Catalog Description: Laboratory exercises on the behavior of structures and structural materials.
Pre-requisite(s):
CES 3310
CES 3331
Designation: Required (now included with CES 4100)
Contribution of course to meeting the Professional Component:
| Math & Science Topic | 0.0 credit hours |
| Engineering Topics | 1.0 credit hours |
| General Education Topics | 0.0 credit hours |
| Class Schedule: | Laboratory Schedule: | ||
| Number of sessions per week | N/A | Number of sessions per week | 1 |
| Duration of each session | N/A | Duration of each session | 150 mins |
Course Objectives:
· Emphasize behavior of structures and structural materials. Show that
models can give reasonable approximations of structural behavior.
Topics:
· Tension of a steel bar
· Compression and flexure of a 2 x 4 timber specimen
· Compression of a concrete cylinder
· Behavior of determinate and indeterminate frames and trusses.
· Behavior of members with channel, Z, and box shapes.
Textbook(s):
· Lab Manual
Reference(s):
N/A
Relationship of the
course to Program Outcomes:
· This course is used to assess civil and environmental engineering program
outcomes number 1, 5, and 6.
· It is also used to apply concepts learnt in program outcomes number
1, 5, and 6.
· This course also addresses the Criterion a, b, g, k (from the a-k list
of ABET)