49 courses in the 1964–65 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes
Faculty listed in 1964–65
A. N. Sherbourne, B.Sc. (London), M.S. (Lehigh), M.A., Ph.D. (Cambridge) Professor and Chairman of Department N. C. Lind, M.Sc. (Royal Tech. Univ. of Denmark), Ph.D. (Illinois) - Professor
D. T. Wright, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.S. (Illinois), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Professor and Dean of Engineering
S. T. Ariaratnam, B.Sc. (Eng.) (Ceylon), M.Sc. (London), Ph.D. (Cambridge) Associate Professor M. Z. Cohn, Candidate of Tech. Sc. (Bucharest) - - Associate Professor W. R. Drynan, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Texas) - Associate Professor
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Faculty listed in 1964–65
C. P. Fisher, M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Texas) - - Assistant Professor P. F. Karrow, B.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Illinois) - - - ‘Assistant Professor W. A. McLaughlin, B.Eng. (Saskatchewan), M.S. (Purdue) - Assistant Professor H. B. Poorooshasb, B.Sc. (Manchester), Ph.D. (Cambridge) - Assistant Professor J. D. Scott, B.Sc. (Queen’s), M.S. (Illinois) - - - Assistant Professor T. H. Topper, B.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge) - Assistant Professor A. T. Cairncross, B.Sc. (Queen’s) —- - - - - Special Lecturer R. Green, B.Sc.(Eng.) (London), M.Sc. (Queen’s), M.Sc. (Waterloo) - Lecturer On Leave of Absence
V. K. Handa, B.Sc. (Calcutta), B.Sc.(Eng.) (London), M.Sc. (Queen’s), M.Sc. (Waterloo) - Lecturer B. G. Hutchinson, B.E. (Sydney), M.Sc. (Queen’s) - - - - Lecturer P. H. Meincke, B.Sc. (Manitoba) - - - - - - Lecturer O. L. White, B.Sc. (Melbourne), M.A.Sc. (Toronto) - - - - Lecturer
On Leave of Absence
Undergraduate Programmes. Details of the undergraduate programme in Civil Engineering are to be found on page 58.
A general treatment of the behaviour of structural components from the study of stress and strain in solids. Topics include Mohr’s circle for stresses, strains and moments of inertia. Superposition, theories of failure, elastic and inelastic analysis of unsymmetrical bending, torsion and columns. Curved beams, beam on elastic foundation, shear centre and torsion of cellular members. Thick-walled cylinders, elastic and plastic analysis. Rotating discs. Various topics in theory of structural frameworks. Introduction to numerical analysis.
Analysis of simple determinate and indeterminate structures. Static and moving loads on beams and trusses. Conditions for statical determinacy. Influence lines. Analysis of space structures. Methods of virtual work, slope deflection, moment distribution and matrix analysis. Prerequisite: CE 22.
Behaviour as a basis for the analysis and design of structural elements in metal, concrete and timber. Beams, tension and compression members, connections and plates.
Prerequisite: CE 31. 2 lectures, 3 hours problems or laboratory alternate weeks, one term.
Introduction to design; risk and uncertainty in loads, strength and technology. The problem of rational design. Criteria relating to structural design, structural form and structural action. Economic proportions. Study of failures in real and ideal structures. Principles of particular technologies: Elastic, plastic and ultimate design. Design by models. Applications. Prerequisites: CE 31, 32.
2 lectures, 2 hours problems or laboratory, one term.
Introduction to metrology: Error and uncertainty. Error Estimation. Plane surveying with tape, transit, level and compass. Field practice and applications. Corrections and adjustments. Computation of azimuths, errors, areas and earth-work. Mapping. Horizontal and vertical curves, topographic surveying and mapping. Land surveying, field astronomy, precise traverse and levelling.
The type and occurrence of earth materials used in civil engineering design and construction. Minerals: particularly clay mineralogy. Rocks: types, structural geology, weathering processes. Soil: identification and classification, index properties, density, compaction, structure, consistency. Soil deposits: form, nature, origin. Aggregates: occurrence, properties.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks, one term.
The mechanics of soil systems and materials. Definition of stress: pore water pressure and effective stress. Fluid flow through soils: permeability, two dimensional flow, Laplace’s equation, use of flow sets, uplift pressure, piping, heave. Soil deformation: time-dependent and timeindependent situations, theory of one-dimensional consolidation, stress distribution, settlement analysis. Earth pressure: yielding of ideal soil materials, statics and kinematics of soil systems, earth pressure against retaining walls, stability of slopes, bearing capacity of foundations.
2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks, one term.
Hydrology and geomorphology as used in civil engineering planning, design and construction. Erosion, Hydrology: precipitation, evaporation, transpiration. Surface water: rivers and streams, oceans and shorelines. Subsurface water: classification, capillary water, frost action, permafrost, groundwater flow, artesian water, work of ground water, water supply. Glaciation: continental and valley, erosion, deposition, history. Earth movements due to gravity. Wind: erosion, transportation, deposition. Rock and soil exploration, surface and subsurface methods.
A critical study of the theories of soil mechanics and their use in soil engineering. Procedures for design and construction of earth retaining structures, shallow and deep foundations, stability of slopes, and earth dams are considered. Structures involving rock mechanics are also discussed.
Compaction. Rheology and chemistry of asphalts. Granulometry of cemented systems. Bituminous mixtures. Modification of soil properties. Mechanics of moisture movement and frost action. Quality control. Principles of engineering design. Vehicular and climatic loads. Pavement mechanics. Failure criteria. Pavement performance and evaluation. Road tests and accelerated traffic tests. Experimental design. Analysis of variance. .
2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks, one term.
General introduction to the physical, chemical and biological bases of water treatment and waste water treatment and disposal. Principles of design and construction of facilities for the collection, treatment and distribution of water, and the collection, treatment and disposal of waste-waters. The lecture course is supplemented by a series of laboratory experiments related to water quality measurement and process control.
An introductory course to the engineering principles underlying environmental sanitation. Environmental health problems of the community and of industry are considered, including water, food, and air supplies, disposal of human and industrial wastes, animal and arthropod vectors, lighting, ventilation, noise, accidents, industrial poisons, and ionizing radiations.
Urban and regional planning. The control and administration of land use for various purposes. Problems of regional planning and urban growth related to communications, etc.
Separation of planning and scheduling functions, traditional methods, arrow diagramming, calculation of earliest and latest event times, design, delivery, and capital restraints, critical path determination, scheduling and calendar dating, the data flow cycle, linear programming and operational analysis. 3 lectures, one term.
Design of civil engineering projects, building structures, bridges, highway and municipal engineering works. Emphasis is given to the interrelationship between practical design and the various sciences and disciplines covered in the undergraduate course of studies.
Introduction to research problems and procedures in various areas of civil engineering, with particular relation to special interests in optional programmes of students concerned.
9 hours, one term.
Graduate and Research Programmes
Both co-operative and conventional graduate study in Civil Engineering can be undertaken, leading to the degrees of Master of Applied Science or Doctor of Philosophy. There are at present four major areas of study in which specialization may be undertaken: Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources Engineering and Transportation Engineering.
Structural Engineering (Ariaratnam, Cohn, Lind, Poorooshasb, Sherbourne, Topper and Wright.) Laboratory facilities include a structural models laboratory, a concrete laboratory, a properties of materials laboratory, and a large structural engineering laboratory equipped with a 100,000 Ibs. Losenhausen universal testing machine. A major study in this area is Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Among the courses of study are CE 609 to 620. In addition, students may choose from a variety of appropriate courses in mathematics, physics and mechanical engineering.
Current research in structural engineering and applied mechanics include studies in non-linear vibrations, plastic instability of structures, lateral reinforcement and column ductility in reinforced concrete, model testing in soil mechanics, plasticity and instability in plates and in shell structures, behaviour of metal structures under cyclic loadings of low frequency, large deflection studies of shells and membranes, plastic strain and energy in fatigue, theory of design and safety of structures, inelastic behaviour of framed and shell structures, analysis of latticed space structures, ultimate load studies in reinforced concrete, elastic-plastic strength of pressure vessels, and studies of plastic wave propagation.
Geotechnical Engineering (Karrow, Poorooshasb, Scott and White.) Major subdivisions of study in this area are Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Engineering Geology. Appropriate courses of study are CE 611, 614, 651 to 654, and 698. The Department has two fully equipped soil mechanics and foundation engineering laboratories...
Current research activities are investigations into the yield behaviour of soils, earth pressure studies, foundation settlement research and model testing in soils, pleistocene geology of southern Ontario areas, and studies of stresses in earth dams.
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Water Resources Engineering (Dryan, Fisher) Included under this area are studies in Environmental Health Engineering. At the present time there are two laboratories, one of which is equipped for most standard physical, chemical and biological analyses of water and waste water. The second laboratory is reserved for graduate students’ projects and research studies. This laboratory is furnished with specialized equipment built for unit process studies and advanced specialized studies in environmental health. Courses in this area are Biology 31 and 601, CE 671 to 675, 681 and 698.
Transportation Engineering (McLaughlin and Hutchinson) Major subdivisions of study are Highway Engineering, Traffic Engineering and Urban Planning. Appropriate courses of study are CE 640 to 643 and 698. Supplementary courses in urban and area planning may be taken from the Department of Geography.
Numerical methods in structural analysis. Advanced problems in stability of frames, trusses and their components. Dynamic loadings and shock effects. Vibrations.
CIVE 610Inelastic Behaviour of Ductile Members and Structures
Effect of inelastic strains in structural members. Simple plastic theory and limit design of plane frames, grids, plates, and arch structures. Deflections. Shakedown. Inelastic instability and the influence of strain hardening. Dynamic loading. Introduction to general theory of plasticity.
A general introduction to the mechanics of solids and fluids. Stress, deformation and flow. Materials and their rheological properties. The equations of elastic solids; problems in linear elasticity. Equations of fluid mechanics. Problems in viscous and ideal fluid flow. Yield criteria; the flow rule. Simple problems in plasticity and theoretical soil mechanics.
Classification and estimation of errors. Smoothing of experimental data. Similitude and model laws. Simulation of frames, trusses, plates and shells. Analogue methods in experimental stress analysis. Electrical and mechanical strain gauges, transducers. Brittle coatings. Photoelasticity.
A _ unified rigorous introduction to the mechanics of solids and fluids. Geometrical preliminaries, introduction to tensors, tensor fields, integral theorems. Analysis of stress, deformation and rate of deformation. Energy and Entropy. Fundamental laws, conservation of mass, momentum and energy. Simple constitutive equations.
Normally, this course would be studied for credit only by students intending to register for CE 615 in a subsequent term. One term.
CIVE 615Mechanics of Continua If Application of the fundamental principles of mechanics to formulate and solve problems in the mechanics of ideal and viscous fluids, elastic and plastic solids and materials with time-dependent mechanical properties. Electroelasticity
Analysis of stress and strain. Stress-strain relations. Boundaryvalue formulation. Strain energy, variational principles. Theories of plane strain, plane stress and generalized plane stress of torsion and of flexure. Three-dimensional elastostatic problems, stress function representation. Elastic waves. Approximate methods.
Foundations of the continuum theory of plasticity. Yield criteria and associated flow rules. Fundamental equations. Variational principles; uniqueness. Limit analysis. Plane strain. Torsion. Spherical and axisymmetric problems. Applications to problems of strength analysis and forming processes. Plastic instability.
Differential geometry of surfaces. Equations of equilibrium and deformation in orthogonal curvilinear co-ordinates. Momentless theory of shells. Energy formulations and stability problems in shells. Limit analysis.
The problem of rational design. Fundamental philosophies in general design of engineering systems. Morphology of the design process. Nature of design data. Design of transportation systems and structures. Structural synthesis approach. Evaluative functions. Utility theory. Hierarchial systems of objectives. Sub-optimization. Design against risk and uncertainty in resistive systems. Design against noise in communication systems. One term.
An introduction to the variational principles of mechanics and their applications in engineering. Virtual work, principles of minimum potential energy and complementary energy
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and Hamilton’s principle. Calculus of variations. Euler-Lagrange equations. Application to the analysis of equilibrium and stability of structural elements, frameworks, plates and shells.
Highway planning—method and results. Classification needs, sufficiency ratings. Economics of location. Highway finance. Highway administration. Geometric design of roads and streets—principles and methods.
Basic urban transportation studies including origin/destination, inventory, use, parking and transit studies. Land use planning, travel desires. Economics in urban transportation. One term.
Laboratory and field work in soil sampling and testing.; Measurement of soil mechanics parameters for design and research problems. Experiments include permeability, consolidation, direct shear, and triaxial shear.
A critical study by the consideration of case histories of the current procedures for design and construction of foundations, earth retaining structures and earth slopes.
Use of geologic and pedologic information and airphoto interpretation principles and techniques in the prediction of engineering properties of soils and the planning of engineering soil surveys.
Design and operation of water and waste-water treatment facilities. Practical design of the unit processes of water and waste-water treatment facilities. Design of a complete treatment facility. Operating problems in water and waste-water treatment plants and their elimination or minimization through proper design.
The principles of the field of air pollution, health, nuisance, agricultural, etc. Its aspects, causes and sources. Characteristics emission rates and gas flow in ducts and chimneys. The physical properties of particulate matter. The engineering design of air cleaning equipment. Public relations, control ordinances, and zoning. Public administration. One term.