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Public systems evaluation, elements of supply and demand, economic equilibrium, investment criteria, vehicle operating costs. Value of travel time, accident costs. Consumer surplus in transportation, non-user impacts, evaluation methods of investments in transportation systems.

Traffic control system strategies. Off-line signal optimization and real-time traffic-responsive control techniques. Control methods for single intersections, arterial systems and area wide traffic network. Evaluation of traffic control systems using measures of effectiveness.

The demand for transportation. The supply of transportation. Transportation cost and cost functions. Urban passenger travel demand. Intercity passenger travel demand. Air travel demand. Commodity transport demand.

Category analysis. General linear models. Linear models with transformation. Input-Output analysis. Cohort-Survival model. Multinomial logic models. Time-Series analysis. Simulation.

Principles of engineering economic analysis, price theory and resource allocation, elements of supply, elements of demand, economic equilibrium, welfare economics, investment criteria, principles of benefit-cost analysis. A flood control example, a water pollution control example, a highway transport example, evaluation of large scale projects, other approaches to evaluation including rating scale and goal achievement methods and programming project investments. The course will include case studies from Kuwait and students will each conduct, present and submit a report describing an analysis of a public project in Kuwait.

Numerical analysis of single degree elastic and inelastic systems, analysis of single degree elastic and elastoplastic systems, lumped-mass multidegree freedom systems, structures with distributed mass and loads, beams subject to moving loads, consistent mass method, continuous mass method, numerical applications.

Common types of concrete bridges, design loads, design of T-beam bridges, design of box-girder bridges, design of continuous prestressed concrete slab bridges with a variable cross-section (a haunched or parabolic soffit).

Principles of structural mechanics, element properties, solution techniques and programming of the finite element method, analysis of framed structures, three-dimensional stress analysis, analysis of plate bending, analysis of shells, formulation for dynamic analysis, formulation for instability analysis.

Shear-friction concept, design of deep beams, design of brackets and corbels, torsional strength by the spacetruss analogy approach, limit design method, rotation capacity of concrete plastic hinges, columns subjected to biaxial bending, yield-line theory of slabs, strip method for slab design, design of earthquake-resistant structures.

Applications of mathematical programming in design and analysis of trusses, beams, frames, and other structures. Optimization by calculus of variation and optimal control theory.

Classical theory for bending of plates of various shapes. Numerical methods in analysis of plates, goemetric properties of shells. Curvilinear coordinates, Membrane theory. Analysis of shells of revolution, Bending theory, Introduction to theory of thick plates.

Design of Slab-girder type bridges, design of industrial buildings, roofs, composite construction, arches, crane girders, transverse frames, design of circular and rectangular tanks, shell roofs and folded plates.

Eccentric compression of slender columns, beam- columns, lateral buckling of beams, buckling of thin plates, introduction to stability of shells.

Definition and Design Criteria of Tall Buildings, General Planning Considerations, Vertical Load Analysis, Calculation of Lateral Wind and Earthquake Loads, analysis of Frames; Shear Walls; Shear Wall- Frame Structures, Lateral Load Distribution, Design Consideration of Reinforced Concrete Frames, Shear Walls and Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls, Computer Applications.

An upper division of graduate technical elective treating topics in Engineering mostly not covered in other courses, chosen at the discretion of the Graduate Program Committee.