For more details on the courses, please refer to the Course Catalog
| Code | Course Title | Credit | Learning Time | Division | Degree | Grade | Note | Language | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCE5011 | Construction Planning for Building Projects | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| Success of the building construction projects starts from systematic and scientific planning. In this course, students understand design documents and learn project planning process and related technique over the various construction phases. They also work on the various case studies and practice real cases. | |||||||||
| GCE5012 | Contract and Claim Management for International Construction Projects | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| In this course, various legal concepts and principles regarding construction projects will be studied. Topics include construction law, project delivery systems, contract formation and management, claim management and dispute resolution technique, which focus on large international construction projects. | |||||||||
| GCE5014 | Built Environmental Control | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| This class investigates the environmental control principles in buildings. Current researches and case studies for built environmental control will be reviewed. | |||||||||
| GCE5015 | Fire and Safety of Buildings | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| This class investigates the fire and safety of building. Current research and case studies for fire and safety in tall buildings will be investigated. | |||||||||
| GCE5016 | Design of Reinforced Concrete Tall Buildings | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| This course mainly covers the structural design of reinforced concrete tall buildings. The knowledges, such as material characteristics, differential shortening and et al., to design reinforced concrete tall buildings are sturdied. In addition, the current design codes to design einforced concrete tall buildings are sturdied. | |||||||||
| GCE5017 | New Technology for Construction of Long-Span Bridges | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| New technology for construction of long-span bridges such as the erection methods for pylon, cable, and superstructure is introduced focusing on the actual construction examples. Various methods for the construction of foundations are also instructed. | |||||||||
| GCE5018 | Advanced Foundation Engineering for Mega Bridges | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| This course deals with fundamentals of design of mega foundations for use in mega bridge construction. Basic principles of geotechnical engineering and foundation engineering are applied for evaluation of geotechnical design parameters, prediction of bearing capacity, and design of mega foundations. Case histories concerning design and construction of mega bridges are also discussed. | |||||||||
| GCE5019 | Advanced Geotechnical Engineering | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| This course covers fundamentals of graduate level geotechnical engineering for use in design and analysis geo-structures: Advanced soil shear strength theory, Liqiuefaction, Consolidation, Earth pressure, Constitutive models, Evaluation of site investigation data, Rock engineering | |||||||||
| GCE5020 | Applied finite element analysis | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| Firstly matrix displacement and force methods are studied for linear analysis of indeterminate Rahmen structures. After that, elastic and geometric stiffness matrices of space truss and frame elements are derived and linear elastic and buckling analysis and nonlinear analysis procedures of long span bridges are instructed With basic theories of elasticity, the refined F.E. analysis using continuum element and plate/shell elements are also addressed based on iso-parametric interpolation. Finally how to use general-purposed programs for structural analysis is instructed. | |||||||||
| GCE5021 | Advanced Foundation Engineering | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| This course covers fundamentals of geotechnical aspects of analysis, design, and construction of foundation systems and earth retaining structures with emphasis on mega bridge foundation systems: Subsurface exploration techniques; Analysis and design of shallow and Deep foundations including piles and caissons; Analysis and design of earth retaining structures including gravity and cantilever retaining walls, sheet pile walls and other systems. | |||||||||
| GCE5022 | Design of Road Bridges | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| In this course, improves an overall understanding of structural engineering by lecture and discussion on several topics related to structural analysis and design and construction of road bridges. Topics include the type and characteristics of l road bridges, structural analysis methods, construction techniques and maintenance techniques for road bridges. | |||||||||
| GCE5023 | Structural design of cable bridges | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| The structural characteristics and design methods for structural systems of cable-supported long-span bridges are instructed. Simple analytical methods and design methods of cable system, stiffening girder, pylon, cable anchorage and connection are presented. In addition, the principles and applications of wind-resistance design of long-span bridges are instructed including wind-induced vibrations of whole bridge, coupled flutter instability, and behavior of tower under strong wind. | |||||||||
| GCE5024 | Structural Dynamics and Earthquake-Resistant Design | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| The purpose of this lecture is to present methods for analyzing the stresses and deflections developed in any given type of structures subjected to an arbitrary dynamic loading. The analysis and design of structures to resist the arbitrary dynamic loading requires conceptual idealizations and simplifying assumptions. Dynamic responses of multi-degrees of freedom systems to harmonic loads and earthquakes and response spectra are presented. In addition, earthquake-resistant design method for real structures is given. | |||||||||
| GCE5025 | Numerical Methods for Geo-Structures | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| This course covers fundamentals of numerical analysis of geo-structures for use in the design of geo-structures. A variety of geo-structures are covered to promote an ability to implement in design with emphasis on the use of finite element method and finite difference method for the analysis of tunnel, slople, and foundation. | |||||||||
| GCE5026 | Design of Tunnel and Underground Structures | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Global Construction Engineering | - | No |
| The principles and applications of underground structures and design methods are instructed. Interaction between ground and underground is presented and design methods of underground structures are instructed with emphasis on braced open cut and mined(/TBM) tunnel. | |||||||||