CIVIL ENGINEERING

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

 

CIV1201.        Mechanics for Civil Engineering (3 credits)

Mechanics is the study of the physics of motion and how it relates to applied forces. It lays the foundation of understanding the world around us through the how and why of motion. The course will cover the standard topics in an introductory college level physics-mechanics course which will help students to understand how these concepts interrelate and how to use this understanding to analyze and solve problems where several concepts apply.

Textbook: Andy Ruina and Rudra Pratap, Introduction to Statics and Dynamics, Oxford University Press (Preprint), 2013

Reference Books:

• Russell C. Hibbeler, Engineering Mechanics Statics, 13th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2012

• Russell C. Hibbeler, Engineering Mechanics Combined Statics & Dynamics, 12th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2009

• Dietmar Gross, Werner Hauger, Jörg Schröder, Wolfgang A. Wall, Nimal Rajapakse (auth.), Engineering Mechanics 1 Statics, Springer, Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013

• Dietmar Gross, Werner Hauger, Jörg Schröder, Wolfgang A. Wall, Sanjay Govindjee (auth.), Engineering Mechanics 3 Dynamics, Springer, Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Assignment 15%, Quiz 15%,  Midterm 30%, Final 30%.

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CIV2101.        AutoCAD (3 credits)

This courseware is for novice users of AutoCAD 2014 and later version. It covers the beginner and intermediate levels. The courseware demonstrates in a very simple step-by-step procedure how to create an engineering drawing, modify it, annotate it, dimension it, and finally print it.The objective of this course is to: Understand AutoCAD and how to deal with its basic operations including its filing system, Draw different objects quickly and precisely, Set up drawings, Construct drawings in a few simple steps, Modify any object in a drawing, Create, insert, and edit blocks, Hatch using different hatch patterns and methods, Create text and tables, Insert and edit dimensions, Prepare and plot a drawing.

Textbook: Munir Hamad, AutoCAD 2009 Essentials, 2009

Reference books : Scott Onstott, AutoCAD 2014 and AutoCAD LT 2014 Essentials, 2013

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 30%, Midterm 30%, Final 30%.

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CIV2102.        Topography (6 credits)

This course discusses basic theory of surveying as well as field practice. Errors in measurement, including accuracy and precision, as well as types and nature of errors are introduced. Method of horizontal distance measurement, including chaining and taping; electronic distance measurements. Leveling, concept and level book, field practice on leveling instruments, checking errors and computations. Traverse survey and computations, including angle misclosure and adjustment. Concept on curves, vertical curves, area and volume measurement and computations. Basic of GPS, including Static surveying, RTK surveying, Kinematic surveying and using software to calculate with real raw data.

Textbook: Surveying, Dr A M Chandra, 2005

Reference books: Fundamentals of surveying, S.K. Roy, 1999 & Engineering surveying, W.Schofield, 2001

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 20%, Quiz 20%, Midterm 20%, Final 30%.

 

CIV2103.        Hydrology (2 credits)

Hydrology is a science that treats the waters of the earth, their occurrence, circulation and distribution, their chemical and physical properties, and their reaction with their environment, including their relation to living things. The course will give practical skills and experiments related to Catchment delineation, Hydro-meteorological measurement, discharge measurement and rating curves.

The objective of this course is to

• Understand the elements of hydrology and hydrologic process that involve the scientific principles governing hydrologic phenomena.

• Understand the principle of function that used to apply the physical laws governing mass, momentum, and energy to the flow of atmospheric water, subsurface water, and surface water.

• Know how to interpret the hydrologic measurement (rain, evapotranspiration, drainage,runoff,…)

Textbook: Applied Hydrology, Ven Te Chow, David R. Maidment, Larry W. Mays, 1989

Reference books : Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds, Fourth Edition, Kenneth N. Brooks, Peter F. Ffolliott, Joseph A. Magner, 2013

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 20%, Quiz 20%, Midterm 20%, Final 30%.

 

CIV2201.        Soil Mechanics (4 credits)

Origin and Classification of Soils; Phase Relationships; Effective Stress Principle; Effective Stress Under Hydrostatic and 1D flow; Permeability; Flow Through Soils–Laplace equation, flownets, seepage; Contaminant Transport; Compressibility; Consolidation; Terzaghi’s 1D Consolidation Theory; Shear Strength; Drainage Conditions; Pore Water Pressure; Mohr’s Circle; Failure Envelope and Strength Parameters; Factors Affecting Shear Strength; Critical State frame work; Behaviour of soils under cyclic loading, Liquefaction,; Compaction; Engineering properties of Natural soils, Compacted Soils and modified soils; Site Investigations; Soil deposits of Cambodia. Visual Soil Classification; Water Content; Atterberg Limits; Grain Size Analysis; Specific Gravity; Permeability; standard proctor compaction test, consolidation test, site investigations and introduction to triaxial testing.

Textbook: Advance Soil Mechanics, Fourth Edition, Braja M. Das, 2014

Reference: Manual of Soil Mechanics Testing (Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3), K. H. Head, MA (Cantab), C. Eng, FICE, FGS & Soil Mechanics Laboratory Manual, Sixth Edition, Braja M. Das, 2002

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 20%, Quiz 20%, Midterm 20%, Final 30%.

 

CIV2202.          Fluid Mechanics (3 credits)

This is an introduction to the basic phenomena and principles of fluid flow. We discuss fluid properties, fluid statics, conservation of mass, momentum and energy. Emphasis is on quantitative analysis of velocities, pressures, shear stresses, and flow forces. The application of basic fluid mechanics concepts to the analysis of pipe flow, and flow over or around objects is stressed in homework assignments and exams. Measurement of fluid properties, pressures, velocities, and flow forces are performed in laboratory sessions. The course will soon prepares students for dimensional analysis for the use of scale models in wind tunnel and hydraulic model testing.

Textbook: Donald F. Young, Bruce R. Munson, Theodore H. Okiishi, Wade W. Huebsch-A Brief Introduction to Fluid Mechanics-Wiley (2010) 

Reference book:

       C. Truesdell, K.R. Rajagopal, An Introduction to the Mechanics of Fluids, 1999

       Tsutomu Kambe, Elementary Fluid Mechanics, 2007

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 15%, Quiz 15%, Midterm 30%, Final 30%.

 

CIV2203.           Construction Materials, Technology and Safety (4 credits)

Properties of engineering materials and their relation to the internal structure of materials; includes physical properties of construction materials like porland cement concrete, asphalt, polymers, ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals. Constituents of concrete; failure mechanisms and mechanical properties; advanced cementitious composites: high strength, fiber, polymer, high performance; fibrous composite materials: composition, anisotrophic behavior, engineering constant, failure criteria; non-destructive evaluation: wave, scan, ultrasonic, acoustic emission, infrared thermography.

 

CIV2204.           Strength of Materials (3 credits)

This course will introduce the analysis of stress, strain and deformation; linear and non-linear material behavior; strain energy; bending of beams, deflection; stability and buckling of compression members; shear and torsional stresses. The Methods taught in the course are used to predict the response of engineering structures to various types of loading, and to analyze the vulnerability of these structures to various failure modes.

Textbook: Dr. R.K. Bansal, A Textbook of Strength of Material, Fourth Edition, 2009

                 Arthur P. Boresi, Richard J. Schmidt, Advanced Mechanics of Materials, Wiley, 2003

Reference book: John Case, Strength of Materials and Structures, Fourth Edition, 1999

                           A. B. Clements, Applied Mechanics and Strength of Materials, International Library of Technology, 1906

                           Vitor Dias da Silva, Mechanics and Strength of Materials, Springer, 2005

                           Den Hartog, J. P., Advanced Strength of Materials, Dover Publications, 1952

                           Surya Patnaik, Dale Hopkins, Strength of materials - a unified theory, Butterworth, Heinemann, 2003

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Assignment 15%, Quiz 15%, Midterm 30%, Final 30%

 

ARC2101.         Architecture (2 credits)

This course is an introduction to architecture and the Built Environment. Students will be exposed to the common basic knowledge of architecture as a built form as well as a discipline along with a multitude of the other forces that shape its development. Various themes are presented as a starting point to expand, navigate, and link different conditions and ideas of architecture. In addition, a broad spectrum of other aspects related to the field of study, including city and society, landscape and planning, culture and visual art, ecology and environment, as well as technology and material, will be discussed for increasing the awareness of architecture with our changing society.

Textbook: Francis D. K. Ching, Architecture Form, Space, and Order, 4th edition, Wiley, 2014

 

CIV3101.           Foundation Design (4 credits)

Foundation engineering deals with the investigation, design and construction of the foundations of engineering structures, which is of prime importance. This course addresses the site investigation of a geotechnical project, follows by the design and construction of shallow and deep foundations in accordance with both ultimate and serviceability criteria. Shallow Foundations: Bearing Capacity, Generalized bearing capacity theory, Empirical methods, Layered soil, Foundations on or near slopes, Settlement of foundations, codal provisions. Pile Foundations: Types and their selection, Ultimate load of individual piles in compressive, uplift, and lateral loading, Pile load tests, Down drag, Pile groups, caissons, codal provisions.

Textbook: Braja M.Das, Principles of Foundation Engineering, Sixth Edition, 2007

Reference book: Braja M. Das, Principle of Foundation Engineering SI, Seventh Edition, 2011

                            Manjriker Gunaratne, The Foundation Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, 2006

 

CIV3102.           Hydraulics Construction (3 credits)

Open Channel Flow: Channel Characteristics and parameters, Uniform flow, Critical flow, Specific Energy concepts, Gradually Varied Flows, Rapidly Varied flow with special reference to hydraulic jump, Unsteady flow in open channels. Boundary Layer Theory: Navier Stokes Equation, Boundary Layer Equation in 2-dimension, Boundary layer characteristics, Integral Momentum equation, onset of turbulence, properties of turbulent flow, skin friction, application of drag, lift and circulation to hydraulic problems. Pipe Flow: Laminar and Turbulent flow in Smooth and Rough pipes, pipe network analysis, Losses in pipes. Fluvial Hydraulics: Settling velocity, incipient motion, Resistance to flow and bed forms, Sediment load and transport. Experiments on Open Channel Flow Hydraulics, Boundary Layer Theory, Pipe flow, Sediment transport.

Storage structures: Dams and reservoirs, Different types of dams and selection of suitable type and dam site, Gravity dam, Embankment dams. Diversion works: Design concepts for irrigation structures on permeable foundations, Design of Weirs and barrages. Design of energy dissipation devices. Canals: canal layout, Regime canal design, Rigid boundary canal design. Design of canal falls. Design of cross drainage works. Design of head regulator, cross regulator and canal outlet structures.

 

CIV3103.           Structural Analysis I (4 credits)

General Concept of Static Equilibrium of Structures, Concept of Free Body Diagram, Analysis of Statically Determinate Trusses, Energy Methods for Determination of Joint Displacements – Castiliagno Theorem, Unit Load Method etc., Introduction to Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Trusses using Energy Methods, Analysis Statically Determinate Beams - Moment Area Theorem, Conjugate Beam Method, Maxwell Betti Theorem, Method of Superposition, Application of Energy Methods to Statically Determinate Beams and Rigid Frames, Solving Simple Indeterminate Beams Structures using Energy Methods, Analysis of Rolling Loads and Influence Line Diagram, Analysis of Arches and cable structures.

Textbook: R. C. Hibbeler, Structural Analysis, Eighth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012

Reference Book: Keith D. Hjelmstad (auth.), Fundamentals of Structural Mechanics, Springer US, 2005

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 15%, Quiz 15%, Midterm 20%, Final 40%.

 

CIV3104.           Retaining Walls, Slope Analysis and Protection (2 credits)

Earth Retaining Structures: Types, Earth pressures, Design of rigid, flexible and reinforced soil retaining walls, braced excavations, and ground anchors for retaining walls. Slope stability: infinite slopes; finite height slopes – Swedish method, Bishop’s simplified method and other limit equilibrium methods; Stability charts; conditions of analysis – steady state, end of construction and sudden draw down; earthquake effects. Seepage: flownet in isotropic, anisotropic and layered media; entrance-exit conditions; determination of phreatic line. Earth Dams: Introduction, factors influencing design, design of components, construction, instrumentation. Road and rail embankments. Reinforced slopes. Soil nailing; Gabions. Earth Pressure: Types; Rankine’s theory and Coulomb’s theory; Effects due to wall friction; Graphical methods; Earthquake effects. Rigid retaining structures: Types; stability analysis. Flexible retaining structures: Types; material; cantilever sheet piles; anchored bulkheads–methods of analysis, moment reduction factors; anchorage. Reinforced soil walls: Elements and stability. Soil arching. Braced excavation: Pressure distribution in sands and clays; bottom heave. Underground structures in soils: Pipes; tunnels. Tunneling techniques.

Textbook: Chris R.I. Clayton, Rick I. Woods, Andrew J. Bond, Jarbas Milititsky, Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures, Third Edition, 2013

Reference book: Braja M. Das, Principle of Foundation Engineering SI, Seventh Edition, 2011

                            Manjriker Gunaratne, The Foundation Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, 2006

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 15%, Quiz 15%, Midterm 20%, Final 40%.

 

CIV3201.           Structural Analysis II (4 credits)

Determinacy and stability; Method of consistent deformations-Matrix formulation, Application to beams, trusses and frames; Slope-deflection method and Moment-distribution method- Beams and frames with uneven loading, support settlements, dealing with symmetry and anti-symmetry, Non-sway and sway frames; Matrix stiffness method; Matrix flexibility method; Energy methods; Approximate methods of analysis; Direct stiffness method for computer applications including computational aspects and MATLAB Assignments.

Textbook: R. C. Hibbeler, Structural Analysis, Eighth Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2012

Reference Book: Keith D. Hjelmstad (auth.), Fundamentals of Structural Mechanics, Springer US, 2005

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 15%, Quiz 15%, Midterm 20%, Final 40%.

 

CIV3202.           Reinforced Concrete Design (4 credits)

Design Philosophy: Working stress and limit state design concepts; Design of and detailing of RC beam sections in flexure, shear, torsion and bond; Design for serviceability; Design of RC beams, One way and two way RC slabs, RC short and long columns, RC footings.

Textbook: M. Nadim Hassoun and Akthem Al-Manaseer, Structural Concrete Theory and Design, Fourth Edition, Wiley, 2008

Reference book: Arthur H. Nilson, David Darwin, Charles W. Dolan, Design of Concrete Structures, Fourteenth Edition, 2010

                             Bungale S.Taranath, Reinforced Concrete Design of Tall Buildings

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 15%, Quiz 15%, Midterm 20%, Final 40%.

 

CIV3203.           Plumbing and Fire Fighting (2 credits)

Plumbing systems including cold and hot domestic water supply systems, individual/central water heating system (Electric, Solar, Steam), waste water, soil water storm water drainage systems, domestic water tanks and domestic pump stations, drainage lift stations, irrigation water tanks, and irrigation pump stations, design of swimming pools, waterfalls, water fountains and design of lakes with mechanical equipment rooms, selection of pumps, and monthly fuel system, medical gases and preparation for all required.

 

Fire protection systems including automatic fire water sprinkler systems, pre-action system, deluge system, fixed cooling system, automatic carbon dioxide extinguishing systems, automatic clean agent (FM-200, Inergen) extinguishing systems, high, medium, low expansion foam systems, water cooling spray system, portable fire extinguishers, standpipe hydrant and hose systems, external fire protection networks, including external wet and dry fire hydrants, in addition to fire water tanks and fire pump stations.

Reference Books:

• Plumbing Engineering Design Handbook, A Plumbing Engineer’s Guide to System Design and Specifications, Volume 1, Fundamentals of Plumbing EngineeringPlumbing Engineering Design Handbook, A Plumbing Engineer’s Guide to System Design and Specifications, Volume 2, Plumbing Systems

• A Plumbing Engineer’s Guide to System Design and Specifications, Volume 3, Special Plumbing Systems, American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) (2011)

• A Plumbing Engineer’s Guide to System Design and Specifications, Volume 4, Plumbing Components and Equipment, American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) (2000)

• FPA, The Design Guide for the Fire Protection of Buildings, 2000

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 15%, Quiz 15%, Midterm 30%, Final 30%.

 

CIV3204.           Earth Dam Construction (2 credits)

General: Various types of dams; Site selection for dams and reservoirs; Coffer dams; Reservoir sedimentation; Trap efficiency and determination of useful life; Salient features of important dams in Cambodia.

 

Geology of dam site: Site investigation and their interpretations; Suitability of site for dam foundation; Treatment of foundation; Grouting.

 

Gravity dams: Forces acting – uplift pressure, wave pressure and seismic forces, load combinations; Determination and distribution of shear, normal and principal stresses; Stability analysis with and without seismic forces; Practical profile of a gravity dam; Zones of a gravity dam; Design of first four blocks of a high gravity dam; Single step design method; Free-board determination; Control of shrinkage and cracking of concrete in gravity dams; Transverse and longitudinal joints, galleries, and stress concentration in gravity dams.

 

Embankment dams: Safety criteria and design requirements; Zoning of dam section; General requirement for materials and compaction; Construction pore pressure and its determination; Seepage through body of the dam – phreatic line for different cases, quantity of seepage and its control; Control of seepage through foundation; Design of filter, relief well, and impervious blanket; Stability analysis of homogeneous and composite earth dams under steady seepage and sudden draw-down cases by slip arc method and sliding wedge method; Conduits through earth dams; protection of upstream and downstream slopes; Rockfill Dam – problems of design, different types of membranes, settlement, and construction methods.

 

Arch and buttress dams: Arch dam – general considerations, different types, constructional features, basic design criteria and design of constant radius & centre and variable radius & centre arch dams by thin cylinder theory; Buttress dams – component parts, different types, constructional features, basic design criteria and design of deck and buttress.

Textbook: Robin Fell, Patrick MacGregor, David Stapledon, Geotechnical Engineering of Embankment Dams, A. A. Balkema, 1992

Reference Books: US Army Corps of Engineers, Earth and Rock-Fill Dams-General Design and Construction Considerations, 1994

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 15%, Quiz 15%, Midterm 30%, Final 30%.

 

CIV3205.           Robot Structural Analysis (3 credits)

 

CIV4101.           AutoCAD Land (3 credits)

This course covers the basic skills and concepts needed to begin using Civil 3D to design land development projects. The concepts include those related to Civil 3D as well as those related to civil engineering and surveying in general. It does not cover all topics or all Civil 3D features, but it provides a solid foundation that students can use to perform basic tasks. This foundation can then serve as a stepping-off point as students learn more advanced skills and work toward an in-depth understanding of Civil 3D.

 

The first two chapters will give students a basic understanding of Civil 3D and help them to understand and appreciate how it “thinks.” The remaining 17 chapters will teach them how to use the tools that Civil 3D provides to complete a typical land development design project.

Textbook: Eric Chappell, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 Essentials, Autodesk Official Press, Sybex, 2013

 

CIV4102.           Structural Design of Steel (3 credits)

Structural steel and properties, Design pholisophy-Working stress and limit state; Connection types- Riveted, bolted and welded; Design of tension, compression and flexural members; Design of members subjected to combined loadings-Axial and bending, Torsion, Biaxial bending; Column bases, Gantry and plate girders; Roof trusses; Plastic design; Introduction to stability concepts, Design of shed type structures.

 

CIV4103.           Water Supply and Sanitation (3 credits)

Planning for water supply sources and demand assessment. Water demand forecasting. Types of water distribution systems. Intermittent and continuous water supply systems. Design and analysis of Water mains. Design and analysis of water distribution system. Analysis of water deficient systems. Optimal design of water distribution systems. On-line monitoring of water quality parameters. Retrofitting of the existing water supply systems. Planning for wastewater conveyance system in urban areas. Combined and separate systems for storm and sewage. Design and analysis of wastewater conveyance system. Optimal design of wastewater conveyance systems. Operation and maintenance issues. Retrofitting of the sewerage system.

Textbook:

• Edward E. Baruth, Water Treatment Plant Design, AWWA, ASCE, Fourth Edition, 2005

• American Water Works Association, Water Distribution Operator Training Handbook, Third Edition, 2005

Reference book:

• Christoph Lüthi, Antoine Morel, Elizabeth Tilley, and Lukas Ulrich, Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation Planning, Eawag-Sandec, 2011

• Elizabeth Tilley, et al., Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies, 2nd revised edition, 2008

• Dangerfield, B. J. (1983), Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries, The Institution of Water Engineers and Scienticts, London, England.

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 20%, Quiz 20%, Midterm 20%, Final 30%.

 

CIV4104.           Design of Pre-stressed Concrete (3 credits)

Introduction; Need, Advantages, and Disadvantages; High Strength Materials; Pretensioning and Post-Tensioning Methods; Prestressing Methods; Prestressing Systems and Devices; Camber, Deflections, and Cable Profiles/ Layouts; Load-Balancing; Codes and Standards; Prestressed Concrete Members - Flexure, Shear, Torsion Behaviors; Design Methods and Code Provisions; Strain Compatibility Method; Pressure/ Thrust Line; Pre-Tensioning; Grouted/ Bonded and Ungrouted/ Unbonded Post-Tensioning; Partial Prestressing; Bursting Stresses; Anchorage Zone (End Block Design); Transmission and Transfer Length; De-Bonding and Draping of Prestressing Tendons; Camber, Deflection, and Ductility; External Prestressing; De Compression; Losses in Prestress; Bearing and Bond Stresses; Case Studies of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Design and Practices.

Textbook: Edward G. Nawy, Prestressed Concrete A Fundamental Approach, Fifth Edition Update, 2009

Reference book: R.I. Gibert & N.C. Mickleborough, Design of Prestressed Concrete, Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 20%, Quiz 20%, Midterm 20%, Final 30%.

 

CIV4105.           Road and Highway Construction I (3 credits)

Components of pavement structure and its requirements; Materials used in pavement construction: aggregate, Portland cement, asphalt, Portland cement concrete, asphalt concrete; Aggregates: production, properties, testing procedures, gradation and blending; Portland cement based materials: mixture design, production, properties, testing, construction; Asphalt binder: refining process, properties, testing procedures, grading systems; Asphalt concrete mixture design: fundamentals of mix design procedure, mixture volumetrics, current mix design procedures; Production and construction practices; Stresses and strains in pavement system: traffic, environment considerations; Design of pavements: new, overlay; Pavement performance; Drainage consideration.

Textbook: Yang H. Huang, Pavement Analysis and Design, 2008

Reference book:

• AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures, 1993

• Principles of Pavement Design, 2nd Edition, by Yoder and Witczak, John Wiley & Sons, 1976.

• Pavement Design and Materials, Papagiannakis and Masad, , 2008.

• Engineering Principles of Ground Modificatio, M.R. Hausmann, McGraw-Hill , 1990.

• Hot Mix Asphalt Materials, Mixture Design and Construction, Roberts et al., NAPA Education Foundation, 1991.

• Other Asphalt Institute Manuals, PCA, and NHI Manuals.

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 20%, Quiz 20%, Midterm 20%, Final 30%.

 

CIV4106.           Law and Rule of Construction (1 credit)

The course covers legal and contractual issues that may affect practicing engineers in their planning, design, construction and management of engineering projects. Topics include general principles of common and civil legal systems, the Cambodia legal environment, contract laws, tort laws, company laws, law on evidence and the building laws. The course also covers topics such as conflict of laws and international commercial arbitrations, engineers acting as expert witness in court and arbitral tribunals.

Textbook: Refer to lecturer note.

 

CIV4107.           Short Training and Report (3 credits)

Internship training provides students the opportunity to gain professional experience and to apply theories to real-life situation. Students are required to complete a minimum of six weeks on the job training in civil engineering consulting firms, contractors, developers or relevant government departments, or an equivalent 5-week mock consulting training under the supervision of professional practitioners. Students are also required to write down a report describing the training process and technology apply at the real place.

 

CIV4201.           Construction Project Management (2 credits)

This course conveys knowledge of the fundamentals of construction project management, including core principles and their basic applications, which can be further built upon during career development. Topics span both the management of civil engineering designs and the management of construction projects. The course imparts important basics of the planning and control of time and money, and links these to achieving better value for stakeholders, including quality and life cycle considerations.

 

The course is designed to enable civil engineering undergraduates to appreciate and assimilate key principles and good practices for the effective, efficient and ethical management of construction projects. It also aims to equip young civil engineers with the basic knowledge that will enable them to perform well and contribute meaningfully in multi-disciplinary project teams that may include financial and legal professionals, apart from those from other core construction industry disciplines.

Textbook: Whyte & Andrew, Integrated design and cost management for civil engineers, CRC Press, 2014

 

CIV4202.           Environmental Engineering (3 credits)

Water and wastewater treatment overview; Unit processes: systems of water purification, processes (sedimentation, coagulation-flocculation, softening, disinfection, adsorption, ion exchange, filtration) and kinetics in unit operation of water purification-theory and design aspects; distribution of water layout systems: design aspects; Wastewater engineering: systems of sanitation, wastewater collection systems design and flows,; Characteristics and microbiology of wastewater, BOD kinetics; Unit processes for wastewater treatment (screening, sedimentation; biological aerobic and anaerobic process)-theory and design aspects; Biological processes (Nutrient and phosphorous removal); advanced wastewater treatment theory and design aspects; Air pollution (health effects, regulatory standards, dispersion; stacks, control systems); Municipal solid waste management; Noise pollution.

Textbook:

Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering - Treatment and Reuse, 4th edition, 2004

Lawrence K. Wang, Nazih K. Shammas, Water Engineering_ Hydraulics, Distribution and Treatment, Wiley, 2015

Reference book:

Binnie, Chris_ Kimber, Martin, Basic Water Treatment, 5th Edition, ICE Publishing, 2013

Frank Kreith, George Tchobanoglous, Handbook of Solid Waste Management, 2nd Edition, 2002

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 15%, Quiz 15%, Midterm 30%, Final 30%.

 

CIV4203.           Wastewater Management (3 credits)

Wastewater quality parameters, Biological processes; Microbial growth kinetics; Modeling of suspended growth systems; concepts and principles of carbon oxidation, nitrification, denitrification, methanogenasis. Biological nutrient removal; Anaerobic treatment; Attached growth reactors; decentralised wastewater treatment systems; constructed wetlands; Design of pretreatment, secondary treatment, and tertiary disposal systems. Sludge stabilization, treatment, sludge thickening, sludge drying, aerobic and anaerobic digestion of sludges; reliability and cost effectiveness of wastewater systems; Emerging contaminants in wastewater-treatment issues.

Textbook: Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering - Treatment and Reuse, 4th edition, 2004

Reference book: C. P. Leslie Grady, Glen T. Daigger, Henry C. Lim, Biological wastewater treatment, Marcel Dekker, 1999

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 15%, Quiz 15%, Midterm 30%, Final 30%.

 

CIV4204.           GIS and Remote Sensing (3 credits)

What is GIS. Geographic concepts for GIS. Spatial relationships, topology, spatial patterns, spatial interpolation. Data storage, data structure, non-spatial database models. Populating GIS, digitizing, data conversion. Spatial data models, Raster and Vector data structures and algorithms. Digital Elevation Models (DEM) and their application. Georeferencing and projection systems, GIS application areas, Spatial analysis, quantifying relationships, spatial statistics, spatial search.

 

What is Remote Sensing? Historical development of remote sensing, Remote sensing components, Data collection and transmission, Sensors and satellite imageries, Electromagnetic energy and spectrum, Wavebands, Interactions of electromagnetic energy with atmosphere and earth’s surface, radiometric quantities, Photogrammetry and aerial photography, Vertical and tilted photographs, Photographic materials, Photo-processes, Stereoscopic viewing, fly view, Aerial mosaics, Various satellite systems and monitoring programs, Data Products, Satellite data, Data formats, Data acquisition for natural resources management and weather forecast, Random errors and least square adjustment, Coordinate transformation, Photographic interpretation, Image processing, Potential applications of remote sensing in diverse areas and decision making, Integrated use of remote sensing and GIS, Case studies.

 

CIV4205.           Bridge Design (3 credits)

Introduction, historical/ magnificent bridges; Site Selection, Planning, and Type of Bridges, Loads and Forces; Code Provisions for Design of Steel and Concrete Bridges; Analysis Methods, Grillage Analogy; Theories of Lateral Load Distribution and Design of Superstructure: Slab Type, Beam-Slab, and Box Type; Distribution of Externally Applied and Self-Induced Horizontal Forces among Bridge Supports in Straight, Curved, and Skewed Decks; Continuous Type and Balanced Cantilever Type Superstructure; Temperature Stresses in Concrete Bridge Deck; Different Types of Foundations: Open, Pile, and Well Foundations; Choice of Foundation for Abutments and Piers; Design of Abutments, Piers, Pile/ Pier Caps; Effect of Differential Settlement of Supports; Bridge Bearings; Expansion Joints for Bridge Decks; Vibration of Bridge Decks; Parapet and Railings for Highway Bridges; Construction Methods; Segmental Construction of Bridges; Inspection and Maintenance of Bridges; Health Monitoring and Evaluation of Existing Bridges; Bridge Failure: Case Studies.         

 

CIV4206.           Road and Highway Construction II (2 credits)

Components of pavement structure and its requirements; Materials used in pavement construction: aggregate, Portland cement, asphalt, Portland cement concrete, asphalt concrete; Aggregates: production, properties, testing procedures, gradation and blending; Portland cement based materials: mixture design, production, properties, testing, construction; Asphalt binder: refining process, properties, testing procedures, grading systems; Asphalt concrete mixture design: fundamentals of mix design procedure, mixture volumetrics, current mix design procedures; Production and construction practices; Stresses and strains in pavement system: traffic, environment considerations; Design of pavements: new, overlay; Pavement performance; Drainage consideration.

Textbook: Yang H. Huang, Pavement Analysis and Design, 2008

Reference book:

• AASHTO Guide for Design of Pavement Structures, 1993

• Principles of Pavement Design- 2nd Edition. By Yoder and Witczak, John Wiley & Sons, 1976.

• Pavement Design and Materials, Papagiannakis and Masad, , 2008.

• Engineering Principles of Ground Modification. By M.R. Hausmann, McGraw-Hill , 1990.

• Hot Mix Asphalt Materials, Mixture Design and Construction, Roberts et al., NAPA Education Foundation, 1991.

• Other Asphalt Institute Manuals, PCA, and NHI Manuals.

Assessment: Class Participation 10%, Project 20%, Quiz 20%, Midterm 20%, Final 30%.

 

CIV5101.           Thesis and Defense (9 credits)

Students are required to complete a minimum of three months on the job training in civil engineering consulting firms, contractors, developers or relevant government departments and/or environmental engineering firms whether private, NGOs or government. They might also choose for a research option for those who are interested in experiencing research at the undergraduate level. The final year thesis involves applications civil engineering principles to the design, planning, experimental or analytical investigation of current engineering design and research problems. Students are required to do the defense thesis of what they have done during the internship or research project.