ENCE444

Prerequisite: ENCE353 and ENCE340; and permission of ENGR-Civil & Environmental Engineering department. In the geotechnical engineering part of the course, major soils testing and their interpretation including classification, compaction, strength, and compressibility will be undertaken. The structural engineering part of this course covers test planning, loading apparatus, instrumentation, data acquisition and data analysis, as well as basic aspects of structural testing techniques and shake-table test.