As the name implies, this is a series of common problems encountered in the undergraduate civil engineering curriculum. Solutions are worked out in Mathcad, with appropriate graphing, optimisation methods, and other useful techniques detailed for the student.
Useful as a source of exercises for the instructor, or as example worksheets for the student.
Table of Contents
Statics: Reactions
Truss Analysis
Parabolic Suspension Cable
Stress on an Element
Shear and Moment Diagrams
Normal and Shear Stress Distribution
Dynamics: Position, Velocity, Acceleration
Dynamics: Work and Power
Dynamics: Impulse-Momentum
Soil Properties
Slope Failure
Normal and Shear Stress
Highway Engineering: Super Elevation
Highway Engineering: Skidding Distance
Highway Engineering: Pavement Design
Structural Analysis: Influence Diagram
Reinforced Concrete Design: Beam
Interaction Diagram
Square Footing
Eccentric Sheer Connection
Steel Design: Beam Design
Steel Design: Column Design
Fluid Statics: Hydrostatic Pressure
Fluid Statics: Buoyancy
Force on an Inclined Surface
Reynolds Number and Friction Factor
Fluid Dynamics: Pump Energy
Three Reservoir Problem
Hydraulics: Normal Depth
Specific and Critical Energy
Hydraulic Jump
Hydraulics: Varied Flow
Hydrology: Well Drawdown
Hydrology: Channel Storage
Hydrology: Orifice Discharge
Water Quality: Solvent Extraction
Sedimentation
Mixing
Chlorination
Ion Exchange
Facultative Pond
Oxidation Ditch
Surveying: Vertical Curve
Area of Irregular Boundary
Earthwork Volume
Econcomics: Future Worth
Economics: Rate of Return
Ammonia Toxicity
Unit Hydrograph Constructio
Newton Raphson Procedure
Brake Temperature Computation
Manning Equation
Water Treatment: Cation Exchange
Finding River Cross-Sectional Areas
Release of Toxic Impurity to the Atmosphere
Discharge from a Broad Crested Weir
Normal Depth on a Channel Slope
Pipe Flow: Specific Energy Curves
Fluid Flow: Reservoir Discharge
Wastewater Pump
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