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| Old Course Code | Subject Area | Catalogue Number | Long Title | Units | Description |
| E2230 | CIVL | 2510 | Construction Materials | 2 | Strength & deformation properties of structural steels, timber, masonry, concrete, soils, pavements & fabrics. Material selection, failure criteria & modes. Ductility, plasticity & lower bound principle. Concrete mix, design & specification. Durability of |
| E2231 | CIVL | 2310 | Structures I | 2 | Analysis of determinate & simple indeterminate structures. Section properties. Principal axes & Mohr’s circles. Unsymmetrical bending. Torsion of circular shafts. Shear stresses in solid & thin-walled sections. Stress-strain in 2D. Basic principles of str |
| E2232 | CIVL | 2110 | Fluid Mechanics I | 1 | Introduction to fluid mechanics. Fluid properties & statics; volume flow rate, mass flow rate, flow of momentum, flow of energy. Control volumes, continuity. Bernoulli’s equation. The momentum principle. |
| E2233 | CIVL | 2120 | Fluid Mechanics II | 1 | Buoyancy & stability of floating bodies. Flow of viscous fluids. Energy dissipation due to friction. The energy equation. Total head line. Piezometric head line. Dimensional analysis & dimensionless numbers in fluid mechanics. Drag & lift forces. Quasi-st |
| E2234 | CIVL | 2320 | Structures II | 2 | Deflection in beams: double integration method, moment area method, unit load method. Deflection in trusses & frames. Indeterminate structures. Influence lines. Column & beam buckling. Limit state design of steel members: tension, compression, shear & com |
| E2235 | CIVL | 2210 | Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics | 2 | Introduction to description & characterisation of soil behaviour as an engineering material. Topics include site investigation & testing, strength, consolidation, seepage, settlement, laboratory tests, clay mineralogy, geotextiles & geofabrics. |
| E2236 | CIVL | 2130 | Environmental Issues, Monitoring & Assessment | 1 | Introduction to environmental issues & management. Population & urbanisation issues: soil erosion; limnology; biodiversity; air, water & noise pollution. Project-based investigation of issues. Monitoring & assessment of environmental data. |
| E2237 | CIVL | 2520 | Civil Computing | 2 | Development of problem-solving skills, particularly logical reasoning & critical analysis, in structures, fluid mechanics & transportation. Use of spreadsheets, graphics & other programming software. Curve fitting, iterative methods, numerical integration |
| E2812 | CIVL | 7210 | Piled Foundations | 2 | Vertical & horizontal pile capacity, settlement & horizontal deflection estimation, negative shaft resistance, group effects, pile types, installation effects, piled rafts. |
| E2850 | CIVL | 7410 | Advanced Transport Technologies | 2 | Urban traffic congestion: advanced technologies options. Intelligent transport systems: artificial intelligence techniques in transportation; advanced computing techniques & technologies. Internet applications & real time traffic management techniques. |
| E2851 | CIVL | 7110 | Hydrodynamics | 2 | Principles of mass conservation & Newton's second law of motion through hydrodynamics; tools of stream function & velocity potentials. Free surface boundary conditions, boundary layer theory, entrainment & mixing processes. |
| E2852 | CIVL | 7120 | Coastal Process Engineering | 2 | Coastal processes including tides, water waves, coastal circulation, coastal morpho-dynamics & sediment transport. Coastal engineering praxis in areas of beach protection, erosion mitigation & beach nourishment. |
| E2853 | CIVL | 7130 | Hydrology | 2 | Advanced topics in hydrology. Precipitation analysis; infiltration & evaporation; catchment modelling; flood frequency analysis; well hydraulics & testing; groundwater & contaminant transport modelling. |
| E2854 | CIVL | 7220 | Soil & Rock Slope Engineering | 2 | Methods of analysis for planar, circular & general failure surfaces in both soil & rock slopes, chart solutions, numerical solutions, seepage, probabalistic design, remedial measures. |
| E2856 | CIVL | 7310 | Concrete Structures | 2 | Strength limit state-strut & tie models, truss models; rational design for flexure, shear torsion, plasticity in slabs. Serviceability; generalised section analysis; creep, shrinkage, temperature, fatigue, indeterminate structures. |
| E2858 | CIVL | 7320 | Buckling & Dynamics | 2 | Classical & modern methods of solution for buckling problems: columns, trusses, frames, beams, flexural torsional buckling & structural dynamics: single- & multi-degree of freedom linear systems. |
| E2871 | CIVL | 7330 | Concrete Technology | 2 | Cement chemistry, additives, material behaviours, durability, non-destructive testing, repair, high strength & special concretes. |
| E2882 | CIVL | 7560 | Master of Engineering Project C | 4 | For students enrolled in thesis research as part of coursework oriented degree program. Project on topic approved by Head of Department. Report to be submitted. |
| E2886 | CIVL | 7510 | Master of Engineering Project A | 2 | Project on topic approved by Head of Department. Report to be submitted. |
| E2887 | CIVL | 7520 | Master of Engineering Project B | 4 | Project on topic approved by Head of Department. Report to be submitted. Lecture material covered by workshops on specialist topics at postgraduate level; substantial assignment work based on workshops. |
| E2896 | CIVL | 7530 | Specialist Workshops | 1 | Lecture material covered by workshops on specialist topics at postgraduate level; substantial assignment work based on workshops. Occasional subject of variable content incorporating material of substantial postgraduate academic merit, presented by visiting |
| E2898 | CIVL | 7540 | Civil Engineering Topics B | 1 | Occasional subject of variable content incorporating material of substantial postgraduate academic merit, presented by visiting expert/s when available. Occasional subject of variable content incorporating material of substantial postgraduate academic meri |
| E2899 | CIVL | 7550 | Civil Engineering Topics C | 2 | Occasional subject of variable content incorporating material of substantial postgraduate academic merit, presented by visiting expert/s when available. Subject which may be offered at relatively short notice by visiting or specialist lecturers. |