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InternationalSecond Cycle Degree / Two Year Master’s
CIVIL ENGINEERING
School of Engineering and Architecture Bologna, Italy
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITA’ DI BOLOGNA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Presentation p. 3
2. Career opportunities p. 5
3. Admission requirements, enrolment, and contact details p. 6
4. Course Structure p. 7
5. Laboratories and Department Facilities p. 9
6. Course contents p. 10
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UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA The institution that we today call the University of Bologna was the first university in thewestern world, taking shape in Bologna at the end of the eleventh century. In line withtheir strong tradition, the University of Bologna is now one of the most important andbest reputed of the Italian universities.
Bologna is characterized by the largest Italian medieval historical city centre, and is veryfriendly to the 80.000 students that constitute 16% of its population.
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International Second Cycle Degree / Two Year Master’s
CIVIL ENGINEERING
International Second Cycle Degree / Two Year Master’s
CIVIL ENGINEERING
PresentationThe International Master Course in Civil Engineering is an internationalgraduate program (Laurea Magistrale) in Civil Engineering granted byUniversity of Bologna - Alma Mater Studiorum, entirely taught in English.According to the rules of University of Bologna, this Laurea Magistrale degreeis equivalent to a Master’s of Science. A Dual Degree program (LaureaMagistrale + US Master) with Columbia University is also offered.The program is open to students of any Nationality. The main goal of theprogram is educating professionals with the necessary in-depth scientific andtechnical knowledge in the field of civil engineering, within a multiculturaleducational environment. The program is intended to give to the students firmtechnical bases while nurturing decision-making and leadership potential. Itprepares graduates to practice their profession at an advanced level and witha unique exposure to an international environment to better understandglobal issues of civil engineering.All courses and activities are given in English. The master duration is two years(4 semesters) during which there are core and curriculum courses. The coremodules, common for all students, aim at consolidating fundamentals andimproving modelling capabilities in the classical areas of Civil Engineering suchas structural mechanics and engineering, hydraulics and hydrology, soilmechanics, road design and transportation. Some courses will be given byinvited foreign professors.In the second year, the curricula courses allow the students to specialize in thefollowing areas of concentration:STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING;TERRITORIAL INFRASTRUCTURES.Students may also choose to attend courses across the two areas ofconcentration. The curricula courses allow students to become skilled in civil-engineering project-management, in design and analysis of civil-engineering
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International Second Cycle Degree / Two Year Master’s
CIVIL ENGINEERING
structures and infrastructures, providing a comprehensive know how on civilengineering materials, technologies and processes. The Civil EngineeringBoard will help students selecting the courses and building their owncurriculum.In order to obtain the Master’s Degree (Laurea Magistrale), students mustsuccessfully complete all the courses and discuss a final dissertation, for aminimum of 120 Credits (ECTS).The courses will be organized with in-class teaching activities, practice, designand laboratory activities. The lectures of the course will be recorded andavailable for the students by means of a podcast system. The final examconsists in the public discussion of a dissertation (the Master thesis).
Dual Degree with Columbia University (New York, USA)The Dual Degree is a joint education Master Program between the Universityof Bologna and the Columbia University, New York. Students may obtain, intwo years, the International Master (Laurea Magistrale Internazionale) atUniversity of Bologna and the Master of Science at Columbia University.Typically, the students enrolled in Bologna will attend the courses at Universityof Bologna during the first year and at Columbia University during the secondyear. To be enrolled at Columbia University students must have certified TOEFLand GRE scores. The H2CU Interuniversity Center (http://www.h2cu.com) willprovide some fellowships to cover the fee expenses for the second year inNew York.
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
After the Master, civil engineers plan and design all types ofbuildings, houses, industrial plants, bridges, roads and railways,waterways and water reservoirs.Besides these traditional activities, in industrialised and rapidlyevolving societies, the skills of Civil Engineers are increasinglyrequested in the fields of territory planning and environmentpreservation. Moreover, the arising demand for safety andprotection against natural and industrial risks is the frameworkin which the skills of Civil Engineers meet the continuouslyevolving needs of Civil Protection.Main employers of civil engineers are national andinternational construction companies, engineering andconsultancy agencies and, public authorities. Quite a number ofcivil engineers are self-employed and run their own company oroffice.
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, ENROLMENT, and CONTACT DETAILS
A Bachelor degree is required to access the International Master in CivilEngineering. For Italian students, the required degree is a fi rst level Laurea in“Civil Engineering” or in “Environmental Engineering”.A Board will evaluate the curriculum of applicant foreign students and ofItalian students with different first level Laureas. For the admission rules, seethe Master’s Web page:
http://corsi.unibo.it/civil-engineering/Pages/call-for-applications-20142015.aspx
For further information please contact us and visit our website:
Contacts:
Support to International Courses – DICAM - Department of Civil, Chemical,Environmental and Materials Engineering
Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna (BO)
Tel +39 051 2093358
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The courses offered at the International Master Course in Civil Engineering
FIRST YEAR1st Semester
2nd Semester
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Numerical Methods 12 Module 1. Introduction to
Numerical Methods6
Module 2. Finite Element Analysis
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Advanced Structural Mechanics 9 Module 1. Elastic and Plastic
Analysis of Structures6
Module 2. Structural Design Projects A
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Advanced Hydrosystems Engineering
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Module 1. Advanced Urban Water System Engineering
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Module 2. Uncertainty and Risk in Hydraulic Systems
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Advanced Design of Structures
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Module 1. Advanced Design of Concrete Structures
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Module 2. Structural Design Projects B
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Infrastructure Systems 9Module 1. Sustanaible
Transportation Engineering6
Module 2. Uncertainty and Risk in Transportation Systems
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Design Projects 6Civil Engineering Research
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SECOND YEAR
1st Semester
2nd Semester
Structural Engineering Curriculum
Territorial Infrastructures Curriculum
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Geotechnical Engineering 6 Managing Engineering and
Construction Processes6
Curriculum Course n. 1 6 Curriculum Course n. 2 6 Elective Course n. 1 6
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Curriculum Course n. 3
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Curriculum Course n. 4 6Elective Course n. 2 6Final dissertation 12
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Computational Mechanics
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Earthquake Engineering 6Structural Safety 6Mechanics of Historical Masonry Structures
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Structural Strengthening & Rehabilitation
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Sustainability in Construction 6
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Coastal Engineering 6Advanced Hydrology & Water Resources
Management6
Applied Geomatics 6Context-Sensitive Design in
Transportation Infrastructures
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Engineering Geology 6
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LABORATORIES AND DEPARTMENT FACILITIES
The Laboratories support both teaching and research activities in the field ofCivil Engineering. During the courses and the preparation of the final thesisthe students will find in the laboratories and the facilities of the department avery interesting and exciting place to improve their knowledge and abilities.The laboratories of the department are:
- Strength of Materials Lab- Structural Engineering Lab- Geotechnics Lab- Hydraulics Lab- Roads Lab- Transportation Lab- Geodesy Lab- Computational Mechanics Lab- Computer Aided Design and Numerical Modelling Lab
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ADVANCED HYDROSYSTEMS ENGINEERINGLearning outcomesThe course focuses on water supply systems and urban drainage network, withparticular attention to the estimation of design variables, practical design,energy savings, water quality and hydraulic machines.Course contents1. Basic urban hydrology.2. Estimation of water demands.3. Water supply systems and energy saving.4. Urban drainage systems.5. Water quality in urban drainage systems.
ADVANCED STRUCTURAL MECHANICSLearning outcomesThe course is an extension and intensification of Mechanics of Solids andStructures. The goal of the course is to advance the understanding ofstructural behavior and enhance the ability to apply classical structuralanalysis methods to civil engineering systems.Course contents1. Overview of classical methods for structural analysis.2. Elastic analysis (linear). Structural matrix analysis (computer basedsimulations).3. Plastic analysis. Limit analysis.4. Buckling analysis. Elastic stability, buckling loads.
COURSE CONTENTSIn the following, learning outcomes and course contents are summarized for all required andelective courses available to Civil Engineering students. Contents are based on those ofAcademic Year 2013-14. Updates and further details are available on the programme website:
http://corsi.unibo.it/civil-engineering
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NUMERICAL METHODSLearning outcomesA successful learner from this course will be able to: a) deal with numericalanalysis topics such as: accuracy, truncation and round-off errors, conditionnumbers, convergence, stability, curve-fitting, interpolation, numericaldifferentiation and integration, numerical linear algebra; b) deal withnumerical methods for solving ordinary and partial differential equations, withfinite difference and finite element methods for parabolic and elliptic partialdifferential equations, applications of computer programs to case studiesderived from civil engineering practice.Course contents - Numerical Methods I1. Key idea: accuracy, precision, truncation and round-off errors, conditionnumbers, operation counts, convergence and stability.2. Numerical Linear Algebra: direct and iterative methods for linear systems.3. Solution to single equations and multiple non-linear equations.4. Interpolation and approximation: interpolating polynomials, cubic splines,least-square fitting.5. Numerical differentiation and integration: Newton-Cotes quadratureformulas, Gaussian quadrature.6. Classification of PDEs: elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic equations.7. Finite difference methods. Stability, consistency, and convergence theory.Course contents - Numerical Methods II1. Preliminaries: generalities on numerical methods for PDE's, classification of2nd order linear PDE's, elliptic problems.2. Finite Elements Methods(formulation of the finite element method in 1-D and 2-D continuum, basic 1-Dand 2-D finite elements, modeling and programming aspects of the finiteelement method).3. Applications to elliptic and parabolic problems, the Stokes problem andlinear elasticity.
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ADVANCED DESIGN OF STRUCTURESLearning outcomesAdvanced methods for the verification and design of concrete structures willbe given. The methods are based on the mechanics and simplified models forone- and two-dimensional concrete structures. A variety of civil engineeringstructures will be analysed. The advanced methods will be used to solve somereal problems, with reference to European and US Codes and Guide Lines. Thestudents will design some one- and two-dimensional structures under thesupervision of the teacher.Course contentsThe course is divided into two teaching units: the first one, with 6 credits, ismainly focused on the designing of reinforced concrete structures while thesecond one refers to the design of steel structures and prestressed RCelements.
DESIGN PROJECTSLearning outcomesIn the course the students will develop a project concerning one of the subjectcovered in the courses of the 1st year. In particular, the student will develop aproject in one of the following fields: structural, hydraulics, road andtransportation. The project will be done by the student alone or in smallgroups, under the supervision of the instructor.Course contentsIn the course, students will develop a project concerning one of the mainareas of the civil engineering course: structures, hydraulics, road &transportation. The project will be done individually or in small groups,organized at the beginning of the course. The teacher will illustrate the mainstep of the design procedure, and the students will follow them with in-classand at-home work.
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INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMSLearning outcomesThe main goals of this course are: (i) to review and explain the theoreticalfoundations of methods that are necessary to understand, apply and evaluatethe various scientific and technological approaches which claim to improvingthe sustainability of transportation; (ii) to present examples of theaforementioned approaches such as alternative fuels and propulsion methods,innovative transport systems, and various taxation schemes to includeexternal costs and attempts to change awareness. One of the main purposes isto make students capable to critically analyze the potential of new approachesto sustainable transportation, rather than to give a complete coverage of allknown methods proposed to date.The student knows how to study the problems related with the vulnerability ofroad infrastructures, the risk analysis of in-ground constructions, theverification of existing roads and the design of new roads. He is also able toprepare maintenance plans and safety plans for roads and galleries.Course contentsThe course programme of the Sustainable Transportation Engineering moduleincludes the following themes:1. Overview: What sustainable transportation engineering is and why it isneeded.2. Vehicles: theory of movement, dynamics, energy consumption, queues andflows of vehicles3. Transport networks: Modeling of multi-modal transport networks4. Transport demand: Direct and model based estimation of the transportdemand5. Environmental, social and economic impacts of transport6. Sustainable transport planning: practical methods for long and short termtransport plans7. Innovation in Automobile technologies: technologies making cars moreefficient and cleaner, including intelligent transport systems (ITS) andcybercars8. Innovation in Public transport technologies: new trends and technologies inPublic transport, including automated people movers (APM) and PersonalRapid Transit (PRT)
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9. Bicycle transport: Cycling is the most sustainable transport mode, butrequires special planning methods.10. Case studies: Cities like Vauban (Freiburg, Germany) or Masdar city (AbuDhabi, UEA) have achieved an extraordinary high level of sustainability andquality of life.The contents of the Uncertainty and Risk in Transportation Systems (URTS)module1. Overview of Multimodal Transportation Events of Interest (Natural DisasterEvents, Unintentional Events, Attacks on Multimodal TransportationInfrastructure).2. Review of basic principles, Uncertainty, Probability and Risk.3. Road Safety Management Concepts – Directive 2008/96/EC of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on Road InfrastructureSafety Management.4. Road Safety Impact Assessment for Infrastructure Projects, Road SafetyAudit.5. Safety ranking and management of the road network in operation, SafetyInspections.6. Risks in Tunnels - Directive 2004/54/EC f the European Parliament and ofthe Council of 29 April 2004 on minimum safety requirements for tunnels inthe Trans-European Road Network.7. Quantitative Risk Analysis Model8. F/N Curves for the Societal Risk9. Pavement Management System - Road maintenance planning.10. Life-Cycle Benefit/Cost Analysis under Certainty, Risk, and Uncertainty.
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CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH ALearning outcomesThe course is intended to be a preliminary activity for the development of thefinal year project. Summer schools and research periods in foreign universitiescan be recognized.Course contentsThe activity is flexible and is generally agreed with the final year projectadvisor and/or the Coordinator of the Master Degree programme. The activityis verified and certified by a commission that assesses the work carried out bythe student who presents a written report.
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERINGLearning outcomesThe course is aimed at providing students with advanced knowledge of soilmechanics and geotechnical modelling, with special emphasis on theirapplications to the design of civil engineering structures. On successfulcompletion of the course, the student will: know the characteristics andpeculiarities of soil behaviour, be able to determine and compare physical andmechanical soil parameters, learn skills and develop methods for the design ofmain geotechnical structures.Course contents1. Characteristics and peculiarities of soil behaviour.2. Revision of basic soil mechanics concepts. Soil description and classification.Groundwater, permeability and seepage. One-dimensional compression andconsolidation rate. Stress distribution due to surface loads from elastic theory.Calculation of soil settlements. Soil shear strength and failure criteria.3. The experimental soil behaviour. Laboratory testing of volume element. Thetriaxial test. 4. Stress and strain analysis of the experimental data. Drained andundrained conditions. 5. Critical State Soil Mechanics.6. Geotechnical investigations. Planning, executing, data processing, resultsinterpretation. 7. Site monitoring and observational method.8. Stability analysis of geotechnical works. Stress paths. Drained and undrainedconditions. 9. Total and effective stress analyses. Limit equilibrium methods.The application of plasticity and limit analysis.
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10. Retaining walls. Gravity and embedded retaining structures. Criteria fordesign and stability analyses.11. Shallow foundations. Bearing capacity and settlements. General loadingconditions and stratified soil.12. Piled foundations. Pile types and installation methods, design of singlepiles, load tests, integrity testing, lateral loads. Pile groups and piled rafts.
MANAGING ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PROCESSESLearning outcomesA successful learner from this course will know the principles, methods andtools necessary to manage design and construction processes, elements ofplanning, estimating, scheduling, bidding and contractual relationships,valuation of project cash flows, critical path method, survey of constructionprocedures, cost control and effectiveness, field supervision.Course contentsThe course aims at providing basis for understanding and managingconstruction processes. To reach this aim, the course is divided in twomodules, each of 30 hours.The FIRST PART will provide a framework for understanding and analyzing bothfinancial and managerial accounting as well as broader managerial issues.Lectures and readings provide an introduction to the following concepts:balance sheet, income statement, cash flows, different types of costs, presentvalue techniques, capital budgeting.The SECOND PART of the course addresses the fundamental principles ofproject management and how to best apply these principles in today'sbusiness environment, with applications in the engineering and constructionindustry. It will cover the following main topics: a) basic principles of projectmanageme; b) specific approaches and tools; c) the broader business contextof project management; d) application to the engineering and constructionindustry.
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CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH BLearning outcomesThe activity is the final year project, that can be carried out abroad.Course contentsThe activity is flexible and is generally agreed with the final year projectadvisor. The activity is verified and certified by the final Master Degree thesisdefense.
MECHANICS OF HISTORICAL MASONRY AND STRUCTURESLearning outcomesThe goal of the course is providing the students with the fundamentals for theanalysis of historical masonry structures. In particular, the course deals withthe theoretical aspects, the numerical tools and the experimental tools for aneffective structural diagnosis of historic structures for conservation orrehabilitation. Structures from different periods are analysed.Course contentsPRELIMINARY ASPECTS: Masonry Systems in Historical Constructios;Conservation politics. Relevant phenomenology regarding collapse. Provisionalsupport and Reconstruction after collapse of historical constructions.PART ONE: Standards and Experimental Evidence on masonry prototypes.Non-destructive tests for collecting mechanical parameters of masonry(phisical lab vision)PART TWO: Theories and models of structural behaviour of masonry. Examplesof applications (numerical lab hands-on).PART THREE: Case Histories (Ghirlandina Tower, Rialto bridge)
STRUCTURAL SAFETYLearning outcomesThe student will be acquainted with the different methods available at thetime for evaluation of the safety and risk associated with civil structures.The objective of these methods is the evaluation of the probability of violationof a limit state function (such as collapse). The failure probability will beobtained from the various sources of uncertainty/randomness associatedwith: loadings, material properties, structural geometry, boundary conditions,as well as structural models and analysis techniques.
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The course will also cover example of structurally sound systems as well ofmajor structural collapse/failures both with reference to static and seismicloadings.The reasons behind the selection of the safety factors used in common Codeswill also be covered.Course contents1. Review of probability theory2. Structural Component reliability analysis3. Analysis of uncertainties - Bayesian Reliability analysis4. Structural Systems Reliability analysis5. Simulation methods6. Probabilistic codified Design7. Examples of "Robust" structural design8. Examples of structural failures.
COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICSLearning outcomesThe course is an introduction to Computational Mechanics of Solids andStructures. The goal of the course is providing the students with thefundamental concepts and operating tools to solve current structuralproblems using computer technology.Course contentsThe course provides the students with an overview on the Finite Elementformulations and methods (FEM), addressed to structural analysis.Topics cover also relevant computational aspects, allowing students tounderstand how both linear and nonlinear mechanical phenomena can befaced.Topics cover also relevant formulation and computational aspects of modelinglaminated structures, either in static deformations or free vibrations. Variousshear deformation theories will be explained in detail. MATLAB codes will begiven to students and examples will be proposed.
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The lectures consist of two short courses of 30 hours each, essentially basedon linear elasticity.The courses include both lessons and laboratory regarding the followingtopics:1) Short introduction to MATLAB2) Discrete Systems3) Analysis of Bars4) Analysis of 2D Trusses5) Trusses in 3D Space6) Bernoulli Beams7) 2D Frames8) Analysis of 3D Frames9) Analysis of Grids10) Analysis of Timoshenko Beams11) Plane Stress12) Analysis of Mindlin Plates13) Laminated Plates
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERINGLearning outcomesDuring the course students will learn the fundamental aspects of earthquakeengineering, and in particular: fundamentals of engineering seismology,fundamentals of structural dynamics, definition of the seismic actions,behaviour of structures under earthquake actions -with reference to both theelastic and the inelastic behavior- structural design approaches according tothe most important codes and regulations. The design methods will bedescribed with reference to reinforced concrete and steel structures.Course contents1. SEISMOLOGY FUNDAMENTALSa. Earth structure, tectonics, faults, faulting mechanisms, earthquakerecurrence, elastic rebound theory, magnitude measures, earthquake energy.b. Accelerograms: recording, properties, basic intensity measures. Soil andtopographic effects.
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2. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS OF SDOF SYSTEMSa. Un-damped free vibrations;b. Damped free vibrations;c. Forced vibrations;d. Response to a base acceleration: Duhamel integral and time-stepping
procedures (Newmark method etc.).e. Elastoplastic SDOF systems.3. RESPONSE SPECTRAa. Acceleration, displacement, velocity, pseudo-acceleration and pseudo-
velocity response spectra;b. Soil effects, magnitude effects.c. Non-linear response spectra: constant strength-reduction-factor spectra,
and constant ductility spectra.d. Ductility- and strength-based design.4. SEISMIC HAZARDa. Source models;b. Recurrence relationships;c. Attenuation relationships;d. Deterministic seismic hazard analysis;e. Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis;f. Uniform hazard spectra.5. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS OF MDOF STRUCTURESa. Mass, stiffness and damping matrixes;b. Modal analysis of plane structures;c. Static condensation;d. Free vibration;e. Response to ground acceleration;f. Maximum response analysis (response spectra analysis).g. Damping models;h. Modal combination rules: SRSS, CQC;i. Analysis of 3D structures. Effects of regularity.
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6. SEISMIC DESIGN FUNDAMENTALSa. Performance based design: Definition of limit states and performance levels.b. Design response spectra: behaviour factor;c. Linear analysis methods;d. Definition of masses and combination of seismic effects with the effects of other loads;e. Capacity design fundamentals.7. SEISMIC DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURESa. Ductility classes;b. Capacity design of frame structures;c. Interaction between walls and frames;d. Design of ductile walls.8. SEISMIC DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURESa. Capacity design;b. Moment resisting frames;c. Concentrically Braced Frames;d. Eccentrically Braced Frames;e. Buckling Restrained Braced Frames;f. Other systems9. NONLINEAR ANALYSISa. Nonlinear beam-column models;b. Nonlinear static analysis;c. Nonlinear dynamic analysis;10. ADVANCED SEISMIC PROTECTION TECHNIQUESa. Base isolation;b. Dampers.11. SEMINARS ON VARIOUS ADVANCED TOPICS (e.g. displacement based design, rocking structures, etc.)
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STRUCTURAL STRENGTHENING & REHABILITATIONLearning outcomesIn the course, the student will acquire the techniques for the strengtheningand rehabilitation of civil structures (buildings and infrastructures), made ofreinforced concrete, steel or masonry. The techniques for strengthening inseismic areas will be also studied.Course contentsTo be defined for the next academic year.
APPLIED GEOMATICSLearning outcomesThe student through this course will gain the knowledge to integrate modernsurveying technologies offered by geomatics for the metrical study of objects,sites, and territory in a consistent way using space geodesy as source of globalpositioning. Students will learn how to use space-geodetic techniques suitablefor multi-scale measurements (global to local), and thus he will be able tointegrate in situ observations, airborne surveying and imagery. In particular,through this course the student will extend the fundamentals of landsurveying toward the satellite based and terrestrial surveying robotic systemsfor precise positioning and geodetic monitoring.Course contentsPART ONE: SPACE GEODESY – REFERENCE FRAMES – GEODETIC MONITORING1. Fundamentals of Space Geodesy and Satellite Positioning. Internationalreferences frames and their transformations. Introduction to GlobalNavigation Satellite System (GNSS): description of GPS modernization,GLONASS improvements, and the development of Galileo and Compass.2. Space Geodesy techniques versus robotic total station surveys.3. Land Surveying, staking out and geodetic monitoring. Design andmonumentation of integrated networks. Field procedures and data analysis.PART TWO: DIGITAL TERRAIN MODELING4. Review of Geomatic Methods for 3D data acquisition.5. Basic Elements of Digital Terrain Modeling (DTM) and main applications inCivil Engineering, Surveying and Photogrammetry, Earth Science, Planning andResource Management.
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6. Surface Representation from Point Data. Interpolation: Global and LocalMethods. Kriging. Gridding and Grid Resampling, Search Algorithms inGridding and Interpolation.
7. TIN and Grids: comparison of data structures. Filtering and smoothing ofgridded data. TIN data, Voronoi Diagrams and Delaunay Triangulation,methods for TIN construction.
8. DTM manipulation and DTM Derivatives (Slope Maps, Aspect maps,Viewsheds, Watersheds). Volume computation, contours, drainagenetworks.
PART THREE: GIS MODELING AND DTM9. Basics of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Analysis operators on
vector and raster datasets.10. Environmental modeling in GIS environments, use of DTM and satellite
imagery in GIS.11. Practical examples of GIS applications (resource allocation, risk analysis,
environmental monitoring and modeling by GIS, change analysis).
CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DESIGN IN TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURESLearning outcomesThe terms Context Sensitive Design and Context Sensitive Solutions refer to anapproach or process as much as they do an outcome. What is unique and"groundbreaking" is that CSD/CSS recognizes that infrastructural projects arenot just the responsibility or concern of engineers and constructors, or for thatmatter only the responsibility of the transportation agency. Instead, CSD/CSScalls for the interdisciplinary collaboration of technical professionals, localcommunity interest groups, landowners, facility users, the general public, andessentially any and all stakeholders who will live and work near or use theinfrastructure. It is through this process and team approach that the owningagency gains an understanding and appreciation of community values andstrives to incorporate or address these in the evolution of the project.The student attending this course will be facing the major externalitiesproduced by the transportation infrastructures and understand how thesenegative aspects could be mitigated through the adoption of Context SensitiveSolutions. Basically the studied aspects will focus on landscape, territorial
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fragmentation, noise emissions, run-off water pollution and GHG emissions.The course will deal with all the mentioned instances and apply theengineering recognized techniques for the qualification and quantification ofthe detrimental effects produced by the externality. By means of specificexamples and a work group project students will be asked to render theprincipal solutions described during the lectures. In particular, landscapingtechniques, defragmentation faunal passageways, noise barriers, wash-offwater management systems will be applied to a case history road designproject. Other aspects such as road noise emissions, air pollution descriptorsand mitigation techniques and airport externalities management will beillustrated with the help of external experts.Course contents1. Context Sensitive Design and Context Sensitive Solutions2. Basic CSD and CSS concepts. Highway flexibility.3. Landscaping. Soil-bio engineering techniques. Mitigation and greenretaining structures. 4. Shielding.5. Design of a brushlayering slope.6. Territorial Fragmentation. Fragmentation indexes. Faunal movements.Defragmentation techniques. Faunal passageways. Ducts and Ecoducts.7. Sound and Noise. Decibels. Measuring noise. Noise pollution standards.Protection from noise. Low noise pavements. Porous asphalts. Dimensioningacoustic barriers. Non acoustic aspects of barriers. Design of acoustic barriers.Acoustic pavement materials.8. Wash off stormwaters. Road first flush water collection. Water treatment.First flush harvesting and treatment. Best Management Practices. Greensolutions: lamination, filtration, infiltration and ponds.9. Air pollutants. Effects on humans. Mitigation techniques. Anti-smogpavements. Low energy bituminous materials.10. Airport externalities: noise, gas, water and risk.
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ADVANCED HYDROLOGY & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTLearning outcomesA successful learner from this course will be able to: - use, compare anddevelop hydrological models, in particular models for simulating the physicalprocesses that contribute to the formation of the river flows. - applytechniques and policies for the management of water resources, in particularreservoirs and water supply systems.Course contents1. Fundaments of hydrology2. Spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation3. Rainfall-runoff modelling: lumped and spatially distributed models,calibration and validation of rainfall-runoff models4. Uncertainty analysis5. Generation of synthetic hydrological series6. Frequency analysis of hydrological extremes7. Estimation of water resources availability8. Water quality modeling9. Drought prevention measures10. Climate change and water resources.
COASTAL ENGINEERINGLearning outcomesThis course aims at providing tools for static analysis and basic skills for theevaluation of coastal structures impact and design. The course will introduceand describe processes that characterize the oceanic and littoral environmentand provide tools for the analysis and design of coastal defences, harbours andoffshore structures. Observations and physical intuition for understandingphysical processes are emphasized.Course contentsMarine environment. Sea level: long period variation, tide, storm surge.Wind: generation, measurements and statistics. Currents due to tide, windand density. Waves: Airy theory for propagatory and stationary waves, solitarywave, breaking, reflection, refraction and diffraction, irregular waves andcharacteristic parameters, wave generation by wind, generation andpropagation zones.
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Ships and navigation. Ships characteristics and dimensions. Ship dynamics andcontrol. Route signals. Entrance, exit and quay approach maneuvers.Simulation models. Approach channel and maneuver area dimensions.Harbor design. Industrial and touristic harbor layout: examples, criteria andtrend. Acceptable agitation in harbors related to ships and operations.Contents of general harbour plan, preliminary and final design. Impact onadjacent littorals and territories.Harbor plants and equipments. Displacement and stocking of generic waresand containers; specialized terminals. Organisation of space on quay, roadsystem. Touristic harbour, specialized equipment.Harbor works. Rubble mound breakwaters: shapes, elements and functions.Construction yard. Failure modes and design checks. Armor layer, berms,sublayers, hydraulic stability and structural resistance, permeability and loss offine materials. Run up, overtopping, crownwall and inner armor hydraulicstability. Geotechnical stability and settlement. Vertical wall breakwaters:types, elements, functions and construction. Failure modes and design checks.Pressure on the wall and its stability, crownwall stability. Foundation rubblemound, hydraulic and geotechnical checks. Dynamics under breaking waves.Quaywalls and piers: types and functions. Soil pressure and wall stability.Wave absorbing elements. Wave action on piles. Loading of approaching andat berth ships. Quay services and related loading, functional requirements.Cyclopean block or caisson walls, sheet piles, piers. Bollards and fenders.Docks and locks.Offshore works. Approach channel and dredging. Fixed and floating offshoreplatforms, mooring systems.
ENGINEERING GEOLOGYLearning outcomesEngineering Geology is aimed at studying the engineering and environmentalproblems which may arise as a result of the interaction between geology andhuman activities. The main goal of the course is to improve the knowledge ofgeological and geomorphological processes, developing skills in the analysis oftheir effects on civil engineering design. On completion of this course,students will be able to: make preliminary site assessments on the basis ofdesk-study information; plan a programme of site investigation, selectingsuitable invasive and non-invasive ground techniques; contribute to hydro-geological hazard assessment and to the development of measures for
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prevention and remediation of geological hazards.Course contentsWith reference to the aims of the course, the programme will deal with thetopics listed hereafter.a. Assessment of the geological model: chemical and physical characteristics ofsoils and rocks and their mechanical behaviour; design of a geognosticcampaign (borehole drilling, dynamic and static penetrometers etc.);interpretation and significance of the results.b. Case studies of surveys and campaigns aimed at the assessment of thegeological model of slopes and alluvial plains.c. Monitoring: devices and applications in different geological andgeomorphological contexts.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF COMPOSITE MATERIALSLearning outcomesKnowledge of properties, application and manufacturing technology of maincomposite materials. Comprehension of the mechanisms which allow toobtain particular properties on the basis of material components and theirarchitecture. Ability in the choice of the most suitable composite material onthe basis of the technological requirements of the product.Course contentsGeneral characteristics of composite materials. Structure and properties ofmetal, ceramic and polymer matrix. Structure and properties of the mainparticles and fibers used in composites. Natural fibers and sustainablecomposites. Microstructure of composite materials. Interfaces and theireffects on the properties of composites. Concepts on mechanics of anisotropicmaterials. Lamina and laminates. Models for the estimation of the propertiesof thin laminates, based on the properties of matrix and dispersed phase.Main fabrication processes, properties, design concepts and applications ofcomposite materials.Measurement of chemical-physical and mechanical properties of composites.Tests and Standards.Recycling and sustainability of composite materials.
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BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE SUSTAINABLE RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINATEDLANDS AND WATERSLearning outcomesProviding the students with the fundamentals for understanding the natureand roles of indigenous microorganisms in natural and contaminated habitatsand the microbial and technological aspects associated with the conductionand optimization of the main environmental processes currently applied to thesustainable (bio)remediation of industrial sites and lands contaminated byxenobiotic compounds.Course contents1. Chemical compounds released into the environment: their classification,source and fate as well as their environmental impact.2. Main features, cellular organization and physiology of bacteria, fungi, algaeand protozoa occurring in environments and/or applied in the environmentalremediation processes.3. Biotransformation of biogenic compounds occurring/released in theenvironment. Anabolic and catabolic pathways. Catabolism of biogenic organicmatter in aerobic and anaerobic habitats and processes. Aerobic respiration:the glycolysis, the Krebs cycle and the oxidative phosphorylation. Examples ofenvironmental relevant microorganisms respiring aerobically biogenic organiccompounds. Anaerobic metabolism of organic matter: nitrate-reduction,Fe(III)-reduction, sulphate-reduction, HCO3— reduction (methanogenesis andacetogenesis) and main features of microorganisms using such anaerobicrespiration routes. Fermentation of carbohydrates and proteins occurring inthe environment and features of the main microorganisms responsible for it.Anaerobic digestion of organic matter and biowaste.4. Metabolism of inorganic compounds in aerobic habitats or treatmentprocesses, such as nitrification, S° or S= -oxidation, Fe(II) oxidation andindustrial microbial leaching and main features of microorganisms responsiblefor them.5. Sources and fate of main organic and inorganic xenobiotic compounds incontaminated soils, sediments and waters. Microorganisms mainly involved intheir biotransformation and detoxification and biochemical-molecularmechanisms responsible for their adaptation to the pollutants.6. Biodegradation pathways for major aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons,including chlorinated derivatives, in aerobic and anaerobic polluted
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environments. Basis of biotransformation on heavy metals in polluted sites.7. Contaminated sites: hydrogeology structure and fundamentals oncontaminants transport and fate at the site (soil and groundwater).Approaches to the management of contaminated sites: containment andremediation. Main remediation technologies and types of ex-situ and in situinterventions.8. Basis and specific microbiological and technological aspects related tobioremediation ex-situ and in situ of sites contaminated by organic xenobioticcompounds. Basis of the Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) and EnhancedNatural Attenuation (ENA). Basics of myco-, phyto- and rhizo-remediation.9. Basics of physical-chemical remediation of soils under ex-situ conditions(soil flushing, soil washing, soil venting, chemical stabilization, incineration)and under in-situ conditions (thermal desorption and chemical stabilization).Physical-chemical remediation of contaminated groundwater under in-situconditions (air sparging and permeable reactive barriers).10. Basics on the main strategies for the (bio)remediation of contaminatedsediments.
SUSTAINABILITY IN CONSTRUCTIONCourse contentsFirst part. Introduction to sustainability. Definitions, trends, measurements.1. Aspects of sustainability (environmental, economic, social).2. Environmental footprint of engineered systems, with emphasis on civilengineering (energy consumptions, CO2 emissions, etc).3. Performance-based design and life-cycle planning.Second part. The various aspects to be considered for sustainability inconstruction4. Material's production and transformation, management of constructionprocess, occupancy (use costs energy and cost consumptions), occupancy(maintenance and durability issues), end-of-life costs, reuse/recycling.Third part. Life-cycle analysis (LCA)5. Cradle-to-grave analysis, LCA as a min-max problem.6. Mathematical tools (Optimization techniques, multi-criteria decision makingmethods, simulation methods, statistics).
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7. Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) and Ecologically based LCA (Eco-LCA).Safety as a prerequisite.Fourth part. Energy efficiency in buildings.8. Renewable energy with emphasis to building applications (solar thermaland photovoltaic energy, geothermal energy)Fifth part. Protocols for rating systems for the design, construction andoperation of high performance green buildings.9. Case studies.
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