Basic plane surveying, taping, use of level, theodolite, and electronic distance measuring instruments, stadia, traverse, public land systems, and circular curves. Offered spring semesters. Introduction to structures and properties of engineering materials. Reviews theoretical bases and experimental mechanics of buckling of columns, bending of beams and tension-compression tests.
Covers strain gages and photoelasticity theories also.
Offered fall semesters. Fundamentals of engineering hydrology and hydraulic engineering, precipitation, runoff, statistical methods, flood control, open channels, and groundwater. Offered spring semesters. 3.0 CR Fees. Administration, economics, location, construction and maintenance of highways, railways, airports, and other transportation facilities.