Civil Engineering (CIVL)
(Lab required) Principles of testing; testing standards; instrumentation; data acquisition systems; mechanical properties of steel, iron, cement, concrete, asphalt, wood and composites; classification and particle size analysis of soils and aggregates.
(Lab required) Introduction to applied systems analysis approach. Use of applied systems analysis in Civil Engineering. Optimization techniques: linear programming; dynamic programming; other techniques. Evaluation: decision analysis.
(Lab required) Definition of fluid; fluid properties; variation of pressure in a fluid; hydrostatic forces; buoyancy; kinematics of flow; control volumes; continuity; Bernoulli's equation; momentum equation; energy equation; flow in closed conduits; open channel flow.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisites: ENG 1440, MATH 1710 or MATH 1700.
Mutually Exclusive: BIOE 2790
(Lab required) Analysis of deformable bodies; stress and strain in three dimensions; equilibrium equations and strain-displacement relations; constitutive relations and mechanical behaviour of materials; radially symmetric and plane problems in elasticity; relevant experimental demonstrations.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisites: ENG 1440, MATH 1710 or MATH 1700.
Mutually Exclusive: BIOE 2800
(Lab required) Orthographic Drawing: Object Orientation and Views, Space Dimensions, Surfaces, Lines, and Hidden Features. Computer-based Drawings. Applications: Steel and Reinforced Concrete Structures, Digital Terrain Models. Ethical, Legal and Professional Issues.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Co-requisite: CIVL 2840.
Mutually Exclusive: ENG 1400, MECH 2112
(Lab required) Geomatics in civil engineering, map-making, map-reading, computerized maps; leveling; distance measurement angles, directions, traverses; coordinate geometry; electronic survey instruments; global positioning system; geographic information systems; digital photogrammetric methods and data; aspects of route surveying. Not to be held with CIVL 2820.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Pre or Co-requisite: MATH 1210, Co-requisite: CIVL 2830.
Mutually Exclusive: CIVL 2820
(Lab required) Variety of numerical techniques applicable to solutions of problems in civil engineering. May not be held with MATH 2120 or MECH 2150.
(Lab required) Introduction to environmental engineering analysis concepts, basic water and wastewater quality testing. Water pollution and water quality. Design principles used for design of unit operations and processes applied in water and/or wastewater treatment.
(Lab required) Design principles are developed for water, solid/soil and air pollution control. Application of the principles in design projects which may include surface and groundwater remediation, solid waste management, landfilling, soil remediation and site assessment; municipal and industrial wastewater treatment; odour and air pollution abatement facilities.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 3690.
(Lab required) One-dimensional analysis of fluid flow, seepage and heat transfer; truss, beam and frame elements; two-dimensional problems; isoparametric elements and Gauss quadrature; time-dependent problems, diffusion, consolidation, and time integration methods; introduction to commercial packages; solution of problems in civil engineering (seepage, dams, pavements).
(Lab required) Soil and rock properties: laboratory and field techniques; in situ states of stress and consolidations; constitutive models; stress beneath loaded areas and around tunnels; analysis of simple retaining structures and slopes; stability and settlement of shallow and deep foundations in soil and rock.
(Lab required) Hydraulics of uniform and gradually varied flow; backwater computation and classification of surface water profiles; hydraulic jumps, spillways, and stilling basins; flow over weirs; hydraulic models; theory of turbo-machinery.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 2790.
(lab required) Basic hydrological processes; precipitation; evapotranspiration; infiltration and runoff; analytical methods; hydrograph theory and application; application to reservoir design; project floods and flow forecasting; statistical analysis.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite or corequisite: CIVL 2790.
(Lab required) Different structural forms and load distribution, analysis of cables; statically determinate curved, beams and frames; influence lines; energy methods and deflections of structures; flexibility and stiffness methods; computer-aided structural analysis; introduction to structural dynamics.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 2800.
(Lab required) Introduction to design of steel structures; loading calculations based on building codes; structural configurations; design of beams, columns, beam-columns and connections based on limit state design.
(Lab required) Introduction to transportation. Overview of Canada and U.S. transport systems. Fundamentals of transport systems analysis. Introduction to sequential demand modeling. Analysis and evaluation of uninterrupted flow on highways. Highway capacity and level of service. Fundamentals of traffic engineering studies. Basics of geometric design of highways. Basics of design of at-grade intersections.
(Lab required) Fundamentals of uncertainty, risk, reliability and decision making in Civil Engineering applications. Mathematical basis for analyzing the effects of uncertainty on Civil Engineering design. Data driven modelling and analysis of multi-variable Civil Engineering systems. Computer-based numerical and simulation methods to evaluate uncertainty in Civil Engineering applications. Risk analysis using Bayesian Decision Theory.
(Lab required) Introduction to the building codes that govern masonry design. Advanced design procedures for masonry members and structures. Single-story and multi-story building design.
(Lab required) Constituent materials (cement, admixtures, etc.) of concrete; performance-based design and control of concrete mixtures; fresh, hardened and durability properties of concrete.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 2770.
(Lab required) Best practices in sustainable design; current standards that govern building envelope components, cladding systems, membranes, interface details and indoor air quality. Industry challenges; presents fundamental principles of building science and demonstrates their application to the design, repair and maintenance of buildings; building systems; how environments affect material performance. May not be held with BIOE 4412 or BIOE 4700.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 3760, Pre or Corequisite: CIVL 3770.
Mutually Exclusive: BIOE 4412, BIOE 4700
(Lab required) Introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM) as a product and a process; BIM concepts and workflows in a construction project life cycle; design development and coordination using BIM; model-based scheduling and cost estimating; Virtual Reality-assisted model coordination and reviews. May not be held with CIVL 4500 when titled Building Information Modelling in Construction.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: ENG 3000.
(Lab required) Special topics in structural engineering including analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures, fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP)- reinformced concrete structures, and wood structures.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Pre- or corequisite: CIVL 3770.
(Lab required) Fundamentals of highway bridge engineering, base knowledge of bridge construction technology and tools for structural analysis and evaluation for most common bridge types built in North America according to current standards.
(Lab required) Dynamic loads in civil engineering; overview of structural dynamics; single-degree-of-freedom systems; free-vibration, harmonic, periodic and impulsive loads; multi-degree-of-freedom systems; distributed systems; beam vibrations; steady-state vibrations of foundations; introduction to earthquake engineering; elastic waves in soils, response and design spectrums; wind vibrations.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 3760.
Introduction to engineering economics. Time value of money and discounted cash flow calculations. Comparing alternatives. Replacement analysis and life-cycle costing. Public sector engineering economy studies. Private sector engineering economy studies. Before and after-tax analysis. Applications in cost-estimating. Applications in asset management systems. Basic accounting. Accommodating capital limitations. Dealing with inflation. Dealing with risk and uncertainty.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: STAT 2220 or (STAT 1000 and STAT 2000).
Equiv To: ENG 3000
(Lab required) Teams of students apply environmental management techniques, such as: impact assessment, site assessment, and auditing to selected engineering construction projects and operations; several oral and written reports are required. Co- or
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
prerequisite: CIVL 3700.
(Lab required) Design of unit processes used in potable water treatment plants: solid/liquid separation, oxidation, coagulation, filtration, adsorption and disinfection. Determination of design parameters through laboratory studies. Water treatment plants design standards and guidelines.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 3690.
(Lab required) Engineering principles and the practice of integrated management of solid wastes, including characteristics, sorting, utilization and final disposal in landfill. Principles of leachate and hazardous waste management and disposal.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Pre or Co-requisite: CIVL 3700.
(Lab required) Development of a river water quality model; waste allocation modelling; modelling of the sites selection process; analysis of environmental impact using technical and non-technical (i.e. sociological, ethical, aesthetic) parameters.
(Lab required) Introduction to the principles of groundwater chemistry; chemical evolution of natural groundwater flow systems; sources of contamination; mass transport processes; hydrochemical behaviour of contaminants; nuclear waste disposal; non-aqueous phase organics; aquifer remediation.
(Lab required) Site characterization; design and construction of surface footings, deep foundations, tunnels, earth and rock support systems; design and remediation of slopes; frozen soils and foundation design; geosynthetics and geofabrics in geotechnical construction; reinforced earth; geoenvironmental issues; tailing dams, clean-up, and remediation.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 3730.
(Lab required) Case-history approach to geotechnical engineering practice from civil and mining engineering; relationship between predicted and observed behaviour; surface and shallow footings; propped walls and bulkheads; rock and soft ground tunneling; deep foundations; rock and soil slopes; culverts; geoenvironmental problems.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 3730.
(Lab required) Introduction to soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Behavior of soil subjected to various types of dynamic or cyclic loadings; liquefaction and lateral spreading of soil; design of shallow and deep foundations. retaining structures, slopes and pavements subject to seismic loading; design code provisions.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 3730.
(Lab required) Introduction to the theory of groundwater flow, flow nets, regional groundwater flow, well hydraulics, role of groundwater in geologic and engineering processes, multiphase flow.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisites: CIVL 2790, GEOL 1340 ( or the former GEOL 2250), MATH 2130 (or MATH 2110), MATH 2132 (or MATH 2100).
Mutually Exclusive: GEOL 3450
(Lab required) Water supply and the design of water distribution systems. Urban hydrology and design of wastewater and stormwater collection systems. Manitoba specific applications will be discussed.
The student will undertake an original study involving engineering design, procedure, or experimental investigation that emphasizes the student's initiative and judgement. The student must demonstrate an ability to plan, conduct and formally report on the study by written thesis and oral presentation. May not be held with CIVL 4330.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisites: Completion of 120 credit hours, and [ENG 2030 or ENG 2040 (or the former ENG 2010).].
Equiv To: CIVL 4330
(Lab required) Sources and classification of hazardous and industrial wastes. Overview of the waste management problem. Theory and applications of various physical, chemical, and thermal, waste treatment processes. Waste elimination options and strategies.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 3690.
(Lab required) Introduction to the theory and application of water resources planning and management as a constrained optimization problem with multiple conflicting objectives. Water laws including international, inter-provincial and local regulations will be discussed. The process for planning a water resource project, including identifying the problems and opportunities, resource and demand forecasting, plan formulation and evaluation, and optimization will be discussed.
(Lab required) Infrastructure engineering; drainage systems, maintenance engineering and management. Construction and project management; workplace health and safety, construction site field trips, construction equipment, temporary facilities, project management. Elements of law for civil engineers.
(Lab required) Limit state design of reinforced concrete; analysis and design of beams and one-way slabs subjected to bending and shear; bond, cracking and deflection considerations; column design; isolated footings.
(Lab required) Concepts of risk and design in transportation engineering. Bicycle and pedestrian integrated design. Design of public transportation systems. Design of sustainable streets and communities. Commercial vehicle operations. Design for trucks. Introduction to pavement engineering and design. Elements of railway engineering. Legislative and policy framework for transportation engineering.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 3790.
(Lab required) Trade-offs in transportation systems analysis. Advanced sequential demand modeling. Contemporary approach to transportation planning period road safety engineering. Crash analysis, countermeasures, and evaluation. Sustainable transportation and system design. Transportation, energy use, emissions, and the environment. Transportation financing and management.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: CIVL 3790.
(Lab required) Pavement traffic loading, soil and aggregate types and properties; asphalt mix design; performance test methods; flexible and rigid pavement analysis; mechanistic-empirical structural design of pavements; surface characteristics; non-destructive testing; life-cycle cost analysis.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Pre- or corequisite: CIVL 3790.
Impact of technology and technological change on society - past, present, future; specific technologies, e.g. construction, machine power, computers, communications, medical, military: the process of technological change; invisible effects of technology; technology and resource use; sustainable development, limits to growth and the role of technology.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: one of the courses from the list of Written English for Engineering Students, or the former ENGL 1310, or the former ENGL 1320.
(Lab required) Rainfall-runoff processes, flood routing; characteristics and mechanics of flow in (natural) channels; computer modelling of watershed hydrology and hydraulics; influence of man-made structures; river morphology, sediment transport prediction, design of a stable channel; river ice processes.
This course will cover contemporary topics in Civil Engineering. The specific topics and a detailed outline will be available at the time of registration prior to the start of the registration period for the session in which the course will be offered.
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated.
Prerequisite: Permission of the department head.
An interdisciplinary project-based course involving engineering design, teamwork and delivered in studio format. Students are expected to work in pre-assigned teams under the guidance of professional engineers on a pre-determined project. Lecture material will cover project management, construction, environmental and economic issues. Each team will be required to give an oral presentation of their design project.