Civil and Structural Engineering Notes

Foundations Engineering (See Cites and References 1 Below):

Geotechnical Engineering Review

Foundation Design

Shallow Foundations

Shallow Foundation Design

Shallow Foundation Settlement

Shallow Foundation Limit Bearing Capacity

Site Exploration

Analysis and Design of Pile Foundations

Analysis, Design, and Installation of Pile Foundations

Pile Driving Analysis and Quality Control

 

Soil Dynamics:

Major Earthquakes

Shear Wave Velocities, Max Displacements, Shear Stresses, and Time vs Displacement Graphs

Active Earth Pressure and Loads

Subsurface Profiles for P and S Wave Velocities Using Seismic Refraction Surveys, Mean Effective Stresses, and Damping Ratios

Triangulating Earthquakes, Earthquake Intensity vs Magnitude, Moment Magnitude, Average Displacement, and Tsunamis

Sliding Masses and Seismic Slope Displacement vs Yield Acceleration

Liquefaction Analysis Using Standard Penetration Tests and Cone Penetration Tests

Earthquake Probability, Seismic Hazard Curves for Peak Horizontal Accelerations, and Probability of Exceedance

Bungee Jumping (Free Vibration) and Time-History Analysis

 

Applied Hydraulics (See Cites and References 2 Below):

Using Mannings Equation for Rectangular Channels

Using Mannings Equation for Trapezoidal Channels

Using the Direct Step Method to Determine a Water Surface Profile

Using Bernoulli's (Energy) Equation and Froud Number with Gradually Varied Flow and Hydraulic Jumps

Weirs and Spillways

Rectangular Weirs, Broad-Crested Weirs, Flumes, and Sluice Gates

Orifices, Manometers, and Venturi Meters

Hydraulic Gradelines and Energy Gradelines in Pipes/Working with Major and Minor Losses

Working with Pipe Pressures, Mutliple Pipe Systems, Hydraulic Grade Lines and Energy Grade Lines, and Reynold's Number

Pipe Networks

Determining Forces on Pipe Bends

Pumps (Mixed Flow, Radial, and Axial)

Pump Design (Discharge Curves, Performance Curves, and Pumps in Series and Parallel)

Turbines (Impulse and Francis)

Turbine Design

Cheat Sheet 1

Cheat Sheet 2

Cheat Sheet 3

 

Open Channel Hydraulics:

Midterm Example: Grass-Lined Channels, Riprap River Repair, and Riprap Lined Channels

Midterm Cheat Sheet: Grass-Lined Channels, Riprap River Repair, and Riprap Lined Channels

Midterm Cheat Sheet: Spillways, Stilling Basins, and Culverts
 

 

Earthquake Engineering:

Single Degree of Freedom Dynamic Analysis Free Vibration

Single Degree of Freedom Dynamic Analysis Forced Vibration

Nonlinear Time History Analysis

Multiple Degree of Freedom Structure Analysis

Free and Forced Vibration Single Degree of Vibration Cheat Sheet

Pushover Analysis Cheat Sheet

Time History Analysis Cheat Sheet

 

Bridge Design:

Drawing and Using Influence Lines for Maximum Moment and Shear Values

Drawing Influence Lines and Using Influence Line Equations to Find Maximum Moment, Shear, and Reaction Values

Two and Three-Pinned Arches

Seismic Design of a Bridge Column

Design of a Suspension Bridge

Suspension Bridge Cable Iteration

Pre-Stressed Beam Design

Final Cheat Sheet

 

Structural Analsysis 2:

Pushover Analysis

Normal Displacement Method for Frames and Closed Form Moment Distribution (Dowell Method) for Beams

 

 

 

 

Cites and References:  

1.) For all foundations engineering links, the questions, tables, figures, and equations referenced are from the book "The Engineering of Foundations" 1st Edition by Rodrigo Salgado ISBN-13: 978-0072500585

 

2.) For all applied hydraulics links, the questions, tables, figures, and equations referenced are from the book "Hydraulic Engineering" 2nd Edition by John A. Roberson, John J. Cassidy, and M. Hanif Chaudhry, Copyright 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

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