CES 5105        -           Advanced Mechanics of Materials (3)
Prerequisites: CES 3100; EGN 3331. Analysis and design of load-carrying members, shear center, unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, beams on elastic foundations, energy methods, theories of failure, thick-walled cylinders, stress concentrations, plastic
deformation and fracture.
 
 

CES 5106        -           Advanced Structural Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: CES 3100; EGN 3331. Review of matrix algebra. Direct stiffness method for truss analysis.  Computer applications. Statically indeterminate structures. Slope-deflection and moment distribution methods. Computer modeling of structures. Case studies and projects. May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours.
 
 

CES5144         -           Matrix Methods in Structural Analysis (3).
Prerequisites: CEG 3011; CES 3101; MAP 3305. Selected fundamental techniques, including energy methods, for the formalization of the stiffness method for structural analysis. Formation of element matrices, transformed element matrices, structure stiffness matrices, and equations of equilibrium. Selected solution techniques for mainframe computers and microcomputers.
 
 

CES 5209        -           Structural Dynamics (3)
Prerequisites: CES 4101; EGN 3321; and MAP 3305. Analysis and design of single- and multi-degree-of-freedom structures subjected to various types of excitations and initial conditions. Computational aspects of dynamic analysis, including approximate methods of analysis.  Introduction to earthquake loading and design.
 
 

CES5218         -           Fundamentals of Structural Stability Theory (3)
Prerequisites: CES 4101, 5106 or EGN 3331. Elastic and inelastic buckling of columns including large deformation theory and imperfect columns, torsional buckling, beam column theory, buckling of frames. Methods of analysis include the formation and solution to differential equations, energy methods, and matrix methods. AISC stability design curves will be used with LRFD format. Educational stability software will also be used as a teaching aid.
 
 

CES 5325        -           Bridge Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: CES 4605, 4702. Introduction to design of modern steel and concrete highway bridges. Materials and properties.  Load on bridges. Substructure design.
 
 

CES 5585       -           Earthquake/Wind Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: CES 3101; EGN 2321; MAP 3305. Fundamentals of structured dynamics. Earthquake and wind loading. Response of undamped and damped single/multi degree-of-freedom structures subjected to earthquake or wind dynamics loadings. Response
spectra. Fourier analysis and frequency domain.
 
 

CES5606         -           Advanced Steel Design (3)
Prerequisites: CES 4605; EGN 3331. Behavior of complex steel elements and structures. Analysis and design of columns and beams under combined effects of flexure, shear and torsion. Lateral torsional buckling. Plastic design. Design of frames.
 
 

CES5706         -           Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design (3)
Prerequisites: CES 3101, 4702; EGN 3331. Behavior of advanced reinforced concrete structures.  Analysis and design of beams for torsion; biaxial columns; two-way slabs; retaining walls; shear walls; thin-walled members. Art of detailing.
 
 

CES5715         -           Prestressed Concrete (3)
Prerequisites: CES 4101, 4702; EGN 3331. Behavior and design of prestressed concrete structures. Beam design for
flexure and shear, loss of prestress. Design of slabs and axially loaded members, precast construction.
 
 

CES5845         -           Composites in Civil Engineering (3)
Prerequisites: CCE 3103; CES 3100; EGN 3331. Fundamental theories of composite materials; forms of composites and their reinforcements; physical, chemical, and mechanical properties; design and testing methods; civil engineering applications of composite materials.
 
 

CES 6116        -           Finite Elements in Structures (3)
Prerequisite: CES 4101. Boundary conditions, computer techniques and structurally finite elements for trusses, beams, beams on an elastic foundation, frames and plane stress, and plane strains in triangular elements. Engineering modeling.