Graduate Courses:
Graduate courses are not taught as regularly as undergraduate courses.
Frequency of classes is based on the past three years and is not necessarily representative of the future.
Structural Analysis:
| Number |
Title |
Frequency Taught |
| CE 381P |
Computer Methods in Structural Analysis |
Fall/Spring |
| CE 381R |
Finite Element Method |
Fall |
| CE 381T |
Numerical Modeling of Physical Systems |
Infrequently |
| CE 384P |
Dynamic Response of Structures |
Spring |
| CE 397 |
Introduction to Structural Mechanics |
Infrequently |
Course Descriptions:
CE 381P Analysis of discrete member systems; displacement and force methods; energy formulation; direct stiffness method; large displacements and stability; static and kinematic condensation; substructure analysis.
Prerequisite: CE 363
CE 381R Basic concepts of finite element analysis; interpolation functions; numerical quadrature; applications to plane stress-strain, torsion, three-dimensional and axisymmetric solids, plates and shells.
Prerequisite: CE 381P.
CE 381T Survey of numerical methods; weighted residuals, finite differences, finite elements, boundary elements; applications to equilibrium, eigenvalue, and propagation problems.
CE 384R Earthquake characteristics; seismic loads; elastic and inelastic response; analysis and design of buildings for earthquakes.
Prerequisite: CE 384P.
CE 397: Introduction to Structural Mechanics. Discussion of force and stress, vectors and tensors; equilibrium; displacement and deformation; compatibility; constitutive equations, with examples from linear elasticity, linear viscoelasticity, and plasticity; principle of virtual work; elastic structures, principle of minimum potential energy, reciprocity theorem; critical equilibrium, stability; linear theories of beams, plates, and shells.
Steel Design and Behavior:
| Number |
Title |
Frequency Taught |
| CE 382L |
Plastic Design in Metals |
Spring |
| CE 383D |
Steel Bridge Design |
Spring in Even Years |
| CE 397K |
Stability of Structures |
Fall |
| CE 397L |
Advanced Structural Metals |
Fall |
Course Descriptions:
CE 382L Principles and methods of plastic analyses and design, and their applications to continuous beams, frames, plates, connections, and multistory buildings.
Prerequisite: CE 335.
CE 383D Design and construction of steel bridges.
CE 397K: Stability as it relates to actual behavior and design; elastic and inelastic theories; evaluation of specifications; columns, beams, and frames.
CE 397L: Elastic and inelastic design methods for steel members, connections, and structures; torsion of open and closed sections, welding, plate buckling, and column stability; bracing design.
Prerequisite: CE 335
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