printer friendly pageCEE 295: Plasticity Modeling and Computation
Rate-independent elastoplasticity; classical plasticity models for metals and cohesive-frictional materials; cap plasticity models for porous materials; return-mapping algorithm; shear bands, faults, and other discontinuities; Lagrange multipliers, penalty and augmented Lagrangian methods for frictional contact; multiscale techniques: extended finite element and strong discontinuity methods; fault rupture dynamics with bulk plasticity. Prerequisite:
CEE 281 or equivalent.
CEE 296: Special Topics in Fluid-Solid Interactions
Civil, mechanical, and biomedical engineering. Topics include surge and wave impact on structures, tsunami induced sediment transport and scour, wave-soil interactions, dam-reservoir-foundation interactions, shock and blast loads on composite structures, hydroelastic tailoring of composite structures, and blood-vessel interactions. Term project.
CEE 297Q: Large Deformation Computational Inelasticity
Covers kinematics, thermodynamics, constitutive modeling, numerical time integration, and finite element implementation of large deformation inelasticity. Kinematics of multiplicative decomposition and resulting objective stress rates in the current configuration. Linearization for formulation and finite element implementation of algorithm (consistent) tangent moduli, and local Newton-Raphson iteration for solution of nonlinear constitutive models. Emphasis is on being able to formulate, and numerically implement within a nonlinear finite element program, a wide range of finite strain inelastic constitutive models for solid materials of interest.
Instructors:
Regueiro, R. (PI)
CEE 321: Formal Models for Design
Theories, methods, and formal systems to support the design of buildings. Academic and industrial frameworks to represent and manage the products, organizations, and processes of building projects. May be repeated for credit.
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for credit
CEE 342: Computational Modeling of Organizations
For post-M.S. students interested in formal techniques for organization design. Computer simulations of organizations are used to conduct virtual experiments for developing organization theory or to analyze the performance of virtual organizations with different structures and decision support and communication technologies. Research on computational modeling and design of real-world organizations. Paper serves as a research proposal. Prerequisite: 242 or equivalent introductory organization design class.
CEE 345: Game Theory Modeling in Engineering
Game theory involves the analysis of conflict, cooperation and communication, and is a novel and powerful tool for analyzing important issues in engineering management and engineering policy. Class will develop students¿ game theory skills in an applied context. Learn how to set up and solve fundamental game models and apply these skills to building new theories in engineering management through game theory modeling. Class illustrates the arts of game modeling by applying game theory in: (1) contracting and opportunistic bidding; (2) renegotiation in public-private partnerships; (3) partner selection strategies in global projects; and (4) knowledge management and sharing. Students are encouraged to apply game theory to their own research issues or disciplines, and extend their term projects into research papers or theses. Limited class size. Priority for CEE, IPER and MS&E students.
CEE 362: Numerical Modeling of Subsurface Processes
Numerical modeling including: problem formulation, PDEs and weak formulations, and choice of boundary conditions; solution using the finite-element code COMSOL Multiphysics with a variety of solvers and pre- and postprocessing of data; and interpretation of results. Problems include: flow in saturated porous media with complex boundaries and heterogeneities; solute transport with common reaction models; effects of heterogeneity on dispersion, dilution, and mixing of solutes; variable-density flow and seawater intrusion; upscaling or coarsening of scale; and biofilm modeling. Enrollment limited to 5.
CEE 362H: Heterogeneity and Scale in Groundwater
Geologic materials are complex and composite media, in the microscale, but modeled as continua at the macroscale. We examine how our understanding of processes and heterogeneity at the microscale support laws that describe fluxes and change of state variables at the macroscale. We study Darcy's law for porous media, Fickian dispersion, non-Fickian dispersion, dilution of solutes, and mixing of reactants under mass transfer (diffusional) limitations. We use mathematical tools such as homogenization theories and stochastic analysis to find relations among macroscopic quantities. To be taught in Winter, alternate years starting 2011-2012.
CEE 363C: Ocean and Estuarine Modeling
Advanced topics in modeling for ocean and estuarine environments, including methods for shallow water, primitive, and nonhydrostatic equations on Cartesian, curvilinear, and unstructured finite-volume grid systems. Topics include free-surface methods, nonhydrostatic solvers, and advanced Eulerian and Lagrangian advection techniques. Focus is on existing techniques and code packages, and their methodologies, including POM, ROMS, TRIM, ELCOM, and SUNTANS. Prerequisites:
CME 200, 206, or equivalents.
CEE 363F: Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (EESS 363F)
Dynamics of rotating stratified fluids with application to oceanic flows. Topics include: inertia-gravity waves; geostrophic and cyclogeostrophic balance; vorticity and potential vorticity dynamics; quasi-geostrophic motions; planetary and topographic Rossby waves; inertial, symmetric, barotropic and baroclinic instability; Ekman layers; and the frictional spin-down of geostrophic flows. Prerequisite:
CEE 262A or a graduate class in fluid mechanics.
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