Civil Engineering – Part 2
“Engineering … is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.”
– Arthur Mellen Wellington, The Economic Theory of Railway Location (1911)
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F 3/7 |
Describe key
properties of materials Define stress and
strain Graph tensile
strength using stress and stain Compute stress and
strain for specific situations |
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M 3/10 |
Describe shear
forces Demonstrate West
Point Bridge Builder Bridge2 RFP released with Team Assignments |
Reading: Salvadori Bridges |
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T 3/11 A W 3/12 F |
Debrief PPRs Begin design work |
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W 3/12 A Th 3/13 F |
Design work day |
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Th 3/13 A F 3/14 F |
Describe patents |
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F 3/14 A M 3/17 F |
Design work day |
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M 3/17 A T 3/18 F |
Design work day |
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W 3/19 |
Design Reviews |
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Th 3/20 |
Complete
Design Reviews Describe
multi-period Financial Plan Describe
% complete accounting |
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F 3/21 – T 4/15 |
Work Days Progress
Reports Th 3/27, 4/3, 4/10 |
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W 4/16 |
Bridge Testing during A Block (lunch) |
Reading: Structural Disasters |
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Th 4/17 |
Describe PPRs Work on PPRs, Final
Progress Report, PPPR |
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Enjoy
your break! |
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M 4/28 |
Debrief Bridge
results Review for Quiz – review slides |
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T 4/29 F W 4/30 A |
Work on PPRs |
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W 4/30 F F 5/2 A |
Discuss Structural
Disaster Reading |
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Th 5/1 |
Quiz on Bridges, Materials, Stress &
Strain |
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More Resources for this Unit…
Download West Point Bridge Designer
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