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• Design

   

  ENCV1ED : Intro to Civil Engineering Design

  (10L-39T-0P-0S-31H-0R-0F-0G-4A-13W-8C Aim: To introduce students to design, of simple structures in particular, and with the emphasis on graphical methods. Content: Graphics, analysis of beams, trusses, communications, earthworks, structural steel & reinforced concrete, detailing, dam. Practicals: Ballista construction Assessment: Class mark (10%), 4-hr exam (90%). DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

  
  

  ENCV2DE : Civil Engineering Design 1

  (42L-10T-0P-0S-44H-48R-6F-0G-5A-13W-16C) Prerequisite: ENCV2SA (40%) Aim: To provide students with the limit state concepts in structural design and how they are applied in basic reinforced concrete and structural steel design. Content: Structural design limit states, loads and material factors. Reinforced concrete concepts and design of beams for bending, shear, torsion and deflection. Structural steelwork design of connections, ties, struts and beams. Practicals: Practicals relating to r.c. beams and steel. Assessment: Class mark (20%), 3-hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark

  
  

  ENCV3DA : Civil Engineering Design 2

  (21L-5T-0P-0S-22H-24R-3F-0G-5A-13W-8C) Prerequisite: ENCV2SA, ENCV2SB (40%), ENCV2DE (40%) Aim: To provide students with the concepts of structural steelwork design of plate girders and columns, frame action and connections and lattice members. To provide students with the concepts of plastic behaviour of steel beams. Content: Continuation of structural steelwork design from second year. Design of plate girders, columns with bending, frames, beam to column connections, lattice girders and trusses. Introduction to plastic design of beams. Practicals: Mini steelwork design project. Assessment: Class mark including test(s), tutorials and project (20%), one 3 hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark.

  
  

  ENCV3DB : Civil Engineering Design 3

  (21L-5T-0P-0S-22H-24R-3F-0G-5A-13W-8C) Prerequisite: ENCV2SA, ENCV2SB, ENCV2DE, ENCV3DA (40%) Aim: To provide students with the concepts of reinforced concrete design of slabs, columns and foundations. Content: Continuation of reinforced concrete design from second year. Design of beam/slab systems and flat slabs, columns with bending. Design of spot, combined, strip and strapped foundations. Practicals: Mini reinforced concrete project. Assessment: Class mark including test(s), tutorials and project (20%), one 3 hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark.

  
  

  ENCV2MT : Civil Engineering Materials

  (21L-5T-9P-0S-26H-16R-0F-0G-3A-13W-8C) Aim: To introduce practical materials technology to enable understanding of the links between materials and design technologies and the behaviour and interaction of the material with its environment. Content: Overview of stress, strain, elasticity and deformation behaviour. Introduction to timber, steels, aluminium and its alloys, concrete technology. Practicals: Three practicals covering metals in tension, timber in bending and compression and concrete mix design and testing. Assessment: Class mark including test(s), tutorials and practical reports (20%), one 2hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark.

• Fluids

  ENCV2FL : Fluids 1

  (20L-8T-9P-0S-28H-12R-0F-0G-3A-13W-8C) Aim: To introduce fundamental concepts of fluid dynamics/hydraulics and develop foundational knowledge for subsequent courses in applied fluids engineering. Content: Fundamental concepts relating to the characteristics of fluids: continuum formulation, viscosity, pressure. Fluid statics - the hydrostatic pressure distribution, forces on submerged surfaces, stability of floating bodies. Governing principles of fluid motion: continuity, energy and momentum conservation and simple applications. Introduction to steady flow in pipes. Practicals: 3 lab experiments demonstrating the principles of hydrostatics, energy and momentum conservation. Assessment: Class mark (20%), 2-hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark.

  
  

  ENCV3FA : Fluids 2

  (40L-24T-16P-0S-51H-24R-0F-0G-5A-13W-16C) Prerequisite: ENCV2FL (40%) Aim: Develop the fundamental theory & applications of fluid dynamics/hydraulics in civil & environmental engineering. Content: Physical similarity and dimensional analysis. Steady flow in pipes - series, parallel & branched. Pipe distribution networks. Pumping systems. Unsteady effects in pipelines. Boundary layer theory & applications (separation; skin-friction & form drag); Potential flows. Other selected topics e.g. groundwater, water waves. Practicals: 3 lab experiments demonstrating the fundamental principles of fluid flow systems e.g. energetics, boundary layers and separation. Assessment: Class mark (20%), 3-hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

  
  

  ENCV3FB : Fluids 3

  (39L-10T-9P-0S-77H-20R-0F-0G-5A-13W-16C) Prerequisite: ENCV3FA (40%) Aim: Develop the fundamental theory & applications of fluid dynamics/hydraulics in civil & environmental engineering. Content: Fundamentals of open channel flows (steady uniform/non-uniform, unsteady). Flood hydrology. Reservoir and channel routing. Dams & hydraulic structures (weirs, flumes, spillways, culverts, etc). River & canal engineering. Other selected topics & applications e.g. sediment transport, water waves & coastal engineering. Practicals: 3 lab experiments demonstrating the fundamental principles of open channel hydraulics e.g. energetics, hydraulic jumps, flood routing, weirs, etc. Assessment: Mid-term tests (20%). 3-hr Examination ( 80%) DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

  
  

  ENCV4WE : Water & Environmental Engineering

  (39L-10T-0P-0S-86H-20R-0F-0G-5A-13W-16C) Prerequisites: ENCV2FL, ENCV3FA and 40% in ENCV3FB. Aim: The module will introduce the students to the fundamentals of water and environmental engineering, with particular focus on control, management and treatment of polluting emissions into the environment.. Basic hydrological concepts will find a practical application in the assessment of pollution dispersion mechanisms in water systems, design of wastewater treatment systems (municipal wastewater, landfill leachate and mine effluents) and solid waste management. Content: Fundamentals of environmental and hydrological engineering, qualitative characterisation of wastewaters (domestic and industrial), pollution dispersion in water systems, basic design and management of potable and waste water treatment plants, introduction to solid waste management. Assessment: Class mark 30%. One 3-Hr exam: 70%. DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

• Transportation

  ENCV3TA : Transport 1A

  (20L-5T-0P-0S-37H-16R-0F-0G-2A-13W-8C) Prerequisite: Must be in third year of study Aim: To develop students' appreciation and understanding of the fundamentals of the interaction between and the evolution of transportation, land use development and economic development. Content: General introduction to transportation engineering including such aspects as: historical development, system characteristics, and transport vehicle and user characteristics. Assessment: Satisfactory attempt at written tutorials, assignment/test (20%) and one 2-hour examination.(80%) DP Requirement: Complete all tutorials as specified + 40%.class mark

  
  

  ENCV3TB : Transport 1B

  (20L-5T-0P-0S-37H-16R-0F-0G-2A-13W-8C) Prerequisite: At least 40% in Transport 1A Aim: To develop students' appreciation and understanding of the underlying theory and principles of transport - particularly insofar as these relate to the planning/design of basic transport system elements. Content: General introduction to transportation engineering including such aspects as: traffic engineering and analytical transportation planning theory. Assessment: Satisfactory attempt at written tutorials, assignment/test (20%) and one 2-hour examination.(80%) DP Requirement: Complete all tutorials as specified + 40%.class mark

  
  

  ENCV3TP : Transport 2

  (20L-5T-9P-0S-26H-16R-0F-0G-3A-13W-8C) Prerequisite: 40% in DNV3TA, passes in ENCV2GA, ENCV2GB. Aim: To introduce examples of planning and design processes used in Transport networks and systems and prepare the student for later evaluation of such systems. Content: Planning and design of elements of road transport networks and systems, such as road pavements, and parking layouts, including the material aspects thereof. Practicals: Bituminous material properties and grading, design of asphalt mixes and surface seals. Assessment: Three practical reports, one test, one two hour examination. DP Requirement: 40% class mark.

  
  

  ENCV4TE : Transport & Environmental Management

  (39L-11T-0P-0S-73H-32R-2F-0G-3A-13W-16C) Prerequisites: ENCV3TA At least 40% in ENCV3TA and ENCV3TB Aim: To introduce basic aims and principles of management, which are integrated into practical examples in environmental and transport infrastructure management. Content: Content: Introduction to the basic management and ecological cycles as well as the social, financial, and legal environments into which the technical concepts of civil engineering are integrated. Applications in the natural and built environment in conformance with the world conservation strategy and more detailed study of the management and design of (transport) infrastructure systems to fulfill all requirements. Assessment: assignment (30%) and two 2-hr exams (70%). DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

• Structures

  ENCV2SA : Structures 1

  (39L-9T-9P-0S-74H-20R-0F-0G-9A-13W-16C) Prerequisite: ENCV1ED (40%) Aim: To introduce the student to elementary structural analysis and theory of strength of materials. Content: Structural idealisation, trusses, axially loaded members, torsion, shear force and bending moment, stresses in bars and beams, analysis of stress and strain. Practicals: Three practicals related to stress and strain. Assessment: Class mark including test(s), tutorials and practical reports (15%), one 3-hour exam (85%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark.

  
  

  ENCV2SB : Structures 2

  (39L-9T-9P-0S-74H-26R-0F-0G-3A-13W-16C) Prerequisite: ENCV2SA (40%) Aim: To be able to understand and use various techniques to determine deformation of structures, analyse three-pinned arches and suspension cables, understand the concepts of influence lines (IL) and determine IL of structural systems, analyse columns of different types, understand the concept of torsion in structures. Content: Column buckling, deflection of beams, energy methods, influence lines, three-pinned arches, suspension cables, two-dimensional frames. Practicals: Buckling tests and making of a truss and a tower out of sheet metal. Assessment: Tests (15%), one 3 hour exam (85%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark.

  
  

  ENCV3ST : Structures 3

  (40L-20T-18P-0S-50H-26R-0F-0G-6A-13W-16C) Prerequisite: ENCV2SA, and 40% in ENCV2SB Aim: To introduce the compatibility and equilibrium methods of analysing indeterminate structures. Content: Analysis of indeterminate structures by compatibility (strain energy, virtual work, moment area) and equilibrium methods: slope deflection, moment distribution, matrix methods. Symmetry, skew-symmetry, closed structures. Arches. Influence lines of indeterminate structures. Model analysis Approximate methods of analysis. Introduction to finite elements. Computer applications. Practicals: Use of computer packages for structural analysis. Assessment: Class mark (20%), two two-hour examinations (85%). DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

  
  

  ENCV4GS : Ground & Structural Engineering

  (39L-18T-0P-0S-51H-40R-7F-0G-5A-13W-16C) Prerequisite: 50% in ENCV2GA and ENCV2GB, 40% in ENCV3GT, ENCV3DA. ENCV3DB Aim: To introduce .advanced concepts and techniques in Geotechnical Engineering and Structures in a context where there is interdependence of one on the other, using a major project. Content: Bearing capacity analysis, Limit State Design using Partial Factors, retaining structures, prestressed concrete, selected advanced structures topics such as yield line analysis, plastic analysis of frames. Assessment: Class mark incl tests, assignments and tutorials: 20%. One 3-hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

• Geotechnical Engineering

  ENCV2GA : Geotechnical Engineering 1

  (20L-8T-9P-0S-28H-12R-0F-0G-3A-13W-8C) Aim: Introduction to fundamental concepts of Soils Mechanics, basic characteristics and physical properties of soils. Behaviour of soils in the presence of static and dynamic water. Content: Introduction to Soil Mechanics, origin and composition of soils, soil classification, basic physical properties of soils, description of soils, water in soils, introduction to stresses in soils (total, effective and pore water stresses). Compaction tests, methods and interpretation of test results. Practicals: Execution and analysis of laboratory tests on permeability of soils, seepage of water in a porous medium, compaction of soils. Assessment: Class mark including test(s), tutorials, and practical reports (20%), one 2hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark.

  
  

  ENCV2GB : Geotechnical Engineering 2

  (20L-8T-9P-0S-28H-12R-0F-0G-3A-13W-8C) Prerequisite: ENCV2GA (40%) Aim: The module will introduce the students to the fundamental concepts of soils behaviour with reference to consolidation and compression of the soil mass. Content: Analysis of settlement of engineering works, stress distribution in soils and consolidation settlements on clays. Fundamentals of shear strength for dry soils, shear box tests and frictional model. Drained and undrained shear strength analysis. Practicals: Execution and analysis of laboratory tests on consolidation settlement of clays and shear strength. Assessment: Class mark including test(s), tutorials and practical reports (20%), one 2hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark.

  
  

  ENCV3GT : Geotechnical Engineering 3

  (39L-9T-20P-0S-70H-20R-1F-0G-3A-13W-16C) Prerequisite: ENCV2GB (50%), Aim: To provide students with basic information and skills in geotechnical investigations, in the analysis of physical and geotechnical properties of soils in relation to the stability of slopes and in the estimation of settlement of structures on sands and clays. Content: Geotechnical investigation. Sampling techniques including trial pits and boreholes, description of the soil profile, in-situ testing including SPT and CPT tests, laboratory testing and analysis of settlement. Slope stability analysis. Practicals: Collection of soil sample and execution of appropriate laboratory tests and submission of Geotechnical Investigation report. Assessment: Class mark including test(s), tutorials, and practical report (30%). 3-hr exam (70%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark.

  
  

  ENCV4GS : Ground & Structural Engineering

  (39L-18T-0P-0S-51H-40R-7F-0G-5A-13W-16C) Prerequisite: 50% in ENCV2GA and ENCV2GB, 40% in ENCV3GT, ENCV3DA. ENCV3DB Aim: To introduce .advanced concepts and techniques in Geotechnical Engineering and Structures in a context where there is interdependence of one on the other, using a major project. Content: Bearing capacity analysis, Limit State Design using Partial Factors, retaining structures, prestressed concrete, selected advanced structures topics such as yield line analysis, plastic analysis of frames. Assessment: Class mark incl tests, assignments and tutorials: 20%. One 3-hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

• Environmental

  ENCV4TE : Transport & Environmental Management

  (39L-11T-0P-0S-73H-32R-2F-0G-3A-13W-16C) Prerequisites: ENCV3TA At least 40% in ENCV3TA and ENCV3TB Aim: To introduce basic aims and principles of management, which are integrated into practical examples in environmental and transport infrastructure management. Content: Content: Introduction to the basic management and ecological cycles as well as the social, financial, and legal environments into which the technical concepts of civil engineering are integrated. Applications in the natural and built environment in conformance with the world conservation strategy and more detailed study of the management and design of (transport) infrastructure systems to fulfill all requirements. Assessment: assignment (30%) and two 2-hr exams (70%). DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

  
  

  ENCV4WE : Water & Environmental Engineering

  (39L-10T-0P-0S-86H-20R-0F-0G-5A-13W-16C) Prerequisite: ENCV2FL, ENCV3FA and 40% in ENCV3FB. Aim: The module will introduce the students to the fundamentals of water and environmental engineering, with particular focus on control, management and treatment of polluting emissions into the environment.. Basic hydrological concepts will find a practical application in the assessment of pollution dispersion mechanisms in water systems, design of wastewater treatment systems (municipal wastewater, landfill leachate and mine effluents) and solid waste management. Content: Fundamentals of environmental and hydrological engineering, qualitative characterisation of wastewaters (domestic and industrial), pollution dispersion in water systems, basic design and management of potable and waste water treatment plants, introduction to solid waste management. Assessment: Class mark 30%. One 3-Hr exam: 70%. DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

• Other

  BIOL231 : Marine Environment

  (39L-10T-24P-0S-86H-0R-0F-0G-8A-13W-16C) Prerequisites: Mathematics & Statistics (MATH 133) Aim: Introduction to the geological, chemical, physical and biological processes of the marine environment and the interdisciplinary nature of the marine environment Outcomes: skills development in areas of measurement of particle size-distribution, sediment characterization, wave characteristics, flow rates, salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, photon flux and light attenuation, biomass and production. Content: 1) Geological: continental drift & plate tectonics, geological environments (shelf basins, seamounts, mid-ocean ridges, littoral zone), sediment characteristics. 2) Chemical: properties of seawater (salinity, temperature, density), macronutrients, trace elements, dissolved gases, nitrogen cycle. 3) Physical: global circulation patterns, tides, near-shore currents, upwelling systems, waves, vertical structures & processes. 4) Biological: light and primary production, food webs & microbial loop, benthic/pelagic subsystems, functional ecosystems (estuaries, rocky & sandy shores, pelagic open ocean etc.). Assessment: One 3 hour exam (50%), course work, practical exercises and tests (50%). DP requirements: 40% in the course work; 80% attendance at both lectures and practicals.

  
  

  ENCV2MT : Civil Engineering Materials

  (21L-5T-9P-0S-26H-16R-0F-0G-3A-13W-8C) Aim: To introduce practical materials technology to enable understanding of the links between materials and design technologies and the behaviour and interaction of the material with its environment. Content: Overview of stress, strain, elasticity and deformation behaviour. Introduction to timber, steels, aluminium and its alloys, concrete technology. Practicals: Three practicals covering metals in tension, timber in bending and compression and concrete mix design and testing. Assessment: Class mark including test(s), tutorials and practical reports (20%), one 2hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average Class Mark.

  
  

  ENCV3MS : Mathematical Systems

  (20L-17T-0P-0S-26H-12R-0F-0G-5A-13W-8C) Prerequisites: 40% in ENCV2FA, MATH238/248 Aim: To develop skills in the formulation and numerical solution (primarily using spreadsheet software) of simple mathematical models. Content: Mathematical modeling and numerical techniques. Curve and surface fitting to discrete data by least squares. Numerical integration and differentiation. Numerical optimization - applications in production, transportation and construction. Finite difference solutions of Laplace, Poisson, heat and wave equations - applications to fluid flows, torsion, heat flow. Practicals: Computer laboratory practice in the application of spreadsheets in advanced mathematical modelling and numerical solution. Assessment: Class mark (20%), 3-hr exam (80%). DP Requirement: 40% average class mark.

  
  

  GEOL215 : Elements of Geology for Civil Engineers

  (39L-0T-45P-0S-47H-20R-0F-0G-9A-13W-16C) Aim: Introduction to geology for Civil Engineers Content: Elements of petrography, geomorphology and structural geology. Aspects of engineering geology including soil types, open and subsurface excavations, foundations, dams and reservoirs, building materials. Construction and interpretation of geological maps and profiles. Practicals: Solving engineering geological problems, map interpretation, mineral and rock identification ,discontinuity analysis. Assessment: One 3-hour written examination (67%); course work, practical exercises, assignments and tests (33%). There is no practical examination. DP Requirement: 40% minimum as the average mark for practicals, assignments and tests.