; requirements for site investigations and techniques for improvement of unsatisfactory geotechnical conditions. - CE 587 Soil Dynamics
Vibration of elementary systems, foundation vibratory theory, foundation design for vibratory loads, foundation isolation, wave propagation theory, response of soils to dynamic loading, dynamic soil properties, dynamic behavior of waste materials, field and laboratory methods for evaluation of dynamic soil properties, liquefaction of sands, vibratory compaction of granular materials. - CE 680 Theoretical Soil Mechanics
Concepts of stress, strain, and stress distribution in soils; seepage and theory of consolidation; theories of strength; stability analyses of slopes, retaining walls, and footings. - CE 683 Advanced Foundation Engineering
Subsoil investigations, sheeting and bracing, control of ground water, shallow foundations, piles and pile foundations. - CE 687 Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering
Overview of earthquake engineering; role of civil engineer in planning and designing for earthquakes; seismic hazard analysis. Methods of analysis for seismic loads: response spectra; uniform building code; time history; linear and nonlinear methods; multi-degree of freedom systems. Soil-structure interaction effects; liquefaction; dynamic analysis of earth dams and retaining structures; seismic evaluation of tailings dams and waste containment facilities. - CE 689 Plasticity Theory
Topics vary.
- CE 597 Piling Engineering
Subsoil investigations, pile types, pile installation, calculation of ultimate resistance from fundamental soil variables and from SPT/CPT results, pile settlement, lateral deflections, pile driving analysis, static and dynamic load tests, integrity testing, pile groups.