Yearly Archives: 2015

Course Description DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CE 419 – Water Supply Engineering: Introduction, Relationship of drinking water and wastewater public life, studies of the predictions of the number of souls and uses of water in time, which has designed the project to serve the city through it, The rain and flood, Methods of measurement, factors affecting the stream, wells: Types of wells proceeds, water pipes and channels: types, suffixes, corrosion, The water distribution system: distribution system design, scale valves and nozzles fire, construction and maintenance of pipelines, the socket of the lakes and rivers, pumping stations, storage [...]

Course Description DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CE 417 – Supervised Independent Study and Research: Although the graduation project is a whole course to be completed, it is divided into two semesters as follows:   1st semester: Supervised independent study and research (3 credits)   2nd semester: Graduation project (3 credits)   In evaluating the Supervised independent study and research, the following guidelines will be utilized. The course will be graded on a 0 to 100 point scale. A grade of 60 points is considered passing for purposes of meeting Tishk International University graduation requirement.   There are [...]

Course Description DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CE 413 – Estimation and Specification I: Introduction (General and phases of construction of the project, the engineer & construction, theconstruction industry, contract types , performance bond, contractor types, Roles of Engineer and Contractors in construction economy). Project Planning and Scheduling (General information, construction activities, methods of scheduling: project network analysis (CPM): 1. the activity-on-arrow (AOA) type commonly called arrow diagramming. the activity –on-node (AON) type commonly called precedence diagramming, The time-grid diagram method, PERT, Gantt (bar-chart) diagram, Resource allocation, Computer program (Microsoft Project Management OR Primavera program)). Estimating of Quantities [...]

Course Description DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CE 415 – Foundation Engineering I: General introduction, objectives, Ref. Course program, Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundations, Terzagi, Meyerhof, eq. for B.C, Hansen equations B.C, Settlement of Shallow Foundations, Structural design of shallow foundations, spread footings, Structural design of shallow foundations, wall footings, Structural design of shallow foundations, mat footings, Earth Retaining Structures,Rankine Theory for lateral pressures, External stability of retaining walls, slid , overturn, bearing capacity, Bearing Capacity of deep foundations, introduction, Bearing capacity of piles, in clayey soils, Bearing capacity of piles, in sandy soils, Group of piles, Pier [...]

Course Description DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CE 411 – Structural Concrete Design I: Types and characteristics of two-way slab systems, Deflection control of two-way slab systems, ACI effective beam, drop panel dimensions, Direct Design Method, ACI Chapter 13, Limitations of DDM, Design procedure, Moments to beams, columns, Shear to beams, reinforcement in TW slabs, Two-Way Shear, ACI Chapter 11, Punching shear, critical sections, shear force, TW shear strength, TW shear reinforcement, Effects of moment transfer, openings, Equivalent Frame Method, ACI Chapter 13, Introduction, slab-beam stiffness, concept of equivalent column, Moment analysis.

Course Description DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CE 324 – Construction Management: Introduction to Eng. Management, Elements of CM, Major Steps, Project Management functions, Preparation for submitting of report on FIDIC, GCC, Organizational Structure of Firms, Methods of Project Implementation, Bidding and Contract Award, Bonds, Construction Contracts, Construction Contracts: Contract Elements, Contract types, Contract Administration: General Conditions of Contracts Part I&II, H.W, Submission of report on FIDIC, GCC, Clauses of General Conditions of Contracts, Claims and Disputes, Contract Agreement, Drawings and Specification, Planning and Scheduling, Bar Graph Method, The Normal Progress Curve.

Course Description DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CE 328 – Hydraulic II: Open channels, types, conditions, and systems flow in open channels, geometric elements of open channels, velocity distribution in the section of the channel, velocity measurement in open channels, Factors of velocity distribution, pressure distribution in the channels, the effect of slope channel in the distribution of pressure, the principles of energy and momentum in the open channels, specific energy channels in the variable section, and its applications, and critical flow equations, calculate the critical flow, flow measurement of flow using the principles of critical flow equations, [...]

Course Description DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CE 326 – Reinforced Concrete II: Introduction, course outline, Serviceability Introduction, Cracking of Flexural Members, ACI Code Provisions for Crack Control, Deflection Control, ACI Code Provisions for Deflection Control, Design of One-way slabs Types of Slabs, Design of One-Way Slabs, Modeling, Minimum Thickness, Reinforcement Ratio, Shrinkage and Temperature Reinforcement, Shear, Short columns, Introduction, Behavior of Short, Axially Loaded Compression Members, Lateral Ties and Spirals, Compression plus Bending of Rectangular Columns, Interaction Diagrams, Circular Columns, ACI Code Provisions for Column Design, Distributed Reinforcement, Unsymmetrical Reinforcement, Design Aids, Biaxial Bending, Reciprocal Load Method, [...]

Course Description DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CE 322 – Soil Mechanics II: Analysis and classification of soils, Clay minerals, Stress and strain behavior and relationship, stresses within a soil mass, Effective stress concept, Permeability and seepage, Compressibility and consolidation of soil, Shear strength of soil, Lateral earth pressure, Slope stability, Bearing capacity and settlement of foundations, The improvement of soil.

Course Description DESCRIPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CE 320 – Structural Analysis II: Deflection of beams and frames by: Unit load method, Moment area method, Deflection of trusses, Deflection of composite structures, Analysis of indeterminate Beams.(force method), Analysis of indeterminate Frames (force method), Analysis of indeterminate Trusses, Analysis of indeterminate Beams (slope deflection method), Analysis of indeterminate Frames (Slope deflection method), Analysis of indeterminate Beams (Moment distribution method), Analysis of indeterminate Frames (Moment distribution method), Introduction to stiffness method.