Mar 13, 2025  
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CIV E 479 - Structural Design III


Course Career Undergraduate
Units 4.5
Approved Hours 3-0-3
Fee index 8
Faculty Engineering
Department Civil & Environmental Eng
Typically Offered second term

Description
Detailed design of a structure which requires students, working in teams, to exercise creativity, to make design assumptions and to complete the structural design based on a synthesis of technical knowledge acquired in this and other structural engineering courses. Course lectures focus on seismic load calculation; design of concrete, reinforced masonry and timber elements; bridge design; and advanced structural steel design. Prerequisite: CIV E 474. Note: Restricted to fourth-year traditional and fifth-year co-op engineering students.