8.6Civil and Environmental Engineering

8.6.1OFFICERS OF INSTRUCTION

Professors Emeriti

DeMarco, Frank A.; B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), F.C.I.C., P.Eng.—1946.

MacInnis, Cameron; B.Sc. (Dalhousie), B.E. (Hons.) (Nova Scotia Technical College), Ph.D. (Durham), F.C.S.C.E., F.E.I.C., F.A.C.I., P.Eng.—1963.

University Professor

Kennedy, John B.; B.Sc. (Hons.) (Cardiff), Ph.D. (Toronto), D.Sc. (Wales), F.A.S.C.E., F.C.S.C.E., P.Eng.—1963.

Professors

Gnyp, Alex William; B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng.—1958.

Monforton, Gerard R.; B.A.Sc. (Assumption), M.A.Sc. (Windsor), Ph.D. (Case Inst.), F.C.S.C.E., P.Eng.—1962.

Stager, Robert A.; B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Illinois)—1963.

St. Pierre, Carl Clifford: B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Assumption), Ph.D. (Northwestern), P.Eng.—1964. McCorquodale, John Alexander; B.E.Sc. (Western Ontario), M.Sc. (Glasgow), Ph.D. (Windsor), F.C.S.C.E., P.Eng.—1966.

Abdel-Sayed, George; B.Sc., M.Sc. (Cairo), Dr.Ing. (T. U. Karlsruhe), F.C.S.C.E., P.Eng.—1967.

Bewtra, Jatinder K.; B.E. (Roorkee), M.S., Ph.D. (Iowa), P.Eng.—1968.

Temple, Murray Clarence; Diploma (R.M.C., Kingston), B.A.Sc. (Toronto), S.M. (M.I.T.), Ph.D. (Toronto), F.E.I.C., F.C.S.C.E., F.A.S.C.E., P.Eng.—1969.

Madugula, Murty K.S.; B.E. (Hons.), M. Tech., Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kharagpur), P.Eng.—1979.

Asfour, Abdul-Fattah Aly; B.Sc. (Hons.), M.A.Sc. (Alexandria), Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng.—1981.

Biswas, Nihar; B.E. (Calcutta), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Ottawa), P.Eng.—1981.

Budkowska, Bozena Barbara; B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Gdansk)—1989.

Adjunct Professors

Becker, Norbert Karl; B.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Windsor), P.Eng.—1981.

Jasim, Saad Y., Ph.D. (Wales), P.Eng.—1994.

Laba, Jan Tadeusz; Dip. Ing. (London), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Windsor), P.Eng.—1961.

Cross-Appointments

Hudec, Peter; B.Sc. (Western Ontario), M.S., Ph.D. (Rensselaer Polytech. Inst.), A.I.P.G.—1970.

8.6.2PROGRAM OF STUDY—FIRST YEAR AND SECOND YEAR CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

FIRST YEAR

The Fall and Winter terms are common to all Engineering programs (see 8.4.1). In Summer term, Co-op students also will register for 85-198 (Work Term I).

SECOND YEAR

The Fall and Winter terms are common to both the Civil and Environmental Engineering programs. In Summer term, Co-op students also will register for 85-298 (Work Term II).

Fall Term

Lect.

Lab

Wt.

85-211.(Comp.-Aided Analysis II)

3

1.5

3.75

85-217.(Mech. of Def. Bod. I)

2

2

3.00

85-222.(Treatment of Expt. Data)

3

1

3.50

87-210.(Surveying)

3

3

4.50

93-211.(Environ. Proc. & Calc.)

3

3

4.50

62-215.(Vector Calculus)

3

1

3.50

Winter Term

Lect.

Lab

Wt.

85-233.(Fluid Mechanics I)

3

1

3.5

87-227.(Mech. of Def. Bod. II)

2

2

3.00

93-224.(Intro. Environ. Engrg.)

3

2

4.00

41-117.(Intro. Economics)

3

1

3.50

61-101.(Intro. Surf. & Appl. Geol.)

2

2

3.00

62-216.(Differential Equations)

3

1

3.50

Summer Term

(Co-op students only)

85-298.(Work Term II)

8.6.3PROGRAM OF STUDY—CIVIL ENGINEERING

Civil engineering comprises the conception, design, operation, and maintenance of buildings, railroads, waterways, bridges, harbours, tunnels, water supply and purification systems, sewage collection and treatment facilities, hydraulic structures, and waterpower developments. The Civil Engineering curriculum provides a diversity of applied course work and aid the student in selecting a major field of endeavour as well as a thorough background in the basic sciences and a broad understanding of the social sciences and humanities.

The Civil Engineering Department provides modern and comprehensive laboratory facilities in the following fields: Strength of Materials, Soil Mechanics, Hydraulics, Structures, Concrete, Sanitary Engineering, and Surveying. The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering has an active student section on campus.

Note: The baccalaureate degree program in Civil Engineering is accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers.

THIRD YEARFall Term

Lect.

Lab

Wt.

85-313.(Engrg. Economy)

3

1.5

3.75

87-310.(Str. Analysis I)

3

2

4.00

87-311.(Concrete Design I)

3

2

4.00

87-313.(Fluid Mech. and Hyd.)

2

2

3.00

87-315.(Soil Mechanics)

3

1.5

3.75

87-325.(Plan. and Constr. Mgmt.)

3

1

3.50

Winter Term

(Co-op students only)

85-398.(Work Term III)

Summer Term

Lect.

Lab

Wt.

87-314.(Transp. & Traffic Engrg.)

2

2

3.00

87-324.(Str. Steel Design)

3

2

4.00

87-322.(Concrete Design II)

3

2

4.00

87-323.(Hydrology I)

3

2

4.00

87-326.(Geotechnical Engrg.)

3

2

4.00

42-200.(Resource Mgmt.)

3

0

3.00

FOURTH YEAR

Fall Term

(Co-op students only)

85-498.(Work Term IV)

Winter Term

Lect.

Lab

Wt.

87-401.(Project and Seminar)

0

6

6.00

87-410.(Str. Anal. and Design II)

3

2

4.00

87-412.(Hydraulics I)

3

2

4.00

93-413.(Water/Wastewater Col.)

3

2

4.00

Two (2) Electives*

Summer Term

Lect.

Lab

Wt.

85-421.(Engineering and Society)

3

0

3.00

87-401.(Project and Seminar)

0

6

6.00

87-414.(Hwy. Design & Constr.)

2

2

3.00

87-428.(Foundation Engrg.)

2

1

2.50

Two (2) Electives*

* Students take one (1) Non-technical Elective and three (3) Technical Electives in their fourth year.

TECHNICAL ELECTIVES

Lect.

Lab

Wt.

87-415.(Hydraulics II)

2

2

3.00

87-421.(Str. Analysis III)

2

2

3.00

87-422.(Str. Design III)

2

2

3.00

87-423.(Timber & Masonry)

2

2

3.00

87-425.(Hydrology II)

2

2

3.00

92-321.(Control Theory I)

3

1

3.50

93-414.(Solid Waste Mgmt.)

3

0

3.00

93-426.(Water/Wastewater Treat.)

2

2

3.00

8.6.4COURSE DESCRIPTIONS—CIVIL ENGINEERING

87-210.Surveying

A course in plane surveying, which includes the following sections: distance and angular measurement; differential and trigonometric leveling. All aspects of traversing; area determination; stadia work; curves; and earth work will be covered. A complete set of practical field work problems will supplement lectures. (3 lecture, 3 laboratory hours a week.)

87-227.Engineering Mechanics of Deformable Bodies II

A study of flexure and deflection of beams, eccentric loads, connections, experimental determination of principal stresses, buckling of columns, and additional topics. Statically indeterminate problems and inelastic response are also studied. (Prerequisite: 85-217.) (2 lecture, 2 laboratory/tutorial hours a week.)

87-310.Structural Analysis I

Stability and determinacy of trusses and frames; analysis of statistically determinate trusses and frames; influence lines and moving loads. Deflections: conjugate beam method; virtual work; Castigliano's theorems; Maxwell-Betti reciprocal theorem. Cables and suspension bridges. Matrix methods for indeterminate trusses. Approximate methods for indeterminate trusses and frames. (Prerequisite: 87-227.) (3 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-311.Concrete Design I

Components and proportioning of concrete mixes. Mechanics and behaviour of reinforced concrete components. Analysis and ultimate strength design of reinforced concrete beams and one-way slabs. Laboratory work includes design and testing of a concrete beam. (Prerequisite: 87-227.) (3 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-313.Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

Continuity, energy, momentum concepts. Boundary layers. Pipe flow including network installations. Rotodynamic pumps, system curves. Irrotational flow, flownets. Open channel flow: specific energy, flow regimes; uniform, gradually and rapidly varied flows; surface profiles. (Prerequisite: 85-233 or consent of Department.) (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-314.Transportation and Traffic Engineering

Characteristics of transportation systems; rail, highway, airway, waterway, and pipeline; evaluation of transportation projects and systems, urban transportation analysis and prediction, traffic studies, highway and intersection capacity, characteristics of traffic flow, traffic control principles. (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-315.Soil Mechanics

Index properties of soils. Soil structure and classification of soils. Soil compaction and stabilization. Hydraulic principles of flow through soils, flow nets. Frost action in soils. Effective stresses. Compressibility, consolidation, and settlement analysis. (Prerequisite: 87-227.) (3 lecture, 1.5 laboratory hours a week.)

87-322.Concrete Design II

Analysis and design of columns, two-way slabs, and footings. Analysis and design of components of a building. Introduction to prestressed concrete. (Prerequisite: 87-311.) (3 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-323.Hydrology I

Weather. Precipitation: intensity, frequency, duration; rational methods. Hydrologic abstractions. Runoff: storms, unit graph principles, inflow design hydrograph. Streamflow: gauging, stage-discharge. Reservoir flood routing. Snowmelt. Probability applications and frequency analysis of floods. Subsurface flow: seepage from rivers and canals, water wells. (Prerequisites: 85-222 and 87-313 or consent of the Department.) (3 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-324.Structural Steel Design

Development of loads and specifications using Limit States Design. Design of structural components subjected to axial force, shear force, bending moment, and combined bending and compression. Composite beams are alos considered. Design of simple bolted and welded connections. Other steel design topics. (Prerequisite: 87-227.) (3 lecture, 2 tutorial hours a week.)

87-325.Planning and Construction Management

The planning portion of this course will cover the elements of proper urban planning, the Planning Act, official plans, zoning by-laws, and subdivision design guidelines. The construction management portion will cover construction industry characteristics; types of business ownerships; organizational structures; drawings and specifications; estimating and bidding; types of construction contracts; insurance, bonding and claims; financial considerations; project cost controls and scheduling; project planning and administration; computer applications in construction industry, quality assurance, and construction safety. (Prerequisite: 85-313.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour a week.)

87-326.Geotechnical Engineering

Shear strength of soil. Stress distribution in soil and displacements. Stress analysis and stability of slopes. Earth pressure and design of retaining walls. Sheet-pile walls, braced and tie back excavations. Combined pressures. (Prerequisites: 87-227 and 87-315.) (3 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-401.Project and Seminar

Students are required to select a project based on experimental research, field investigation, or advanced design or analysis. Initiation, library research, and execution of project. The project is presented orally at a seminar which is followed by a question period. A written report will be submitted for evaluation. (Prerequisite: consent of the Department.) (6 laboratory hours a week; offered over two terms.) (A 6.00 credit hour course.)

87-410.Structural Analysis and Design II

History of structural theory; review of previous work on determinate structures; definition of statically indeterminate structures; stability and determinateness of structures; principle of superposition in structures; structural analysis of indeterminate structures by the classical methods of: three-moments; slope deflection; strain energy and least work; moment distribution; and column analogy. Influence lines of indeterminate structures. Plastic design of steel structures including rigid frames and connections. (Prerequisites: 87-310 and 87-324.) (3 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-412.Hydraulics I

Review of basic concepts. Design of open channels with non-erodible and erodible beds; steady gradually varied flow computations in prismatic and non-prismatic channels; computer methods including HEC2. Design of hydraulic structures including gravity and arch dams, spillways, and outlet structures. (Prerequisite: 87-313.) (3 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-414.Highway Design and Construction

Geometric design of highways; drainage; highway soil engineering including soil stabilization; bituminous materials; rigid and flexible pavement design; construction of pavements. (Prerequisite: 87-227.) (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-415.Hydraulics II

Physical modelling of hydraulic structures. Introduction to coastal engineering including wave theory, wave prediction, sediment transport and erosion, and design of shore protections. Unsteady gradually varied flow computations with application to flood waves; computer methods including SWMM; surges in open channels; unsteady flow in pipes (waterhammer). (Corequisite: 87-412.) (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-421.Structural Analysis III

Energy methods of structural analysis. Matrix methods of structural analysis. Development of computer programs for the general analysis of frames. Introduction and use of commercial programs of analysis. Cold-formed steel structures. (Prerequisites: 87-322 and 87-324.) (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-422.Structural Design III

Review of: Limit States Design in steel; design for tension, compression, and flexural members. Design of: beam-columns; plate girders; composite structures; and connections. Design of an industrial building. (Prerequisite: 87-410.) (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-423.Design in Timber and Masonry

A discussion of the properties of timber, wood products, and factors affecting the strength of wood structures. Design for axial, bending and combined loads. Design of wood structures. An introduction to masonry materials and their properties. Design of masonry units for axial, flexural, and combined loads. Selected design topics. (Prerequisites: 87-227 and 87-322.) (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-425.Hydrology II

Synthesis of precipitation and streamflow. River and catchment routing. Probability and statistical hydrologic analysis. Watershed systems. Groundwater mechanics. Simulation of surface and subsurface flow. Water well systems. Design hydrology. (Prerequisite: 87-323.) (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)

87-428.Foundation Engineering

Soil bearing capacity. Soil exploration. Load induced pressures and settlements. Footings and eccentrically loaded foundations. Raft and pile foundations. Piles and pile driving, cofferdams and caissons. (Prerequisite: 87-326.) (2 lecture hours, 1 laboratory hour a week.)

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