Graduate Courses in Geotechnical Engineering




		Following is a list of graduate courses in Geotechnical Engineering offered by the Civil Engineering Department of CWRU during the 1996 - 1998 school years. Arrangements can be made with Geotechnical Advisors regarding requirements in the Graduate program. Listings of Undergraduate Courses available. ECIV 430, Foundation Engineering, 3 Subsoil exploration. Various types of foundations for structures, their design and settlement performance, including spread and combined footings, mats, piers, and piles. Design of sand-drain installations and earth-retaining structures, including retaining walls, sheet piles, and cofferdams. Case studies. Prerequisite: ECIV 330 ECIV 431, Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering, 3 Static and dynamic horizontal loading of piles; dynamics of pile driving; behavior of a group of piles including yielding. Soil-foundation-structure interaction due to static loading. Slope stability analysis using circular and non-circular failure surfaces. Use of available computer programs in analysis and design. Prerequisite: ECIV 430 ECIV 432, Mechanical Behavior of Soils, 3 Soil statics and stresses in a half space-tridimensional consolidation and sand drain theory; stress-strain relations and representations with rheological models. Critical state and various failure theories and their experimental justification for cohesive and noncohesive soils. Laboratory measurement of rheological properties, pore water pressures, and strength under combined stresses. Laboratory. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisite: ECIV 330 ECIV 433, Soil Dynamics, 3 I-DOF and M-DOF dynamics; wave propagation theory; dynamic soil properties. Foundation vibrations, design of machine foundations. Seismology; elastic and elastoplastic response sprectra, philosophy of earthquake-resistant design. One and two-dimensional soil amplification, liquefaction, dynamic settlement. Soil-structure interaction during earthquakes. Consent of instructor required. Prerequisite: ECIV 330 ECIV 435, Rock Mechanics and Design, 3 Physical properties and classification of intact rock and rock masses, rock exploration, engineering properties of rock, stresses in rock near underground openings. Rock tunneling, rock slope stability, bolting, blasting, grouting and rock foundation design. Prerequisite: ECIV 330 ECIV 437. Pavement Analysis and Design, 3 Analysis and design of rigid and flexible airfield and highway pavements. Pavement evaluation and rehabilitations, overlay design. Prerequisite: ECIV 330 ECIV 601, Independent Study, 1-36 ECIV 611, Civil Engineering Graduate Seminar, 0 Distinguished outside speakers present current research in various topics of civil engineering. Graduate students also present technical papers based on thesis research. ECIV 651, Thesis M.S., 1-36 ECIV 660, Special Topics, 1-36 Topics of special interest to students and faculty. Topics can be those covered in a regular course when the student cannot wait for the course to be offered. ECIV 701, Dissertation Ph.D., 1-36
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