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Coimbra Institute of Engineering - ISEC
Civil Engineering Department
ECTS CATALOGUE
The main language of instruction at Coimbra Institute of Engineering is Portuguese. However, some
courses from degree and master degree can be offered in English and/or with a tutorial support in
English.
The ECTS catalogue includes subject contents in English Language. Students can choose subjects
from this Catalogue to the study plan proposal (Learning Agreement) to be analyzed carefully by
the Departmental Coordinators and to be adjusted, after student’s arrival, if necessary.
This ECTS catalogue contains information which is valid for this academic year. ISEC reserves the
right to adjust the courses offered during the academic year and is not responsible for typing errors
or printing mistakes.
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Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (P COIMBRA 02)
Coimbra Institute of Engineering - ISEC
Civil Engineering Department
ECTS CATALOGUE
Master – Civil Engineering Course
Code Title - Portuguese Title - English ECTS Term
1.º ano / 1st Year
667301 Matemática Aplicada à Engenharia I Applied Mathematics for Engineering I 3.5 Winter
667302 Tecnologias da Envolvente dos Edíficios Building Envelope Technology 5 Winter 667306 Betão Estrutural Structural Reinforced Concrete 5.5 Winter 667303 Contenções Periféricas Flexible Retaining Strucures 5.5 Winter
667304 Construção Prefabricada de Aço, de Betão e de Madeira
Steel, Concrete and Wood Precast Construction
5.5 Winter
667305 Sustentabilidade e Reabilitação Urbana Sustainability and Urban Regeneration 5 Winter 667310 Hidráulica Urbana Urban Hydraulics 5.5 Spring 667312 Conservação de Vias de Comunicação Highways Planning and Management 5.5 Spring 667308 Projecto em Espaço Urbano Urban Space Design 5 Spring 667309 Física dos Edifícios Building Physics 5.5 Spring 667311 Avaliação de Projetos na Construção Constructions Projects Evaluation 5 Spring 667307 Matemática Aplicada à Engenharia II Applied Mathematics for Engineering II 3.5 Spring
2.º ano / 2nd Year
667313 Reabilitação e Reforço de Edifícios Rehabilitation and Strengthening of Buildings
5 Winter
667314 Patologias de Inspeção e Diagnóstico 5 Winter 667315 Instalações de Tratamento Treatment Installations 5 Winter 667316 Instalações Hidráulicas em Edifícios Hydraulic Installations in Buildings 5 Winter 667317 Gestão Viária Urbana Urban Road Management 5 Winter 667318 Dissertação/Projecto/Estágio Thesis/ Professional Stage 45 Anual
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MSc in Civil Engineering – Urban Construction
Course Unit Description
Subject Title: Urban Road Management
Scientific Area: Civil Engineering – Territory and Transportation
Course: Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering
Code: 667317
Year/Semester: 2nd year / 1st semester
ECTS: 5
Department: Civil Engineering
Instructor: Mário Martins
Study plan: Management of urban road networks: functions of urban streets, implementation of a road hierarchy and intersections hierarchy, applicability and influence of the spatial organization of cities, implementation problems; Intersections as critical points of a road network. Stop controlled intersections: geometric design, data and capacity evaluation; Roundabouts: applicability, geometric design and capacity evaluation; Signalized isolated intersections: solutions, operational meaning of times, saturation flow rate, capacity, phase choice, conflict treatments, pretimed and actuated solutions; Interventions in the road infrastructure in urban areas as a way to correct of accident prone situations, by means of traffic calming or pedestrian friendly measures.
Language: Portuguese
Type of instruction: Activities Total Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical
Theoretical-
Practical 2.5 35
Practical 0.5 7
Tutorial
guidance 1 14
Learning objectives:
To study the performance and geometric design of the most common at-grade road intersections in urban environment: stop controlled, roundabouts and signalized intersections. Analyze several aspects on defining a road hierarchy as well as intersections hierarchy. Address most common issues regarding specific safety problems is urban environment.
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
Being able to analyze the fundamental aspects of urban road management, necessary for the
resolution of performance and safety related problems in urban road networks. Competences: Judgment accomplishment; Decision making; Self learning;
Bibliography: Seco, A.J.M., Antunes, A.J.P., Costa, A.H.P. e Silva, A.M.B.: “Princípios Básicos de Organização de Redes Viárias” – Manual de Planeamento das Acessibilidades e da Gestão Viária – CCDR-N, Dezembro de 2008.
Silva, A.M.B., Seco, A.J.M. e Macedo J.M.G.: “CCrruuzzaammeennttooss PPrriioorriittáárriiooss ee ddee PPrriioorriiddaaddee àà
DDiirreeiittaa” – Manual de Planeamento das Acessibilidades e da Gestão Viária – CCDR-N, Dezembro de 2008.
Silva, A.M.B. e Seco, A.J.M.: “Rotundas” – Manual de Planeamento das Acessibilidades e da Gestão Viária – CCDR-N, Dezembro de 2008.
Costa, A.H.P., Seco, A.J.M. e Vasconcelos, A.L.P.: “Sinais Luminosos” – Manual de
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Course Unit Description
Planeamento das Acessibilidades e da Gestão Viária – CCDR-N, Dezembro de 2008.
Seco, A.J.M., Ferreira, S.M.P., Silva, A.M.B. e Costa, A.H.P.: “Segurança Rodoviária” – Manual de Planeamento das Acessibilidades e da Gestão Viária – CCDR-N, Dezembro de 2008.
Marques, J.M.S.: ”Engenharia de Segurança Rodoviária em Áreas Urbanas – Recomendações e Boas Práticas” – Prevenção Rodoviária Portuguesa, 2005
T.R.B.: “Highway Capacity Manual – Special Report 209”, Transportation Research Board, Washington D. C., 2000.
Progress assessment:
Students are assessed through a Final Exam and a Practical Work. The written Exam covers the subjects from the theoretical-practical classes, and is valued 12/20 of the final grade. The Practical Work is carried out throughout the semester, in groups of 2 students, being supervised during the semester, and is valued 8/20 of the final grade.
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MSc in Civil Engineering – Urban Construction
Course Unit Description
Title Hydraulic Installations In Buildings
Scientific Area: Civil Engineering
Course: Master Degree in Civil Engineering
Code: 667316
Term/Semester: 2nd Year/1st Semester
ECTS: 5
Department: Department of Civil Engineering
Instructor: Pedro Nuno Madeira Afonso
Study plan: 1. INTRODUCTION
2. NORMS AND REGULATIONS
3. HOT AND COLD WATER DISTRIBUTION
4. HOT WATER PRODUCTION AND RETURN CIRCUITS
5. WASTEWATER DRAINAGE
6. RAINWATER DRAINAGE
7. WATER AND WASTEWATER PUMPING STATIONS
8. FIRE FIGHT AND EMERGENCY FACILITIES
9. SANITARY EQUIPMENT
10. LOCAL WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
11 LOCAL WATEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
Language Portuguese
Type of instruction: Activities Total Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical/ Practical
42 3
Tutorial guidance
7 0.5
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MSc in Civil Engineering – Urban Construction
Course Unit Description
Learning objectives:
The course contents cover the various components of the plumbing in buildings with the following objectives: 1) characterize the structure and operation of each facility; 2) set standards for its design; 3) define best building practices; 4) develop best exploration practices. On successful completion of this module, students will have acquired knowledge about the constitution, the design, sizing, implementation, operation and rehabilitation of water distribution and domestic wastewater and rainwater drainage, in ordinary and special buildings, including complementary facilities.
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
On successful completion of this module, students will have developed a range of generic skills
spanning: the various components of the plumbing in buildings; communication skills required for multi-disciplinary civil engineering objectives.
Bibliography: Creder, Hélio “Instalações Hidráulicas e Sanitárias”, Livros Técnicos e Científicos Editora, 5ª.edição
Grundfos Portugal. “Manual de Engenharia Sistemas de Pressurização”.
Hall, F. “Manual de Redes de Águas e Esgotos – Instalação e Conservação”, Edições CETOP, 3ª. edição
Macintyre, Archibald “Manual de Instalações Hidráulicas e Sanitárias” Editora Guanabara
Macintyre, Archibald Joseph. “Bombas e instalações de bombeamento”, Rio de Janeiro, 1987.
Pedroso, Victor “Manual dos Sistemas Prediais de Distribuição e Drenagem de Águas”, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
Pedroso, Victor. “Sistemas de Combate a Incêndio em Edifícios”, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2010
Paixão, Mário “Águas e Esgotos em Urbanizações e Instalações Prediais” Edições Orion
Progress assessment:
Students have to make two practical works involving the design and dimensioning of a hot water network with a return circuit, and a fire sprinkler system.
A final exam (EF) is performed, which consists of a theoretical part (7 points) and a practical part (13 points); The approval requires the mark EF to be greater than or equal to 10 points;
The practical work (TP) is worth a total of four points; The final mark will be NF = 0.8EF+ TP.
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Course Unit Description
Title Treatment Installations
Scientific Area: Civil Engineering
Course: Master Degree in Civil Engineering
Code: 667315
Term/Semester: 2nd Year/ 1st Semester
ECTS: 5
Department: Department of Civil Engineering
Instructor: Pedro Nuno Madeira Afonso
Study plan: 1. Wastewater characteristics 1.1. Quality of wastewater 1.2. Wastewater flow 1.3. Unit waste loadings and population equivalents 1.4. Calculation of mass loadings 1.5. Selection of design flowrates and mass loadings
2. Regulations for effluent discharge in Portugal OVERVIEW OF THE DIFERENT TREATMENT METHODS 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Classification of the treatment processes 2.3. Treatment levels
3. Applicability of the different treatment processes PRELIMINARY TREATMENT 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Screening 3.3. Grit removal 3.4. Fat and grease removal 3.5. Flow equalization
4. Compact systems for preliminary treatment PRIMARY SEDIMENTATION 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Particle settling theory 4.3. Types of clarifiers 4.4. Design factors
5. Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT 5.1. Objectives of biological treatment 5.2. Types of biological processes for wastewater treatment 5.3. Classification of microorganisms 5.4. Introduction to microbial metabolism 5.5. Fundamental processes in biological treatment
5.5.1. Biomass growth, substrate utilization and yield 5.5.2. Biomass decay 5.5.3. Hydrolysis 5.5.4. Ammonification 5.5.5. Phosphorus uptake and release
5.6. Introduction to microbial growth kinetics
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6. THRICKLING FILTERS 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Process description 6.3. Physical facilities description 6.4. Design of physical facilities
7. Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTORS 7.1. Process and physical facilities description 7.2. Design of physical facilities 7.3. Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting
8. ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Reactor types 8.3. Process and physical facilities description 8.4. Design of physical facilities 8.5. Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting
9. LAGOONING 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Process and physical facilities description 9.3. Design of physical facilities 9.4. Operation, maintenance and troubleshooting
10. SLUDGE TREATMENT 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Solids characteristics and quantities 10.3. Thickening 10.4. Stabilization 10.5. Conditioning
11. Dewatering PROCESSES FOR BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT REMOVAL 11.1. Introduction 11.2. Nitrogen removal processes 11.3. Phosphorus removal processes 11.4. Simultaneous phosphorus and nitrogen removal processes
Language Portuguese
Type of instruction: Activities Total Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical/
Practical 42 3
Tutorial
guidance
7 0.5
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Course Unit Description
Learning objectives:
On successful completion of this module, students will have: - The ability to do a preliminary design of the most widely used wastewater treatment
unit operations and how to organize these into a functioning treatment system; - Developed the basic skills for the operation of municipal wastewater treatment plants.
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
On successful completion of this module, students will have developed a range of generic skills spanning: wastewater treatment plant operation and design; communication skills required for multi-disciplinary civil and environmental engineering objectives.
Bibliography: APONTAMENTOS DE INSTALAÇÕES DE TRATAMENTO. Pedro Nuno Afonso. ISEC WASTEWATER ENGINEERING - METCALF & EDDY, 4th ed. INGENIERIA AMBIENTAL – Gerard Kiely. MacGraw-Hill MANUAL DE DEPURACION URALITA. Aurelio Hernández Munoz, Aurelio hernándz Lehmann, Pedro Galán Martínez. Editorial Paraninfo WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. Syed R. Qasim. Technomic Publishing
Progress assessment:
Exam: 100%; Number of exams: 2; Exam duration: 3h;
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MSc in Civil Engineering – Urban Construction
Course Unit Description
Title Highways Maintenance
Scientific Area: Civil Engineering (Territory and Transportation)
Course: Master Degree in Urban Construction
Code: 667312
Term/Semester: 1st Year/2nd Semester
ECTS: 5.5
Department: Department of Civil Engineering
Instructor: Silvino Dias Capitão
Study plan: Pathologies, structure and behaviour of road pavements; Road materials technology;
Structural Design of Flexible pavements; Pavement condition survey; Maintenance and rehabilitation of pavements and railway infrastructures;
Overlay structural design of flexible pavements; Infrastructures management systems.
Language Portuguese / English
Type of instruction: Activities Total Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical 42 3
Lecturing method; Problem solving;
Learning by project development.
Practical: 7+2 0.5
Lecturing method; Problem solving;
Learning by project development;
Laboratory practice.
Tutorial
guidance
7 0.5
Problem solving; Learning by
project development.
Learning objectives:
Complementing the student’s knowledge concerning maintenance and rehabilitation
of highways, and more specifically in the area of road pavements and small
bridges.
Developing skills at intermediate/advanced level regarding construction,
maintenance, rehabilitation, design and management of pavements; increasing the
students’ understanding of common bridge maintenance and rehabilitation
technologies.
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
Understanding and practical use of skills;
Judgment and decision making;
Communication;
Self-learning. Bibliography: Branco, F., Pereira, P. and Picado-Santos, L., Pavimentos Rodoviários, Edições
Almedina, Coimbra, 2005 (ISBN 972-40-2648-5). Several documents and
PowerPoint slides shown during lectures and laboratory sessions (some of these
documents are in English)
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Progress assessment:
Project activities: project on Mechanistic-empirical Flexible pavement design
[required oral discussion]; project on bearing capacity and overlay design of
flexible pavements [required oral discussion]. Laboratory sessions’ reports.
Final examination .
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Course Unit Description
Title Constructions Projects Evaluation
Scientific Area: Constructions
Course: Master Degree in Civil Engineering
Code: 667311
Term/Semester: 1st Year/2nd Semester
ECTS: 5.0
Department: Department of Civil Engineering
Instructor: Nuno Malaquias and Eduardo Natividade
Study plan: I. Scope of investment analysis II. The need for methods of economic evaluation in the construction III. Treatment of price changes IV. Fixing of the study period V. Estimation of costs and benefits VI. Taxation in the analysis of decisions and projects VII. Financing a project VIII. Strategic analysis of projects; IX. The marketing and sales forecast in the management of enterprises. X. Financial evaluation: 1. Basic Concepts and Definitions 2. Methods for Financial Evaluation and Selection of Projects a. The Basic Goal: Maximizing the Net Benefits b. Method Net Present Value (NPV) c. Method Internal Rate of Return (IRR) e. Method of Pay-Back f. Method of Ratios Benefit / Cost g. Analysis of Breakeven XI. Property Valuation 1. Cost, Price and Value 2. Evaluation Methodology 3. Homogenization of values 4. Assessment Methods 5. depreciation I. Multidimensional assessment
Language Portuguese
Type of instruction: Activities Total Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical 49 3.5 All the developed activities have both a theoretical and a practical component
Practical:
Tutorial guidance
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Learning objectives:
The main aim of the course is to introduce students to the field of Economic Engineering, which support the analysis and evaluation of construction projects, a situation that will certainly be faced during their professional practice.
The concepts and methodologies used to assess the developments in the construction business, will be introduced, particularly those related to financial mathematics, methods of economic evaluation and risk analysis. The concepts of strategic analysis as well as the influence of the marketing aspects in such projects, will also be present.
In order to provide the students with proper assessment tools in a multidimensional perspective of those projects, multiattribute analysis methodologies are also tought.
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
Evaluate investment projects
Bibliography: Gestão de Empreendimentos – A Componente de Gestão da Engenharia (Management of construction development projects), João Coutinho-Rodrigues, Ediliber, Coimbra. Economia da Construção – Prof. Francisco Loforte Ribeiro - IST Instrumentos Fundamentais de Gestão Financeira – L. Saias; R. Carvalho; M. C. Amaral–Univ. Católica Editora. ISBN 972-9430-79-9 Calculo Financeiro – Teoria e Pratica – Rogério Martins – Escolar Editora – ISBN 972-592- 176-3 ; link www.calculofinanceiro.com Avaliação de Projectos de Investimento na Óptica Empresarial – J. Soares; A V. Fernandes; A A Marvão; J. P. P. Marques – Edições Silano – ISBN 972-618-207-7 Decisores de Investimento – Analise Financeira de Projectos – Isabel Soares; José Moreira; Carlos Pinho; João Couto – Edições Silano. ISBN 978-972-618-446-1
Progress assessment:
There two methods, the first consists of two tests and two practical works, and the second method consists of one pratical test and one final exam.
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MSc in Civil Engineering – Urban Construction
Course Unit Description
Title Urban Hydraulics
Scientific Area: Civil Engineering - Hydraulics, Water Resources and Environment
Course: Master Degree in Urban Construction
Code: 667310
Term/Semester: 1st / 2nd
ECTS: 5,5
Department: Department of Civil Engineering
Study plan: Water distribution systems modeling.
Geographical information systems in the management of water and sewer systems.
Urban Stormwater Systems Management (SUDS – Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems).
Water loss control in water supply systems.
Language Portuguese / Tutorial Support in English
Type of instruction: Activities Total Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical 49 3,5
Practical: 3
Tutorial
guidance 7 0,5
Learning objectives: Acquire knowledge about planning and management of water supply and drainage systems.
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
Acquire knowledge and capacity of understanding in the area of management of water supply and drainage systems.
Bibliography: Sá Marques, J.A.A., e Sousa, J.J.O. – Hidráulica urbana: sistemas de abastecimento de água e de drenagem de águas residuais, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. Coelho, S.T., Loureiro, D. e Alegre, H. – Modelação e análise de sistemas de abastecimento de água, IRAR. Sousa, J.J.O. – Métodos de apoio à decisão para o dimensionamento e a operação de sistemas de abastecimento de água. Dissertação apresentada na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra para obtenção do grau de Doutor em Engenharia Civil na especialidade de Hidráulica, Recursos Hídricos e Ambiente. Matias, M.G.B. – Bacias de retenção: estudo de métodos de dimensionamento. Dissertação apresentada à Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Civil, especialidade de Vias de Comunicação. Walski, T.M., Chase, D.V., Savic, D.A., Grayman, W., Beckwith, S. e Koel, E. – Advanced water distribution modeling and management, Bentley Institute Press. Mays, L.W. – Urban water supply handbook, McGraw-Hill. Alegre, H., Coelho, S.T., Almeida, M.C. e Vieira, P. – Controlo de perdas de água em sistemas públicos de adução e distribuição, IRAR.
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Course Unit Description
Progress assessment:
Continuous assessment (20%): a set of group works (4 values). Final examination (80%): written examination with questions of theoretical and practical nature (16 values). A student is passed if: obtained at least 50% of the continuous assessment quote, obtained at least 40% of the final examination quote, and the final note is equal or exceeds 9.5 values.
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MSc in Civil Engineering – Urban Construction
Course Unit Description
Subject Title: Urban Space Design
Scientific Area: Civil Engineering (Territory and Transports)
Course: Master Degree in Urban Construction
Code: 667308
Year/Semester: 2nd
ECTS: 4.5
Department: Department of Civil Engineering
Instructor: João Armando Pereira Gonçalves
Study plan: Cities: - concepts, current importance and role; problems and challenges - historic overview, main models and underlying motivations (political, economic,
religious…) - internal structures; relation between form and function
Urban design: - concepts and patterns; - basic elements of urban space - infrastructures and their impact in the urban space
Building in a urban context: - basic rules of urban integration - legal framework in the Portuguese context; - the land market: basic notions and its impact in the building industry
Public spaces: - importance - the “do’s and don’ts” in planning and management
Language: Portuguese
Type of instruction: Activities Total Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical 2
Theoretical-
Practical 42 3
Practical
Tutorial
guidance 7 0.5
Learning objectives:
Knowledge of the urban context and the difference forces (political, religious, economic, social…) that shape its form Knowledge of the challenges and good practices on private and public spaces Knowledge and practice of planning in a urban environment
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
To understand the historic and legal framework to be considered when planning in a urban environment To know the basic components of urban space To develop critical thinking related to problems of land use in a urban context and quality of urban space
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Bibliography: Sidónio Pardal, Paulo Correia e M.Costa Lobo, Normas Urbanísticas, DGOT-UTL, 1991
F. Chueca Goitia, Breve História do Urbanismo, Editorial Presença, 1992
Jean Pelletier et Charles Delfante, Cidades e Urbanismo no Mundo, Instituto Piaget, 2000
Políticas de Solos no Planeamento Municipal - Paulo V.D. Correia - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1993
João A. P. Gonçalves, Evolução de Coimbra entre 1981 e 1991 – Análise baseada em dados censitários, FCTUC, 1999
DL 380/98 - Regime Jurídico dos Instrumentos de Gestão Territorial
DL 177/2001 - Regime Jurídico da Urbanização e Edificação
Powerpoint presentations from lectures
Progress assessment:
Practical assignments – 2 practical assignments will be given to students (to be carried in groups of 2 or 3 persons); one of them will be presented in class. The assignments will contribute up to 40% of the final mark
Exam – written test at the end of the semester
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Course Unit Description
Title Applied Mathematics for Engineering II
Scientific Area: Mathematics
Course: Master in Urban Constructions / Civil Engineering
Codigo: 667307
Term/Semester: 1st /2nd
ECTS: 3,5
Department: Physics and Mathematics
Study plan: Regression. Simple Linear Regression. Least Squares Estimators of the Regression Parameters. Statistical Inference about the regression parameters. The coefficient of determination and the Sample Correlation. Analysis of Residuals: Assessing the Model. Transforming to Linearity.
Multiple Linear Regression. Use of statistical software SPSS in Regression.
Optimization. Linear Programming. Simplex Algorithm. Examples in Civil Engineering. Use of Solver Supplement of Microsoft Excel.
Language Portuguese / Tutorial support in English
Type of instruction: Activities Total Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical 28 2
Practical: 7 0,5
Tutorial
guidance
Learning objectives:
To understand that many engineering problems are concerned with determining a relationship between a set of variables. To know how to choose the convenient regression model in cases of real variables.
To learn and use the” Least Squares Method” to obtain the linear regression equation; understanding the meaning of the regression parameters and of Sample correlation and Coefficient of Determination, and be able to make statistical inferences about these parameters.
To understand that the need to get the “best” out of a system is a very strong motivation in much of engineering; the importance of obtain the maximum amount of product or to minimize the cost of a process.
To learn and know the Linear programming (LP) problem. To use the simplex algorithm to solve practice problems and in particular some related to Civil Engineering.
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
To be able to use the more convenient Regression Models to adjust a set of variables, related to problems of engineering.
To know how to use statistical software in regression and software to linear programming.
Bibliography: HILLIER, F, LIEBERMAN G. – Introduction to Operations Research McGraw Hill. MONTGOMERY; DOUGLAS C. R; GEORGE C. – Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers,
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3rd Edition, 2003 Wiley NETER, KUTNER, NACHTSHEM, WASSERMAN – Applied Linear Statistical Models, McGraw Hill. SECO A., ANTUNES A., CUNHA C. – Técnicas de Programação Matemática e suas Aplicações em Engenharia Civil, DEC, UC.
Progress assessment:
Assessment can be either continuous or by a final exam during the 1st or 2nd exam´s period. Continuous assessment consists of one practice work, using SPSS (25%) and a final exam (75%). Alternatively, the assessment is made through a final examination (100%).
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Course Unit Description
Title Structural reinforced concrete
Scientific Area: Structural Mechanics
Course: Master Degree in Civil Engineering
Code: 667306
Term/Semester: 1st year; 1st semester
ECTS: 5,5
Department: Department of Civil Engineering
Instructor: Ricardo Nuno Francisco do Carmo
Study plan: Serviceability Limit States General Stress limitation Cracking Crack control General considerations Minimum reinforcement areas Control of cracking without direct calculation Calculation of crack widths
Deflection control General considerations Cases where calculations may be omitted Checking deflections by calculation
Flat slabs
Structural analysis: calculation of the distribution of internal forces and moments. Structural analysis
Linear analysis with limited redistribution and plastic analysis for beams and slabs (ductility and plastic rotation capacity)
Prestressed Concrete:
Structural interest of prestressing; Precast concrete elements Prestress force
Immediate losses of prestress for pre-tensioning Immediate losses of prestress for post-tensioning Losses due to the instantaneous deformation of concrete Losses due to friction Losses at anchorage Time dependent losses of prestress
Determination of the prestress force Checking the safety to the Ultimate limit states (bending and shear) Anchorage of pre-tensioned tendons Anchorage zones of post-tensioned members
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Language Portuguese (English if there are enough students to create a separate class)
Type of instruction: Activities
Total
Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical and practical 49 3,5
Tutorial guidance
7 0,5
Learning objectives:
know the theory and the practice related with the design and manufactured of reinforced concrete structures (current and complex structures) Recognize, diagnose and prevent structural pathologies in constructions.
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
Generic skills: • Application of knowledge; • Make judgments / decisions; • Improve the communication; • Self-learning.
Specific skills:
Acquire knowledge and understanding capacity in the field of reinforced concrete structures (buildings and bridges usually used in the urban space), particularly at the level of design and manufacturing;
Review the fundamental principles on the behavior of reinforced concrete structures in order to strengthen the knowledge already acquired;
Increase the capacity to understand the reinforced concrete structures used in the urban space;
Provide the students with new knowledge to deal with complex and contemporary situations in the area of reinforced concrete structures (making judgments and developing solutions).
Bibliography: REBAP - Regulamento de Estruturas de Betão Armado e Pré-Esforçado (1983), Decreto-Lei n.º 349-C/83, de 30 de Julho;
EC2 - EN 1992-1-1 - “Eurocódigo 2: Projecto de estruturas de betão armado – Parte 1-1: Regras gerais e regras para edifícios”, Abril de 2004;
CEB-FIP MODEL CODE 1990, Comité Euro-International du Béton, Lausanne, Suisse, 1990;
Júlio Appleton, João Almeida, José Câmara, Augusto Gomes - “Betão Armado e Pré-Esforçado - Dimensionamento de estruturas de betão armado pré-esforçado”, 1988.
Lopes, Sérgio - “Apontamentos de Betão Pré-esforçado”, Departamento de Engenharia Civil da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 1995.
Burns, Lins - “Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1982.
Gilbert, R. I. - “Design of Prestressed Concrete”, Chapman and Hall, London, 1990.
Hurst, M. K. - “Prestressed Concrete Design”, Chapman and Hall, London, 1988.
Leonhardt F. - “Construções de Concreto, vol 5 – Concreto Protendido”, Ed. Interciência,
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Lda.; Rio de Janeiro, 1983.
Nilson, A. H. – “Design of Prestressed Concrete”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1987.
Pompeu dos Santos, Silvino - “Ligações de Estruturas Pré-fabricadas de Betão”, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Lisboa 1985.
Carmo, Ricardo – Elementos de apoio às aulas – Betão Estrutural. Diapositivos apresentados nas aulas.
Other elements of study available at: http://www.civil.ist.utl.pt/~cristina/bape1/ http://www.civil.ist.utl.pt/~cristina/bape2/ http://www.qsp.pt/
Elementos de estudo da disciplina Estruturas de Betão I (IST) – Módulo 3 Verificação do comportamento em serviço (Estados Limites de Utilização) – Carla Marchão e Júlio Appleton
Elementos de estudo da disciplina Estruturas de Betão II (IST) – Módulo 1 Pré-Esforço – Carla Marchão e Júlio Appleton
Elementos de estudo da disciplina Estruturas de Betão II (IST) – Módulo 2 Lajes – Carla Marchão e Júlio Appleton
Cálculo prático de estruturas de betão armado – aços SD Scientific papers available at: http://www.civil.ist.utl.pt/~cristina/GDBAPE/Artigos.htm
Júlio Appleton – “Eurocódigo 2 – EN1992-1-1”
Júlio Appleton, Paulo França – “Implementação do Eurocódigo 2 – (EN1992-1) em Portugal. Comparação com o REBAP”
Júlio Appleton, António Costa, Paulo França – “Efeitos Estruturais da Deterioração em Estruturas de Betão Armado”
João Saraiva, Júlio Appleton – “Avaliação da Capacidade Sísmica de Edifícios de Betão Armado de Acordo com o Eurocódigo 8 – Parte 3”
Júlio Appleton – “Construções Pré-Fabricadas em Zonas Sísmicas”
Júlio Appleton – “Interesse e Vantagens da Aplicação de Pré-Esforço em Edifícios”
João Almeida, Júlio Appleton, Carlos Martins – “Control of Deflections in Postensioned Slabs”
Miguel Lourenço, João Almeida - “Campos de Tensões em Zonas de Descontinuidade” João Almeida, Miguel Lourenço – “Stress Field Models for Structural Concrete”
Progress assessment:
A research work with presentation and discussion (5 points in the range of 0 to 20). This work can be done individually or in group (maximum of 2 students) and must be submitted with the format specified by the teacher.
A written exam (15 points in the range of 0 to 20) to be carried out during the period of the exams.
The student can choose not to do the research work or can do the research work and choose not to account for the final result. In these cases, the final exam will be quoted for 20 points.
For the student who chooses to account research work for the final result, the final exam will be quoted for 15 points. In this case, the final result will be the sum of the research work result with the final exam result.
The approval requires the achievement of at least 9.5 in the final result and the minimum of 7 points (in the range of 0 to 15) in the written exam (for the students who choose to consider the evaluation of the research work in the final result).
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Title Flexible Retaining Structures
Scientific Area: Civil engineering - geothecnics and foundations
Course: Master Degree in Civil Engineering – Specialization in Urban Construction
Academic Year: 667303
Term/Semester: 1st Year/ 1st Semester
ECTS: 5.0
Department: Department of Civil Engineering
Instructor: Carlos Manuel da Cruz Moreira, Prof. Coordenador, PhD
Study plan: 1. Flexible retaining structures Definition and types of retaining structures; Legislation and rules to verify in retaining
structures design and construction; Types of peripheral supporting; Sheet piles; Larssen and
Frodingham types; Soldier pile walls; Berlin and Munich types; Diaphragm walls; Cast in situ
and pre-cast; Bored pile walls; Cantilever walls; Walls with one or several additional supports;
2. Design methodology Design classic methods; free earth support and fixed earth support considerations and
calculations; Rowe’s method; Fictional soils; Cohesive soils: Rowe’s method extension; Long
and short term stability analysis; Supporting types; Struts and anchors; Constructive details;
Theoretical earth trust and Terzaghi and Peck diagrams; Design; Pressure diagrams; Strut
forces calculation; Evaluation of bending moments and shear forces on the wall;
3. External stability Stability of the bottom of the excavation; Clay soils; Terzaghi hypothesis; Bjerrum and Eide
method; Sand soils; Hydraulic collapse; Safety coefficients; Vertical loads stability; Global
stability; Kranz method;
4. Ground anchors Generalities; Mechanical behaviour of ground anchors; Pre-tension; Main types; Design;
Acceptance tests;
5. Seismic behaviour of retaining structures Introduction; Retaining structures response to ground vibration; Monobe Okabe theory;
Application to frictional and cohesive soils; Analytical and graphical solutions; Culmann’s
methodology; Location of the seismic thrust; Evaluation of the seismic coefficients;
Language Portuguese
Type of instruction: Activities Total Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical 42 3 Theory and problem resolution
Practical: 7
Presentation and discussion of
group assignments
Tutorial
guidance 7
Tutorial and software practice
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Learning objectives:
Design and technology of flexible retaining structures in urban deep construction.
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
Generic competence: Knowledge and comprehension of flexible retaining structures.
Specific competence: Evaluation methodology, constructive procedures.
Specific competence: Design, supervision and direction of works.
Bibliography: Cortinas de Estacas Moldadas - Brito, J. e França, P., IST
Earth Retention Systems Handbook - Alan Macnab, McGraw-Hill
Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures - C.R.I. Clayton, J. Milititsky and R.I. Woods, Wiley Interscience
Estruturas de Suporte de Terras - Matos Fernandes, M.
Estruturas Flexíveis de Contenção Periférica - Moreira, C.
Ground Anchors and Anchored Structures - Petros Xanthakos, John Willey & Sons, Inc.
Paredes Moldadas - Brito, J. e França, P., IST
Paredes Tipo Munique e Berlim - Brito, J. e França, P., IST
Pregagens - Brito, J. e França, P., IST
Recomendações na Área da Geotecnia - Ordem dos Engenheiros
Tecnologia de Fundações - Coelho, Silvério, Edições E.P.G.E.Tecnologia de Fundações - Coelho, Silvério, Edições E.P.G.E.
Progress assessment:
Written evaluation; Research assignment with oral presentation.
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Title: Applied Mathematics to Engineering I
Scientific Area: Mathematics
Course: Master Degree in Urban Construction
Codigo: 667301
Year /Semester: 1st / 1st
ECTS: 3.5
Department: Department of Physics and Mathematics
Study plan: Analytical Geometry - Short overview on conics, vectors, lines and planes in space; Polar, cylindrical and spherical coordinates; Quadric surfaces.
Differential Calculus on IRn - Topology concepts; Real functions of several real variables (domain, limits, partial derivatives, Schwarz theorem, linear approximation and differentials, Chain rule, implicit function, directional derivative, gradient vector and applications); Simple and conditional extremes of a real function on IR2, calculus of conditional extremes by the method of Lagrange multipliers.
Integral Calculus on IRn - Double and triple Integrals (definition, geometric interpretation, calculus in Cartesian and polar coordinates, applications); Brief introduction to vector analysis (vector fields; line integrals; conservative fields; Green’s theorem).
Language: Portuguese / Tutorial support in English
Type of instruction: Activities
Total
Hours Hours/week Comments
Theoretical Classroom, lectures
Theoretical-
Practical 28 2
Classroom, lectures and problem
solving
Practical 7 0.5 Laboratory work and problem solving
Tutorial
guidance
Students have weekly voluntary
support through instructor’s office
hours (6 hours availability)
Learning objectives:
Comprehension and use of the differential and integral calculus on IRn.
Generic learning outcomes and competences:
Solve and interpret real problems with an increasing autonomy. Find and select relevant information from different sources such as textbooks and the web.
Bibliography: J. A. Rogrigues, Curso de Análise Matemática - Cálculo em IRn, Princípia, 2008.
H. Anton, I. Bivens e S. Davis, Cálculo - Volume II, 8ª edição, Bookman, 2007.
G. James, Advanced Modern Engineering Mathematics, 3ª edição, Prentice Hall, 2004.
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R.A. Adams, Calculus, Several Variables, 5ª edição, Addison Wesley, 2003.
Progress assessment:
Final written exam.