Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2000
Civil Engineering (CIVI)

NOTE: Course web pages are available for some CIVI courses.

CIVI 201   CIVIL ENGINEERS AND THE WORLD WE BUILD   Credits 3.00  Spring 00
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
An overview of how civil engineering projects
(bridges,skyscrapers,highways,transit systmes 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.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM         Durrani, Ahmad J.         Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 300   MECHANICS OF SOLIDS I                    Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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 TBA - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM         Nagarajaiah, Satish       Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 302   STRENGHT OF MATERIALS LAB                Credits 1.00  Spring 00
Instruction in standard tension, compression, and torsion tests of ferrous and
nonferrous metals.  Includes experimental techniques and the behavior of
structural elements.
001 TBA - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM           Nagarajaiah, Satish       Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 304   STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS I                    Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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 TBA - MWF 08:00AM - 08:50AM         Younan, Adel Helmy        Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 306   STEEL DESIGN                             Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Design of steel members, connections, and assemblies.  Behavior of steel
members as related to design.
Prereq- Civi 304.
001 TBA - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM         Terk, Michael             Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 321   THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER: ROLES AND RES Credits 3.00  Spring 00
An examination of the Engineer at work in society through a case study
investigation of the processes by which tasks are accomplished and the roles
and corresponding responsibilities assumed by Engineers in assuring the
effectiveness of their efforts.
Prereq- Engi 302/Civi 320.
Also offered as ENGI 321
001 TBA - TH 01:00PM - 02:15PM          Moore, Pat Howard         Enr: 0 Max: 10

CIVI 322   ENGINEERING ECONOMICS AND MGMT           Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Introduction to the evaluation of alternative investment opportunities with
emphasis on engineering projects and capital infrastructure.  Time value of
money concepts are developed in the context of detailed project evaluation and
presentations.  In addition, concepts and applications of risk analysis and
investment under uncertainty are developed.  Requires oral and written
presentations by students.
Also offered as ENGI 303
001 TBA - M 06:45PM - 09:45PM           Segner, Ed                Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 403   REINF'D CONCRETE DESIGN                  Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM         Durrani, Ahmad J.         Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 404   CONCRETE LABORATORY                      Credits 1.00  Spring 00
Tests of materials and reinforced concrete members.
Prereq- Civi 403 (concurrent).
001 TBA                                 Durrani, Ahmad J.         Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 451   INTRO TO TRANSPORTATION                  Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 464   HYDROLOGY & WATERSHED ANALYSIS           Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Fundamentals of the hydrologic cycle, hydrography techniques, flood routing,
and open channel flow; local watershed application and laboratory.
Also offered as ENVI 412
001 TBA                                 Bedient, Philip B.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 465   HYDROLOGY DESIGN LAB                     Credits 0.00  Spring 00
Use of hydrologic models for design and analysis of water resource systems.
001 TBA                                 Bedient, Philip B.        Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 480   SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT                    Credits 3.00  Spring 00
This course is intended to synthesize and apply engineering knowledge to the
design of a real-life project.  Projects may include laboratory or design
efforts and are to be carried out as teams of three or more students.  Entire
semester is devoted to the project and preparation of the final report.
Prereq- Senior standing.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 499   SPECIAL PROBLEMS                         Credits   Spring 00
Study of selected topics including individual investigations, special lectures,
and seminars.  Offered upon mutual agreement of faculty and student.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 500   ADVANCED MECHANICS OF SOLIDS I           Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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                                 Nordgren, Ronald P.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 501   ADV MECHANICS OF SOLIDS II               Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Analysis of the nonlinear behavior of elastic and inelastic solids with
application to engineering materials.
Prereq- Civi 500.
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

CIVI 519   THEORY OF SHELLS                         Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Introduction to theories of shells with applications to practical problems.
001 TBA                                 Nordgren, Ronald P.       Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 522   STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS II                   Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Dynamics of force-excited continuous linear systems and ground-excited linear
and yielding structures.  Fundamentals of earthquake engineering.
Prereq- Civi 521.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 523   PROBABILISTIC STRUCT DYNAMICS            Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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.
Prereq- Civi 521 or Mech 412 and basic knowledge of probability theory.
Also offered as MECH 523
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 527   COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN STRUCTURAL MECH Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Introduction to differential and integral formulations, variational principles,
weighted residuals, and principle of virtual work.  Simple boundary, initial,
and eigenvalue problems.  Finite element method and finite difference methods
for structural mechanics.  Study of nonlinearities.  Computational methods for
geometric and material nonlinear analysis.  Applications to static and dynamic
problems. Programming and use of computer software
Prereq- Permission of instructor
001 TBA                                 TBA                       Enr: 0 Max:

CIVI 531   REINFORCED CONCRETE MEMBERS              Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Moment-curvature relationship for beams and columns, biaxally loaded columns,
interaction diagrams, shear and torsion in members, monolithic connections,
behavior under earthquake loading, extensive use of computers.
Prereq- Civi 403.
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 540   HIGH-RISE BUILDING DESIGN                Credits 3.00  Spring 00
Practical considerations from the conceptual stage to the final analysis;
including design parameters and serviceability limitations.
Prereq- Civi 305, 306, 403.
001 TBA                                 Banavalkar, Prabodh V.    Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 550   PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS IN COMPUTER-AIDED E Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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 TBA - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM         Terk, Michael             Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 555   INTERNET ENABLED ENGINEERING             Credits 1.00  Spring 00
Introduction tothe 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 TBA - TH 02:30PM - 03:30PM          Terk, Michael             Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 570   FOUNDATION ENGINEERING                   Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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.
001 TBA - TTH 09:25AM - 10:45AM         Dakoulas, Panos           Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 571   SOIL DYNAMICS                            Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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.
001 TBA - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM         Dakoulas, Panos           Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 610   HIGH PERFORMANCE STRUCTURES              Credits 3.00  Spring 00
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 TBA - MW 02:00AM - 03:15PM          Nagarajaiah, Satish       Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 699   SPECIAL PROBLEMS                         Credits   Spring 00
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                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA

CIVI 800   RESEARCH AND THESIS                      Credits   Spring 00
No description
001 TBA                                 Staff                     Enr: 0 Max: NA