This course explores the design of structures for coastal and ocean resilience within the broader context of climate change adaptation. The following subjects will be introduced: coastal and oceanic wave dynamics; hydrodynamic forces from wind-waves and tsunamis on coastal structures; wave attenuation using vegetation; analysis and design of floating structures.

Prerequisites: CVEN 3121/MECH 3043 and MATH 2421

Book: Applied Ocean Mechanics for Structural Engineering and Climate Adaptation

Our modern world is built upon a cultural, architectural, and technological legacy spanning tens of millennia. This course aims to shed light on this legacy by charting the evolution of structural/solid mechanics from the ancient past to the present era. Topics covered include analytical and graphical methods for the investigation of stress and stability within diverse structural systems across different cultures and time periods; 3D stress and deformation within solid bodies subject to arbitrary loading and their treatment via energy methods; analysis of historical and heritage structures; introduction to finite element methods.

Prerequisites: CVEN 3121/MECH 3043

This course explores the fundamentals of solid mechanics within the context of structural and mechanical engineering. Topics covered include the analysis of stress and strain, mechanical properties of materials, bending, shear, torsion, and axial response of structural systems including deflection and buckling analysis.

Prerequisites: CVEN 2121/MECH 2023