Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2001
Civil Engineering (CIVI)

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CIVI 201   CIVIL ENGINEERS AND THE WORLD WE BUILD   Credits 3.00  Spring 01
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
An overview of how civil engineering projects (bridges,sky buildings,transit
systems etc.) are conceived, financed, designed, and built. Will include case
studies, lectures,labs, and field trips. No previous engineering or mathematics
background required. Designed for engineering freshman and interested
non-majors. WWW.Civil.Rice.EDU/Civi 201
001 RL 201 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM      Spieler, Christof Torsten Enr: 29 Max: NA

CIVI 300   MECHANICS OF SOLIDS I                    Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Analysis of stress and deformation of solids with applications to beams,
circular shafts and columns.  Study of engineering properties of materials and
failure theories.
Prereq- Civi 211 or Mech 211.
001 RL 201 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM      Nagarajaiah, Satish       Enr: 14 Max: NA

CIVI 302   STRENGTH OF MATERIALS LAB                Credits 1.00  Spring 01
Instruction in standard tension, compression, and torsion tests of ferrous and
nonferrous metals.  Includes experimental techniques and the behavior of
structural elements. Limited enrollment. Preference given to civil engineering
majors.  Required for B.S.C.E.
001 TBA - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM           Nagarajaiah, Satish       Enr: 8 Max: 20

CIVI 304   STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS I                    Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Analysis of statically determinate structures; stability and determinacy;
influence lines and moving loads.  Calculation of deflections.  Introduction to
analysis of indeterminate structures.
Prereq- Civi 211 and concurrent registration in Civi 300.
001 RL 201 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM      Veletsos, Anestis S.      Enr: 7 Max: NA

CIVI 306   STEEL DESIGN                             Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Design of steel members, connections, and assemblies.  Behavior of steel
members as related to design.
Prereq- Civi 304.
001 RL 231 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM      Terk, Michael             Enr: 10 Max: NA

CIVI 403   REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN               Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Material properties, flexural strength of rectangular and T-sections; strength
design of beams, one-way slabs and footings; shear strength; deflections; and
column design. Use of handbooks and computer programs for design.
Prereq- Civi 304.
001 RL 201 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Durrani, Ahmad J.         Enr: 10 Max: NA

CIVI 404   CONCRETE LABORATORY                      Credits 1.00  Spring 01
Tests of materials and reinforced concrete members.
Prereq- Civi 403 (concurrent).
001 TBA - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM           Durrani, Ahmad J.         Enr: 10 Max: NA

CIVI 451   INTRO TO TRANSPORTATION                  Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Operational characteristics of transport modes, elements of transportation
planning, and design of stationary elements.
001 TBA - MW 01:00PM - 02:15PM          Sedlak, John M.           Enr: 16 Max: NA

CIVI 480   SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT                    Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Synthesis and application of engineering knowledge of the design of a real-life
project.
Prereq- Senior standing.
001 TBA - W 02:30PM - 05:00PM           Terk, Michael             Enr: 10 Max: NA

CIVI 499   SPECIAL PROBLEMS                         Credits   Spring 01
Study of selected topics including individual investigations, special lectures,
and seminars.  Offered upon mutual agreement of faculty and student.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 522   STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS II                   Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Dynamics of force-excited continuous linear systems and ground-excited linear
and yielding structures.  Fundamentals of earthquake engineering.
001 RL 201 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM      Veletsos, Anestis S.      Enr: 7 Max: NA

CIVI 523   PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS        Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Introduction to probability theory and random processes.  Dynamic analysis of
linear and non-linear structural systems subjected to  stationary and
nonstationary random excitations.  Reliability studies related to first
excursion and fatigue failures.  Applications to earthquake engineering,
offshore engineering, and wind engineering.
Civi 521 or Mech 412 and basic knowledge of probability theory.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 526   STRUCTURAL STABILITY                     Credits 3.00  Spring 01
General analysis of stress and infinitesimal strain, linear elastic and
thermo-elastic stress-strain relations.  Formulation and solution of boundary
value problems, including torsion and flexure of cylinders, plane problems,
flexure of plates, and selected three-dimensional problems.  Approximate
solutions by energy methods and the finite element method.  Intended for
graduate students, others by permission of instructor.
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM         Nordgren, Ronald P.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 540   STEEL BUILDING DESIGN                    Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Practical considerations from the conceptual stage to the final analysis;
including design parameters and serviceability limitations.
Civi 305, 306, 403.
001 RL 201 - TTH 08:00AM - 09:15AM      Sheikh, Tauqir            Enr: 8 Max: NA

CIVI 550   PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS IN COMPUTER-AIDED E Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Introduction to fundamental issues in computer-aided engineering (CAE); control
of the complexity of developing large-scale CAE software; decompositions and
abstraction strategies used to produce modular programs; data structures and
associated algorithms used to build CAE systems; engineering information
management and computer graphics.
Prereq- Caam 210 or 211; or Comp 210.
001 RL 201 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:15PM      Terk, Michael             Enr: 3 Max: NA

CIVI 555   INTERNET ENABLED ENGINEERING             Credits 1.00  Spring 01
Introduction to the Internet and the Internet's impact on engineering
activities.  Covers issues involved in creating World Wid Web sites that
support engineering activities.  Topics include: overview of basic WWW
technology, use of WWW to support engineering activities, analysis of the
existing engineering WWW sites, engineering technology, and future impact on
engineering practice.
001 RL 201 - TH 02:30PM - 03:30PM       Terk, Michael             Enr: 6 Max: NA

CIVI 570   FOUNDATION ENGINEERING                   Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Soil exploaration, bearing capacity and settlements of foundations, soil
improvement, geotechnical analysis and design of spread and special footings,
beam foundations, mats, soil-structure interactions, floating foundations,
piles, pile groups, pier and caissons, earth pressures, earth and concrete
walls, cantilever and anchored sheet-pile walls, braced and tie-back
excavations.
Prereq- Civi 470.
001 RL 231 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:45AM      Sheikh, Tauqir            Enr: 5 Max: NA

CIVI 571   SOIL DYNAMICS                            Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Introduction to vibrations and wave propagation in elastic media.  Behavior of
soil subjected to dynamic and cyclic loading, including field and laboratory
testing.  Engineering applications, focusing on modification of ground shaking
caused by the soil, liquefaction of sands, seismic behavior of dams, machine
foundations, etc.
Prereq- Civi 521.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM         Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 610   STRUCTURAL DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROL   Credits 3.00  Spring 01
Elements of linear systems and control theory, transform methods, state space
methods, feedback control,  and Lyapunov's method.  Analytical modeling of
structures, control algorithms, and response to dynamic loading.  Base
isolation, passive energy dissipation, smart materials and devices, active,
hybrid and semi-active structural control applications monitoring, and case
studies.
Prereq- Civi 521 or Mech 502, Civi 527.
001 RL 201 - MW 02:00PM - 03:15PM       Nagarajaiah, Satish       Enr: 5 Max: NA

CIVI 699   SPECIAL PROBLEMS                         Credits   Spring 01
Study of selected topics including individual investigations under the
direction of a member of the civil engineering faculty.  Offered upon mutual
agreement of faculty and student.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 2 Max: NA

CIVI 800   RESEARCH AND THESIS                      Credits   Spring 01
No description.
001 TBA - TBA                           Staff                     Enr: 7 Max: NA