(a) Curriculum for B.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering

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5. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
(a) Curriculum for B.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering
100 LEVEL HARMATTAN SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title
Prerequisite
MEE 101
Engineering Drawing I
-
2
C
CHM 101
General Chemistry I
-
3
C
CHM 107
Experimental Chemistry I
-
1
C
MTH 101
General Mathematics I
(Algebra & Trigonometry)
-
3
C
PHY 101
General Physics I
-
3
C
PHY 107
Experimental Physics I
-
1
C
CIT 111
Introduction to Information &
Communication Technology
-
2
R
GNS 101
Use of English 1
-
2
R
LIB 101
Use of Library
-
1
R
FRN 221
Basic French
-
2
R
TOTAL
Total
Units
Status
20
100 LEVEL RAIN SEMESTER
Course
Code
Prerequisite
Total
Units
Status
Workshop Technology
-
2
C
CHM 102
General Chemistry II
-
3
C
CHM 108
Experimental Chemistry II
-
1
C
MTH 102
General Mathematics II
(Calculus)
MTH101
3
C
MTH 104
General Mathematics III
(Vectors, Geometry & Dynamics)
MTH101
3
C
PHY 102
General Physics II
-
3
C
PHY 108
Experimental Physics II
-
1
C
CIT 112
Introduction to Computer
Programming
-
2
R
MEE 102
Course Title
390 GNS 102
Use of English 2
-
2
R
FRN 222
French for Specific Purposes
-
2
R
TOTAL
22
200 LEVEL HARMATTAN SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title
CVE 201
Engineer in Society
EEE 201
Applied Electricity I
EEE 291
Prerequisite
Total
Units
Status
1
C
-
2
C
Applied Electricity Laboratory
-
1
C
MEE 201
Engineering Materials
-
2
C
MEE 203
Engineering Mechanics I (Statics)
-
2
C
MEE 205
Basic Thermodynamics
-
2
C
MTH 201
Mathematical Methods I
MTH101,
MTH102
2
C
STA 201
Statistics for Physical Science &
Engineering
-
4
C
CIT 201
Structured Programming
CIT111
3
C
GNS 201
Nigerian Peoples and Culture
-
2
R
-
TOTAL
21
200 LEVEL RAIN SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title
PreRequisite
CVE 202
Strength of Materials
-
2
C
CVE 204
Fundamentals of Building
Construction
-
2
C
MEE 204
Engineering Mechanics II
(Dynamics)
2
C
MEE 206
Basic Fluid Mechanics
-
2
C
MEE 208
Workshop Technology II
MEE 102
2
C
MTH 202
Elementary Differential Equation I
MTH102
2
C
MTH 206
Introduction to Numerical
Analysis
MTH101,
MTH102
3
C
CIT 202
Low Level Language
-
2
C
MEE 203
Units
Status
391 GNS 202
Osun Peoples and Culture
-
TOTAL
2
R
21
CVE 200: SWEP (Vacation Period)
8 weeks
300 LEVEL HARMATTAN SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title
PreUnits
Requisite
CVE 301
Basic Hydrology
-
2
C
CVE 305
Engineering Geology
-
3
C
CVE 307
Soil Mechanics
-
3
C
CVE 309
Surveying & Photogrammetry I
-
3
C
CVE 311
Elements of Architecture
-
2
C
MEE 305
Strength of Materials II
-
3
C
MTH 303
Elementary Differential
Equation II
MTH201
3
C
GNS 301
Entrepreneurship Skills
Development and Practice
-
2
R
TOTAL
Status
21
300 LEVEL RAIN SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title
PreUnits
Requisite
Status
CVE 302
Hydraulics
-
2
C
CVE 304
Structural Mechanics
-
3
C
CVE 306
Civil Engineering Materials
-
3
C
CVE 308
Designs of Structures I
-
3
C
MEE 308
Fluid Mechanics II
MEE 206
3
C
MTH 302
Mathematical Methods II
MTH201
2
C
CVE 314
Computer Methods in Civil
-
2
R
392 Engineering
GNS 302
Introduction to Logic and
Philosophy
-
2
TOTAL
R
20
CVE 300: SWEP (Vacation Period)
8 weeks
400 LEVEL HARMATTAN SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title
PreUnits
Requisite
CVE 401
Technical Report Writing
-
2
C
CVE 403
Quantity Surveying &
Estimating
-
2
C
CVE 405
Soil Mechanics II
-
2
C
CVE 407
Civil Engineering Practice
-
2
C
CVE 409
Design of Structures II
-
3
C
CVE 411
Structural Analysis I
-
3
C
CVE 413
Highway Engineering I
-
2
C
CVE 415
Water Resources &
Environmental Engineering I
-
2
C
CVE 417
Surveying &
Photogrammetry II
-
3
C
TOTAL
Status
21
400 LEVEL RAIN SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title
CVU 400
SIWES
Total
PreRequisite
Units
Status
CVE 300
6
C
6
393 500 LEVEL HARMATTAN SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title
CVE 501
Students Project
CVE 503
PreRequisite
Units
Status
-
3
C
Structural Analysis II
CVE 403
2
C
CVE 505
Design of Structures III
CVE 405
2
C
CVE 507
Geotechnical Engineering
CVE 407
4
C
CVE 511
Industrial Economics
-
2
C
CVE 513
Industrial Law & Management
-
2
C
Electives: One of the following:
CVE 519
Environmental Pollution
-
3
E
CVE 521
Advanced Structural Analysis
-
3
E
CVE 523
Building/Construction Engineering
-
3
E
CVE 525
Drainage & Irrigation Engineering
-
3
E
TOTAL
18
500 LEVEL RAIN SEMESTER
Course
Code
Course Title
CVE 502
Students Project
CVE 504
Highway Engineering II
CVE 506
PreRequisite
Units
Status
-
3
C
CVE 407
2
C
Water Resources &
Environmental Engineering II
-
2
C
CVE 508
Transportation Engineering
-
2
C
CVE 510
Hydraulic Structures
CVE 405
3
C
Electives: Two of the following
CVE 512
Traffic & Highway Engineering
-
3
E
CVE 514
Geotechnical Engineering
-
3
E
394 CVE 516
Advanced Strength of Materials
CVE 518
Unit Processes Water & Waste
Water Resources Engineering
MEE 305
TOTAL
3
E
2
E
19
COURSE DESCRIPTION (B.Sc. Mathematics)
MEE 101:
ENGINEERING DRAWING I (2 UNITS)
Instruments for engineering drawing and their uses. Drawing paper sizes, margins
and title blocks. Lettering and types of line, Geometrical instruction bisection of
lines and angels and their applications. Polygon, tergency, locus of simple
mechanism. Pictorial drawing, isometric, oblique and perspectives. Orthographic
projection. Dimensioning and development of simple shape. Assembly drawing of
simple component.
MEE 102:
WORKSHOP PRACTICE I (2 UNITS)
General Introduction of facilities in engineering workshops and safety in
workshops, Measuring instruments, calipers, micrometers, gauges etc. manual and
machine-operated workshop tools for metals and wood work and their care.
Benchwork; metal and woodwork practice. Machines for turning, milling, shaping,
drilling etc. Introduction to Welding. General Introduction in automobile workshop
practices. Identification of automobile parts and their functions.
MTH 101 GENERAL MATHEMATICS I (Algebra and Trigonometry)
(3 UNITS) (L30 HRS, PO:T15HRS)
Elementary set theory, subsets, union, intersection, complements and Venn
diagrams. Real numbers: integers, rational and irrational numbers, real sequences
and series, Mathematical induction, theory of quadratic equations. Matrices.
Binomial theorem. Complex numbers: Algebra of complex numbers; the Argand
Diagram, De Moivre's theorem, nth roots of unity. Circular measure, Trigonometric
functions of angles any magnitude, addition and factor formulae.
MTH 102 GENERAL MATHEMATICS II (Calculus) (3 UNITS) (L30, PO: T15)
Pre-requisite: MTH 101
395 Functions of a real variable, graphs, limits and idea of continuity. The derivate as
limit of rate of change. Techniques of differentiation. Extrema and curve sketching:
Integration as an inverse of differentiation. Methods of integration. Definite
integrals. Application to areas and volumes.
MTH 104
GENERAL MATHEMATICS III (Vectors, Geometry and
Dynamics) (3 UNITS) (L30HRS: PO: T15HRS) Pre-requisite: MTH 101
Geometric representative of vectors in 1-3 dimensions, Components, direction
cosines. Addition, scalar, multiplication of vectors, linear independence. Scalar and
vector products of two vectors. Differentiation and integration of vectors with
respect to a scalar variable. Two-dimensional co-ordinate geometry. Straight line,
circle, parabola, ellipse, hyperbola, tangent normal. Kinematics of Particles.
Components of velocity and acceleration of a particle moving in a plane. Force,
momentum, laws of motion under gravity, projectiles, resisted vertical motion,
elastic strings, simple pendulum, impulse. Impact of two smooth spheres, and of a
sphere on a smooth sphere.
CVE 200
STUDENTS WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMME I
(2 UNITS)
A practical work programme, during the long vacation, arranged within the campus
and its immediate environment to enable the students gain some basic skills in the
profession of engineering in general and student’s chosen field of engineering in
particular.
CVE 201:
INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY (1 UNIT)
Philosophy of science. History of Engineering and Technology. Divisioning of
Engineering. Safety in Engineering. Introduction to risk analysis. The role of
engineers in nation building.
CVE 202:
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS (2 UNITS)
Force equilibrium free body diagrams. Elasticity – concept of stress strain,
Tensile test, young’s modules and other strength factors. Axially loaded bars.
Temperature stresses and simple indeterminate problems. Stresses in cylinders
and rings. Bending moment, shear force and axial force. Diagrams for simple cases.
Simple trusses and deflection of beams torsion.
396 CVE 204:
Fundamentals of Building Construction
EEE 201:
BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 1 (2 UNITS)
Fundamental theory of electric circuit. Circuit elements. Network theorems supper
position, Theveinin, Norton). Nodal and loop analysis of circuits (Kirchoff’s laws)
single time-constant circuits. Steady state response of circuit elements and
network. Complex impedance and admittance. AC circuit impedance, admittance,
susceptance phasor diagrams. Introduction to electronics, vacuum diode, triode
and pentode, small signal equivalent circuits. Elementary discussion of
semiconductors P. N junction diode transistors.
EEE 207: BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRACTICALS (1 UNIT)
Laboratory experiments to demonstrate the application of the theory covered in the
courses.
MEE 201:
ENGINEERING MATERIALS (2 UNITS)
Physical properties of materials; atomic and molecular structure, bonding forces,
structure of materials, wood, cement, plastics, metallic states. Crystals and defects
crystal, isotrophy and anisotrophy; essential and desirable properties of
engineering materials; physical mechanical, thermal, chemical, technology and
electrical properties. Common engineering materials for structures, machine
parts/equipment, electrical items, instruments. Factors to be considered in the
selection and choice of engineering materials.
MEE 208:
WORKSHOP TECHNOLOGY II (2 UNITS)
Introduction to automobiles; main components of automobiles. Fundamentals of
engine operation and construction; basic concepts and definitions, engine cycles,
principles of operation of valve mechanism, cooling, lubrication, fuel and starting
system, etc maintenance and general servicing of automobiles; daily routine
preventive maintenance, etc. Fault training, trouble shooting and remedies for
ignition fuel, brake systems etc. Fabrication and machining of components from
available drawings. Welding and fabrication, fundamentals of welding, welding
processes, welding joint preparation, welding inspection etc.
397 MEE 203:
ENGINEERING MECHANICS I (STATICS) (2 UNITS)
Statics law of statics, system forces and their properties. Simple problems. Centre
of mass, moment of Enertia, analysis of coplanar forces, friction. Work and energy.
Vectors centre of gravity and centre of mass.
MEE 204:
ENGINEERING MECHANICS II (DYNAMICS) - (2 UNITS)
Newton’s laws of motion and their application. Impulse and momentum kinetic
energy. Kinematics of a point, composition and resolution of velocities and
accelerations, relative velocities and acceleration, representation of vectors. Plane
kinematics of a rigid body, angular velocity diagrams applied to simple
mechanisms. Instantaneous centre of rotation. Equation of motion, linear
momentum and moment of momentum. Kinetic energy, moment of inertia.free
vibrations of systems with one or two degrees of freedom including damping.
Tortional vibration – SWEP
MEE 205:
BASIC THERMODYNAMICS (2 UNITS)
Definition of basic thermodynamics terminologies system, state, properties and
processes. Energy and energy conversion; work, heat, non-flow processes. Zeroth
law. First law of thermodynamics and application o closed and open systems. The
steady flow energy equation and its applications. Second law of Thermodynamics;
Consequences and applications of second law. Thermodynamics properties of ideal
and real fluids. thermodynamics tables Introduction to steam power and
refrigeration cycles.
MEE 206:
BASIC FLUID MECHANICS (2 UNITS)
Element of fluid statics; density, pressure, surface tension, viscocity,
compressibility e.t.c. Hydrostatic forces on submerged surfaces due to
incompressible fluid. Introduction to fluid dynamics – conversion laws.
Introduction to viscious flow. Dynamics of fluid flow – conservation. Equation of
mass and momentum. Euler and Bernonlli’s equations. Reynolds number
Dimensional analysis, similitude, Buckingham P,. Theorems. Application of
hydraulic models. Flow meters and error in measurement.
398 MTH 201
MATHEMATICAL METHODS I (2 UNITS) (C) (L15HRS: P0:
T15HRS) Pre-requisite - MTH101, MTH102
Real-value functions. Review of Differentiation and integration and their applications.
Mean value theorem, Taylor series. Real-value functions of two or three variables.
Partial derivatives, chain rule, Lagrange multipliers, extrema (maxima and minima),
language multipliers. Increments, differential and linear approximations. Evaluation
of line integrals. Multiple integrals.
MTH 202
ELEMENTARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
(L15HRS: P 0: T15HRS) Pre-requisite - MTH102
I
(2
UNITS)
Derivation of differential equations from primitive, geometry, physics and so on.
Order and degree of differential equation. Techniques of solving first and second
order linear and non linear differential equations (Laplace transform included).
Solutions of system of first order linear equations. Finite linear equations. Solutions
of system of first order linear equations. Finite linear difference equations.
Application to geometry and physics.
MTH 206 INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL ANALYSIS (3 UNITS) (L30HRS:
P 0: T15HR) Pre-requisites - MTH101, MTH102
Solution of algebraic and transcendental equations. Curve fitting. Error analysis.
Interpretation and approximation. Zeros of non-linear equations in one variable.
Systems of linear equations Numerical differentiation and integral equations. Initial
value problems for ordinary differential equations.
STA 201: STATISTICS FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING (4
UNITS)
Probability- elements of probability, density and distribution functions, moments,
standard distribution, etc.statistics- Regression and correlation- Large sampling
theory. Test hypothesis and quality control.
CVE 300 STUDENTS WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMME II (2 UNITS)
A more advanced industrial Programme; students this time are attached, during
long vacation, to appropriate Computer /Electrical / Electronics / Agricultural /
Civil / Mechanical Engineering facilities and industries to further enhance practical
approach to engineering through on-the job training.
CVE 301:
BASIC HYDROLOGY (2 UNITS)
399 Discriptive hydrology, hydrologic cycle and components, precipitation, evaporation
and transpiration, infiltration, runoff etc. Quantitative hydrology-hydrograph,
volume runoff, storage ronting, Ground-water-Occurance, hydraulic well-yield.
Measurement of rainfall, methods of determining average rainfall e.g. simple
arithmetic average, isohyetal. Thiessiens, polygons, Triangulation, weighted mean.
Etc. Air temperatures, methods of determining average temperature, thermal
gradient with respect to attitude, maximum and minimum temperatures. Use of
statistics in hydrology. Frequency, probability and average return period. Methods
of determining discharge of a given return period with different probabilities of nonevidence. Flood forecast and monitoring. Drought studies and flow analysis
CVE 302:
HYDRAULICS
(2 UNITS)
Fluid: Statics, continuity, energy, momentum equations and Bernouli’s
theorem. Dynamics of fluid flow, conservation of mass and momentum
equations. Different devices for flow measurements and manning’s formulae.
Reynolds number and turbulent flow. Losses in pipes and pipe network
analysis. Steady and Unsteady flow in pipes with special emphasis on water
hammer and the use of surge tanks. Similitude, dimensional analysis and
hydraulic modeling techniques. Pipe network analysis, Design of reticulation
systems. Laboratory experiments on coefficients of discharge and
mathematical exponents a rectangular and v-notch weir, pressure drop in
pipelines, flow measurements in venturri, on fice, energy drop due to
hydraulic jump in an open channel.
CVE 304:
STRUCTURAL MECHANICS (3 UNITS)
Analysis of determinate structures, Beams, Trusses; Structure Theorems. Graphical methods:
Application to simple determinate trusses. Williot Mohr diagram. Deflection of statistically
determinate structures. Unit load, moment area methods. Strain Energy Methods.
Introduction to statistically indeterminate structures.
CVE 305: ENGINEERING GEOLOGY (3 UNITS)
The relevance of geology to Civil Engineering. The role of Civil Engineer in the
systematic exploration of a site. The common rock formation minerals silicate and
non-silicate minerals. Rock types – Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary
Geological structures and mapping. Stratigraphy and the geological time scale. The
theory of plate tectonics. Geology exploration of an engineering site. Preliminary
investigation. Applied geographical surveys, Drillings, Bony, Trenching and pitting.
400 Classification of rocks for engineering purposes. The engineering properties of
rocks, Blasting and rock excavation. The principal geological factors affecting the
following engineering projects. The stability of slope and cutting, the stability of
new excavation. Types of failures in soil slopes and natural rocks slopes.
Stabilization of slopes. Impounded surface water, the geology of reservoir, dam sites
and tunnels.
Practical:
Rocks and mineral identification, microscopic works to identify the structure of
minerals. Geological field work and visit to any geolocial museum.
MEE 305: STRENGTH OF MATERIALS (3 UNITS)
Advanced topics in Bending moment and shear force in beams. Theory of bending
of beams. Deflection of beams. Unsymmetrical bending. The concept of stress at a
point, principal stresses, principal strain; Hooke’s law; torsional loading, shear
forces, and bending moment; thin and thick walled cylindrical pressure vessels,
deflections under flexural loading, statically determinate and indeterminate
structures, shear flow, strain energy, failure theories, repeated loading, impact
loading.
CVE 306: CIVIL ENGINEERING MATERIALS (3 UNITS)
Concrete technology: constituent materials of concrete (types of cement, aggregates,
properties) concrete mix design, quality control, properties and their determination.
Steel technology production, fabrication and properties. Corrosion and its
prevention. Tests on steel, quality control and uses. Timber technology: Types of
timber, characteristics, defects stress grading, preservation and fire protection.
Uses of timber. Bituminous materials, Polymers, Bricks and Blocks etc.
Applications to buildings, Roads and Bridges.
CVE 307: SOIL MECHANICS I (3 UNITS)
Formation of soils. Soil in water relationship – void ratio, porosity, specific gravity
and other factors. Soil classification: Atterberg limits, particle size distribution.
Flow in soils - seepage and permeability.
Laboratory tests on each of the topics considered above.
401 CVE 308: DESIGN OF STRUCTURES I (3 UNITS)
Fundamentals of design, process, materials selection, building regulations and
codes of practice. Design philosophy with regards to elastic, load factors and limit
state methods. Design and of structural elements in reinforced concrete. Further
work in Computer Aided Design.
CVE 309: ENGINEERING SURVEYING AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY I (3 UNITS)
Introduction to the Principle and Practice of Surveying. Engineering surveys
equipment such as chains, Tapes, EDM, Compass, Levels, Theodolite, Ranging
Rod, Abney level, optical square etc. Chain survey: Principle and Method, obstacles
and sources of errors. Detailing by offset method. Compass traverse orientation in
surveying method of compass traverse. Adjustment and sources of errors. Levelling
by different methods. Contouring, uses of Maps and Plans. Introduction to
photogrammetry.
Practical : Surveying of a small area with chain and compass. Detailing of the area.
Profile leveling, cross-section, calculations of earthwork. Setting out of building
roads etc. using compass and chain.
CVE 311: ELEMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE (2 UNITS)
Introduction: Dimensional awareness, Graphic communication, relation
environments. Free hand drawing. Form in terms of light and shadow.
to
Orthographic: diametric, perspective, projections. Applications: common curves,
Elementary Designs. Computer Aided Design and Drawing (CADD)
CVE 314: COMPUTER METHODS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (2 UNITS)
Computer application in the design of structures
MTH 302 MATHEMATICAL METHODS II (2 UNITS) (L15HRS: P 0: T15HRS)
402 Pre-requisites – MTH201
Sturm-Liouville problem. Orthogonal polynomials and functions. Fourier series and
integrals. Partial differential equations: general and particular solutions. Linear
equations with constant coefficients, first and second order equations, solutions of
heat, wave and Laplace equations by the method of separation of variables. Eigen
function expansions. Methods of variation of parameters. Fourier transforms.
MTH 303
ELEMENTARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS II (3 UNITS)
(L30HRS: P 0: T15HRS) Pre-requisites – MTH201
Series solutions of second order linear equations. Bessel, Legendre and hyper
geometric equations and functions. Gamma, Beta functions. Sturm-Liouvelle
problems. Orthogonal polynomials and functions. Fourier, Fourier -Bessel and Fourier
-Legendre series. Fourier transformation. Solution of Laplace, wave and heat
equations by Fourier method.
CVE 400 STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (6 Units)
A comprehensive internship programme in which students spend a full semester in
approved engineering establishments (private and public) and industries. The
exposure also provide opportunity for students to sharpen their technical writing
skill through field reports, keeping log – books and prepared technical documents
under close supervision of industry-based professionals and lecturers.
CVE 401: TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING (2 UNITS)
Project proposal: Aims and Objectives, scope and methodology. Research work.
Review of previous works and justifications for the project. Main investigations.
Theoretical consideration, experimental works, field works and data collection, and
designs analysis of data/results. Collation of findings, assessment of accuracy,
further investigations, results consideration and objective. Oral communication:
Public speaking skills with effective use of visual aids. Principles of effective
communication in inter
Documentation. Format of write-up, major headings and sub-headings, citing of
references, Tables, figures listing of references, Appendices and phraseology.
403 CVE 403: QUANTITY SURVEYING AND ESTIMATING (2 UNITS)
Scope of Civil Engineering works and standard methods of measurements. Duties
of the Quality Surveyor. Setting down dimensions, cut and shuffle. General
principles of rules of taking-off. Taking-off quantities from drawing substructures,
walling, floors, roofs, finishing and external works. Planning and scheduling.
Abstracting and billing. Preparation of Bill of Quantities specification writing,
examples on complete building and civil engineering works.
CVE 405: SOIL MECHANICS II (2 UNITS)
Mineralogy of soils. Soil Structures. Compaction: General principles, reduced
standard, standard modifies proctor and West African standard. Maximum dry
density, optimum moisture content, zero air-voids curve, field control tests, percent
compaction and soil stabilization. Site investigation. Laboratory and Coursework.
CVE 407: CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICE (2 UNITS)
Civil Engineering works standards and measurements. Contracts and subcontracts Works construction and supervision. Job planning and controlprogramme, charts, bar charts, critical path methods etc. construction, bridges,
highway, industrial buildings, sewage works.
CVE 409: DESIGN OF STRUCTURES II (3 UNITS)
Limit state philosophy and design in steel; basic concepts of elastic and plastic
design. Design and detailing of structural steel elements, tension member, strut,
beams, girders and columns. Design of connections and joints in structural steel.
Beam and Columns in flecture. Design of foundation. Carry out studio work on
practical designs.
CVE 411: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS I (3 UNITS)
Inderterminate structural analysis: Energy and Virtual work methods, Slope
deflection and Moment distribution methods. Elastic Instability. Simple plastic
404 theory of bending. Collapse loads. Stress-Grading of Timber, Visual mechanical and
electronic stress grading of Timber. Introduction to influence line in the analysis of
indeterminate structures.
CVE 413: HIGHWAY ENGINEERING (3 UNITS)
Engineering aspects of highways. Route location and survey. Geometric design,
pavement design, interchange design and spacing. Highway information systems,
freeway, networks and safety. Design, construction and maintenance of culverts.
Design of drainage appertenanies. Different cross-sections of roads. Construction
equipment types. Carryout practical in the design studio and on site on various
items.
CVE 415: WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING I (2 UNITS)
Sources of water and waste water. Physical, chemical and biological characteristics
of water and wastewater. Water quality standards. Design periods, population
studies. Water consumption, variation in demands, fire demand, coincidental draft,
hydrant flow test and flow calculations.The Hydraulic of open channels and Wells
Drainage. Hydrograph Analysis. Reservoir and Flood-routing. Hydrological
forecasting, Hydraulic Structures, i.e Dams, Dykes/Levees, Weirs, Docks and
Harbours, Spillway, Stilling basins, Man Holes and Coastal Hydraulic Structures,
etc. Engineering Economy in Water resources Planning. Water resources evaluation
CVE 417: ENGINEERING SURVEYING AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY II (3 UNITS)
Theodolite traversing. Tacheometry surveys. Simple curve ranging. Topographical
surveying. General principles of application of photography to surveying. Basic
definitions in photogrammetry. Simple photogrammetric instruments. Basic
mathematics of photogrammetry. Methods of acquisition of aerial photographs and
its uses for heighting and mapping. Introduction to hydrographical surveying.
Practical: Route surveying by the use of theodolite and tapes for alignment and
setting out.
Contouring and topo-plan production. Simple photogrammetric
exercises.
405 CVE 501: STUDENT PROJECT I (3 UNITS)
Literature review and bench work on final year project. A first report on detailed
task to be carried out, their schedule work carried out up to date and the findings
shall be submitted for evaluation.
CVE 502: STUDENT PROJECT II (3 UNITS)
Bench work on project, seminar and final year report presentation.
CVE 503: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS II (2 UNITS)
Plastic Methods of Structural analysis. Matrix Methods of Structural analysis.
Elastic Instability. Continuum of plane strain, elastic flat plates flat plates and
torsion, solution by series, finite difference, finite element. Yield line Analysis and
Strip methods for slabs.
CVE 504: HIGHWAY ENGINEERING II (2 UNITS)
Highway Planning and Traffic Surveys. Pavement Design. Construction and
maintenance. Administration and Finance of Highways.
CVE 505: DESIGN OF STRUCTURES III (2 UNITS)
Composite Design and construction in steel and reinforced concrete.Design of
Structural Foundations. Pre-stressed concrete design. Modern Structural form. Tall
Buildings, Lift shafts and shear walls, system buildings. Design projects.
CVE 506: WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING II (2 UNITS)
The Work of the Sanitary Engineer. Waste Water collection, treatment, Disposal
and Design. Solid waste collection, treatment, disposal and design of systems.
Physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water and wastewater. Sewage
406 flow rate. Design principles of separate, combined and semi-separate sewage
systems. Estimation of dry weather flows and storm water overflows, pumping
systems and invited siphons. Maintenance of sewers. Characteristics and
composition of industrial wastewater, sampling and methods of analysis of
industrial wastewater, measures for treatment of industrial wastewater. Domestic,
industrial and agricultural solid waste. Storage, collection, transport and disposal.
Refuse processing and recovery. Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA).
CVE 507: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING (4 UNITS)
Stresses in Soils. Consolidation and settlement. Shear Strength of soils. Earth
Pressures. Bearing Capacity of Soils. Foundations: Normal and Deep Foundations.
Slope Stability. Site Investigations.
CVE 508: TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (2 UNITS)
Transportation systems and their planning. Design of the various transportation
networks. Financial appraisal and funding of various transportation systems, roles
of various tiers of government in a given transportation systems. Social and
economic effects of a new or improved transportation system on the environment.
CVE 510: HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES ( 3 UNITS)
Reservior study with reference to types, selection of sites, storage capacity,
operations siltation and silt removal. Discuss various types of dams, techniques for
site location, classification and types selection. Seepage and causes of failure in
dams. Design of various types of hydrautic structures : conveyance structures, pipe
lines and pipe systems siphone, draft tubes, canals, sewers, Spillway, clutes,
culverts, reservoir outlet, conduit). Energy Dissipating structures, surge tanks,
stilling basins, drop structures, check dams. Flow measuring and control
structures. Weirs, shuices, gates and valves turnout. Collecting and diffusion
structures. Intake structures, infiltration galleries, drains,surface
drainages,
intakes perforated pipes. Water stabilization structures levees cutoff, dikes,
breakwaters and sealwalls. Channel lining seepage from channels, design,
construction and maintenance of linings (vegetative, impervious soils, masonry,
convete and bituminous materials).
407 CVE 511: INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
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CVE 512: TRAFFIC AND HIGHWAY ENGINEERING (3 Units)
Highway planning and traffic surveys. Administration and finance of Highways.
Coordination of all transportation media. Transportation planning and economics.
Traffic management and design of traffic signals, control systems and safety
devices.
Parking and parkways: Different types of road construction materials and
construction methods. Carry out practical exercises on each of the topics treated
above; perform laboratory tests on different types of road construction materials.
CVE 513: INDUSTRIAL LAW AND MANAGEMENT
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CVE 514: GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING II (3 UNITS)
Summary of common clay minerals. Clay mineralogy and clay water systems. Rate
of consolidation. Accelerating consolidating with sand drains and surcharge. Shear
strength of saturated clays. Stress paths. Shear strength of compacted unsaturated
clays. Undrained vane shear test. Review of slope stability of circular ship surfaces.
Slope stability of non circular ship surfaces. Foundation subjected to dynamic
forces maintenance; Avoiding failures in construction materials and foundation.
Earth Dams; planning, design, construction, instrumentation, sub-surface
exploration scope, site reconnaissance, boring, test pite, sampling, field test, soil
report.
CVE 516: ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS (3 UNITS)
408 Analysis of Indeterminate structure using stiffers and flexibility matrix methods.
Computer applications to practical structures. Continum of plane strain, elastic flat
plates, solution by series, finite differencies, finite element methods. Beam on
elastic foundation. Partial differential equation. Membrane theory. Analysis of thinstretched membrane. Theory of thin shells: Classification, structural action, shells
of revolution and shells of translation. Examples: Cylindrical shells. Application
and limitations of membrane theory. Introduction to folded plate structures,
different types and structural behavior. Structural dynamics. Introduction to cured
members and non prismatic structures.
CVE 518: UNIT PROCESSES
ENGINEERING (3 UNITS)
WATER
AND
WASTE
WATER
RESOURCES
Theory and application of physical, chemical and biological operation and
processes in water and waste water treatment. Topics include: Reactor engineering
(completely mixed flow, plug flow and dispersed of mass transfer and oxygen
transfer coefficients. Equalization, Floatation, iron and manganese removal, water
softening, taste and odour removal.
Introduction to treatability studies: activated sludge process, biological filtration,
stabilization ponds, anaerobic sludge digestion, thickening and disposal removal.
Site visit to water and waste treatment plants.
CVE 519:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (3 UNITS)
Water pollution: Types of sources of water pollution, self – purificationof streams;
Analysis of the dispersal of pollutants in streams and estuaries. The effects of
pollutants on the chemical quality and the ecology of receiving streams.
Europlication and control of water pollution. Stream and effluent standards.
Air pollution: Theory, principles and practices related to engineering control of
particulate and gaseous emissions from natural, individual, agricultural,
commercial and municipal sources of atmospheric pollution. The effects of
atmospheric pollution on various forms of life including both direct and secondary
effects, control devices of air pollution.
Noise Control: Sources of noise and control measures. Measurement and standard.
CVE 523:
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING (3 UNITS)
409 Earthwork and earth moving and construction equipment. Taking and basement
construction. Vertical communication in buildings, staircases, elevators, ramps,
escalators, systems building. Advance building structural systems, space frames,
folded, plates, arches etc construction materials, Maintenance of Civil Engineering
structures.
CVE525: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ENGINEERING (3 UNITS)
Analysis and design of surface and combined drainage systems, collectors, storages
and pumps. Methods of overflow protection of large areas. Analysis and design of
irrigation systems. Soil-plan-water relationships. Water supplies, water delivery
systems and water distribution systems.
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