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CE
201 Engineering Mechanics (Statics)
Vector operations; Equilibrium of a particle; Free body diagram;
Moment of forces about a point and about an axis; Equivalent systems;
Equilibrium of a rigid body in two and three dimensions; Trusses (method of
Joints and sections); Frames and machines; Dry friction.
Prerequisites: PHYS 281
CE 202
Strength of Materials
Review of basics; Types of loads and
internal forces; Concepts of stress and strain; Normal stresses due to axial
loads and bending moments; Shear stresses due to torsional moments and shear
forces; transformation of stresses for different system of axes; Mohr circle;
Concept of design of beams; Buckling; Indeterminacy; Elastic Energy.
Prerequisite: CE 201, MENG 130, MATH 207
CE 321 Construction
Management
Characteristics of Construction Industry;
Project delivery systems; the design and construction process; Construction
contracting; Construction planning; CPM scheduling; Project cash flow
analysis; Estimating process; Cost control; Material management; Construction
safety.
Prerequisite: IE 255
CE
332 Geology for Civil
Engineers
Introduction to engineering geology;
earth surface and physical properties of earth materials; geological
processes; petrology; basics of structural geology; soil formation and types;
weight volume relationships; soil classification.
Prerequisite: CE 202, CHEM 281
CE
333 Geotechnical Engineering
General review of
CE 332; Soil Compaction; Permeability and seepage; Stresses in soil mass;
Compressibility, consolidation and settlement; Shear strength; Introduction
to lateral earth pressure and slope stability.
Prerequisite: CE 332, IE 202, EE 251
CE 340 Structural Analysis I
Basic principles; Analysis of statically
determinate structures including trusses, beams, frames, arches &
suspension cables; Deflection of structures (trusses, beams & frames);
Influence lines for statically determinate beams; Buckling of columns.
Prerequisites: CE
202, EE 201
CE
341 Material of Construction
Manufacturing, Properties and Tests of metals, aggregate, cementing materials, fresh
and hardened PC concrete, asphalt concrete, masonry, wood and
plastics; Design and production of PC
concrete and asphalt mixtures; Asphalt binders and
asphalt mixtures.
Prerequisites: CE 202, CHEM 281
CE
342 Reinforced Concrete
Design I
Introduction to properties of concrete and
reinforcing steel; Behavior of reinforced concrete under flexure and shear;
Introduction to ACI-Code; Types of loads and their factors; Ultimate strength
method of design; Analysis and design of singly and doubly reinforced
sections; Analysis and design of T-section; Development length; Design of
beams against shear forces; Design of one-way slab and stairways; Design of
isolated, combined and wall footings.
Prerequisites: CE
340, CE 341, IE 202
CE
352 Hydraulics
Pipe flow
analysis. Hydraulic machinery (Pumps). Steady uniform flow in open channels.
Non-uniform flow in open channels. Hydraulic Structures (dams and spillways).
Flow measurements, Urban storm water drainage networks.
Prerequisites: MEP 290, IE 202, MATH 204
CE
353 Hydrology and Water
Resources Engineering
Principles of
hydrology and water resources engineering, hydrologic cycle, measurement and
analysis of precipitation, evaporation, infiltration and stream flows,
rainfall-runoff relationship, storm water management, groundwater hydrology.
Prerequisite:CE
352
CE
371 Surveying
Units of measurements and conversions; Error analysis
and propagation, conditional adjustment; Distance measurements by taping and
EDM instruments; Differential leveling loops and lines; Profile leveling;
Network and trigonometric leveling; Horizontal and vertical angle
measurements; Traversing, open, closed and network traverse computations;
Topographic surveying and digital contour mapping; Area and volume
computations from maps and ground measurements; Circular curves by deflection
angles and chords; Use of surveying software such as Wolfpack and Surfer.
Prerequisites: MENG 102, MATH 207
CE
381 Transportation
Engineering
Transportation as
a system; Human and vehicle characteristics; Traffic flow characteristics;
Highway capacity analysis; Highway control devices; Public transportation;
Urban transportation planning; Parking facilities; Transportation safety;
Intelligent transportation system and computer applications; Introduction to
railway, waterway, airport and pipeline.
Prerequisites: CE 371
CE
390 Summer Training
10 weeks of
supervised hands-on work experience at a recognized firm in a capacity which
ensures that the student applies his engineering knowledge and acquires
professional experience in his field of study at KAU. The student is required
to communicate, clearly and concisely, training details and gained experience
both orally and in writing. The student is evaluated based on his abilities
to perform professionally, demonstrate technical competence, work
efficiently, and to remain business focused, quality oriented, and committed
to personal professional development.
Prerequisite: Completion of 120 Cr. Units
CE
401 Civil Engineering
Fundamentals
The course is
designed to review the fundamentals of Civil Engineering; The students will
be exposed to the different fields of Civil Engineering including
mathematics, statistics, ethics, engineering economics, statics, strength of
materials, concrete design, transportation, surveying, steel design,
geotechnical, construction materials, construction management, hydrology and
hydraulics, environmental engineering.
Prerequisites: Completion of 120 Cr. Units
CE
422 Construction Engineering
Fundamental concepts of
equipment economics; Machine equipment power requirements; Soil compaction
and stabilization; Earthwork equipment (Dozers &
Rippers, Loaders, excavators, Scrapers, Trucks) production & cost; Cranes;
Construction operations & methods; Design of formwork systems; Cost
estimation of civil works.
Prerequisites: CE 321, CE 342
CE
423 Construction Estimating
& Scheduling
Overview
of the Estimating and Bidding Process; Fundamentals of the Quantity Takeoff;
Quantity take off for earth, concrete, and masonry works; Putting Costs to
the Estimate; Avoiding Errors in Estimates; Use of computer in estimating.
Project planning; Critical-Path analysis for network scheduling; Scheduling
for linear and repetitive projects; Resource allocation and leveling;
Time-Cost tradeoff; Schedule updating; The PERT approach for project risk
assessment; Use of computer in project scheduling.
Prerequisite: CE 422 or Departmental Approval
CE
424 Contract Management
Participants
in a construction contract; Business ownership; Legal organizational
structures; Contract definition; Types of contracts; formation principles of
a contract, performance or breach of contractual obligations; Bidding logistics;
Contract provisions and bonds; Sample of different local forms of
construction contracts issued by Ministry of Finance MOF; Business Methods;
Labor law, Safety policy and procedures.
Prerequisite: CE 321
CE
434 Foundation Engineering
Site exploration.
Types of foundations. Bearing capacity of shallow foundations. Foundation
settlement. Mat foundations, Deep foundations. Lateral earth pressure on
retaining structures. Computer applications (Using PLAXIS).
Prerequisite: CE 333
CE
435 Applications in
Foundation Engineering
Introduction to
foundation engineering; purpose and classification of foundations; site exploration
and foundation selection; loads and calculations of allowable pressures and settlements;
foundations in variety of conditions; foundations on fill and improved
ground; combined footings; slope stability; computer applications.
Prerequisite: CE 434
CE
439 Soil Improvement
Methods of ground modification: Compaction methods,
Effect of compaction on properties of soils; Geo-synthetics: Types and
manufacturing materials, Uses of geo-synthetics in practice; Preloading and
vertical drains: Purposes of preloading and vertical drains, Types of
vertical drains, Calculation of settlements due to preloading; Modification by admixtures: Types of
admixtures, Properties of soil-cement
mixes, Properties of soil-hydrated lime mixes; Mechanically stabilized
retaining walls: Soil reinforcement, Materials of reinforcement,
Geo-synthetics, geo-grids, and metallic strips, Design considerations of
mechanically stabilized retaining walls.
Prerequisite: CE 434
CE
440 Structural Analysis II
Analysis
of statically indeterminate structures by method of consistent deformations;
Method of slope-deflection and moment distribution; Influence lines for
statically indeterminate structures; Approximate methods of analysis of
multi-story frames; Classical stiffness method of structural analysis; Direct
stiffness method for trusses.
Prerequisite: CE 340
CE
441 Design of Steel
Structures
Properties of Steel; Types of loads, Philosophy of
Load Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) method; Analysis and design of tension
and compression members; Axially Loaded column base plate; Design of beams
for shear and flexure; Deflection; Beams with Concentrated loads;
Unsymmetrical bending; Analysis and design of beam-column; Bolted and welded
connections; Building connections.
Prerequisite: CE 440
CE
442 Reinforced Concrete
Design II
Review ACI
318- Code provisions; Design of Continuous Beams and Frames: Continuity of
reinforced concrete structures, load combinations; Design of Two-way slabs:
Edge supported vs. column supported slab systems (DDM); Design of rectangular
and circular Reinforced Concrete Columns: Axially and eccentrically loaded
columns, interaction diagrams; Slender columns and biaxial bending.
Prerequisite: CE 342
CE
444 Advanced Reinforced Concrete
Design
Lateral
analysis of tall buildings; Design of composite structures (columns and
slabs); Introduction to Pre-stressed concrete structures; basics, mechanics
and technologies; Design of pre-stressed concrete beams and girders; Design
and detailing of post-tensioned slabs; Selection and design of RC systems for
large-span halls; Analysis and design of tanks.
Prerequisite: CE 342
CE
451 Design of Hydraulic
Structures
Types.
Advantages and functions of hydraulic structures. Flow through orifices.
Culverts. Under gates. Over weirs and spillways. Energy dissipation below
hydraulic structures. Hydraulic design of culverts. Weirs. Spillways.
Aqueducts. Siphons. Regulators and dams. Computer applications.
Prerequisite: CE 352
CE 461 Environmental Engineering
In this
course, the physical, chemical, mathematical and biological principles for
defining, quantifying, and measuring environmental quality are described;
Next, the processes by which nature assimilates waste material are described
and the natural purification processes that form the bases of engineering
systems are detailed; Finally, the engineering principles and practices
involved in the design and operation of conventional environmental
engineering works are covered at length.
Prerequisite: CE 352
CE
465 Wastewater Reclamation
and Reuse
Potential reuse
applications. Sources of water for reuse. Treatment technologies suitable for
water reuse applications. Criteria for each type of reuse application. The
overall procedures for determining the feasibility and planning of water
reuse systems as well as the management structure of reuse projects. The
management of the biosolids resulting from the treatment of wastewater and
related regulations governing their use and disposal.
Prerequisite: CE 461
CE
471 GPS/GIS Applications
Introduction to the
basic for GPS and GIS applications; Geodesy: introduction, the ellipsoid and
geoids, geodetic position , geoids undulation ,deflection of the vertical,
geodetic coordinate system; Map Projection: projections used in state plane
coordinate systems, UTM projection; GPS: overview of GPS, differential GPS,
GPS static survey, GPS kinematic survey; GIS: introduction to GIS, GIS data
sources and data format, creating GIS databases, GIS applications, use of
surveying software such as GeoMedia and Leica Geo Office.
Prerequisite: CE 371
CE
482 Highway Design &
Construction
Characteristics of
driver, pedestrian vehicle, and traffic flow affecting highway design;
Geometric design of highways; Layouts of intersections, interchanges and terminals;
Highway drainage; Review of highway paving materials; Design of asphalt
paving mixtures; Pavement design; Highway construction and supervision;
Categorize common pavement distress and associated correction activities;
Introduction to maintenance management system; Computer application in
highway geometric design.
Prerequisite: CE 342, CE 381
CE
483 Traffic Engineering
Traffic Engineering
studies and measurement; Traffic flow theory and queuing theory; Highway
capacity analysis; Parking analysis and layout design; Traffic signs, Marking
and channelization; Signalized intersection design and operation; Roundabout
design and management; ITS applications in Traffic Engineering; Computer Application
in Traffic Engineering.
Prerequisite: CE 381
CE 486 Flexible
Pavement Maintenance
Essential terminologies
and concepts of preservation existing highway asphalt pavements,
characterizing flexible pavement distresses and identifying possible cause of
distresses, relating pavement distress types and distress severity to
cost-effective repair alternatives, simple procedure to inventory pavement
conditions and select maintenance methods.
Prerequisite: CE 341, CE 381
CE
497 Special Topic in Civil Engineering
Selected topics to develop the skills and
knowledge in a given field of Civil Engineering
Prerequisites: Chairman's Approval
CE
499 Senior Project
The students are
required to function on multidisciplinary team to design a system, component,
or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints. A standard
engineering design process is followed including the selection of a client
defined problem, literature review, problem formulation (objectives,
constraints, and evaluation criteria), generation of design alternatives,
work plan, preliminary design of the selected alternative, design refinement,
detailed design, design evaluation, and documentations. The student is
required to communicate, clearly and concisely, the details of his design
both orally and in writing in several stages during the design process
including a final public presentation to a jury composed of several
subject-related professionals.
Prerequisites: CE 321, CE 333, CE 342, CE 353, CE 381
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