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This course explores the topic of solid objects subjected to stress and strain. The methods taught in the course are used to predict the response of engineering structures to various types of loading, and to analyze the vulnerability of these structures to various failure modes. Axial loading with be the focus in this course.
- Course related:
- ME3303 Mechanics of Solids
- Subjects:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Keywords:
- Strength of materials Mechanics Applied Materials
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- MOOC
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The ISRM is extremely grateful to Prof. John Hudson for preparing this series of downloadable ISRM Lectures.
Lecture 1 - Principles - Introduction
Lecture 2 - Rock stress
Lecture 3 - Stress path, enginering failures
Lecture 4 - Complete force-displacement curve
Lecture 5 - Fracture frequency
Lecture 6 - In situ rock failure
Lecture 7 - Archeopteryx and Open Cast Coal Mine
Lecture 8 - Modelling and Design
Lecture 9 - Failure and profilagons
Lecture 10 - SI and TA
Lecture 11 - JinPing II project
Lecture 12 - Cultural
Lecture 13 - Writing a paper
Lecture 14 - Rock Mechanics Future
- Subjects:
- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Rock mechanics Engineering geology
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- MOOC
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This course provides an introduction to rock mechanics principles including the mechanics of rock materials, rock joints and rock masses, rock mechanics characterisation and rock mass classifications. The course is prepared for students studying civil and mining engineering, and other science and engineering disciplines concerning rocks.
The course is an on-line course, with approximately 30 hours of lectures. It covers 5 parts: (a) origin of rocks and rock masses, (b) properties and mechanics of rock materials, (c) properties and mechanics of rock joints, (d) rock mass classifications and properties, and a supplement part (e) rock mechanics testing and analysis.
The lectures are given by Professor Jian Zhao, who has been teaching rock mechanics and rock engineering since 1990, first at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, then at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne of Switzerland, and currently at Monash University in Melbourne of Australia. He is a Fellow of the International Society for Rock Mechanics since 2015.
Rock Engineering, a sequential on-line course to Rock Mechanics Principles given by the same lecturer will be made available in near future.
- Subjects:
- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Rock mechanics Engineering geology
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- MOOC
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The Rock Engineering Practice course was recorded by Professor Zhao Jian, an ISRM fellow, of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and contains 21 lectures divided in three parts.
Part 1. Site Investigation and Testing
Part 2. Rock Slope Engineering
Part 3. Rock Foundation Engineering
Part 4. Underground Rock Excavations
- Subjects:
- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Rock mechanics Engineering geology
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- MOOC
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The ISRM course on "Prevention methods for Landslides in Rock Masses" by Prof. Zhong-qi Quentin YUE, from the University of Hong Kong (see CV at the bottom of the page) is now available, in open access. The course has four parts, with a total of 24 lectures:
Part A - Understanding landslides in rock mass (four lectures)
Part B - Methods for quantifying rock mass (eight lectures)
Part C - Methods for landslide potential of rock mass (five lectures)
Part D - Measures for preventing landslides in rock mass (seven lectures)
- Subjects:
- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Rock mechanics Lslide hazard analysis Lslides -- Prevention Engineering geology
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- MOOC
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This course was recorded in 2021 by Dr Nick Barton, an ISRM Fellow and recipient of the 2011 Müller Award of the ISRM. In this course, it includes some examples of empirical methods in rock mechanics and rock engineering: for tunnelling, rock joints, rock masses, and rock slopes, cliffs and mountains (Q, QTBM, JRC, JCS, QSLOPE and other topics) The course has four parts, each opening in its own page.
Part 1 - The many faces of Q
Part 2 - Shear Strength of Rock, Rock Joints, etc.
Part 3 - Failure Modes in Rock Masses
Part 4 - TBM Performance and Prognosis
- Subjects:
- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Rock mechanics Engineering geology
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- MOOC
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This course was recorded in 2021 by Prof. Wulf Schubert, an ISRM Fellow and Vice President at Large for the ISRM from 1999 to 2003. The course has six parts, each opening in its own page.
Part 1 - Geotechnical Monitoring for Tunnels
Part 2 - Prediction on Displacements and Check of System Behavior with GeoFit
Part 3 - Use and Importance of Deflection or State Lines
Part 4 - Displacement Vectors in Cross and Longitudinal Section
Part 5 - Evaluation of Displacement Vector Orientations and Ratios of Displacement Components
Part 6 - Evaluation and Prediction of Lining Utilization from Displacement Measurements
- Subjects:
- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Engineering geology -- Data processing Tunneling
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- MOOC
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This course was coordinated in 2021 by Prof. Leandro Alejano, from University of Vigo, Spain and ISRM Vice President for Europe. The course has an introduction and four parts, each opening in its own page.
Rock mass characterization and monitoring is based on information gathered at different levels that contributes to a good understanding of the rock mass behavior. Geological, geostructural and geomechanical information is needed to set up a reliable model of the rock mass. The development of advanced survey techniques, such as digital photogrammetry, laser scanning and SAR interferometry has supplied powerful instruments in several fields including rock mechanics, where some efforts have been dedicated to improve the quality and the quantity of information available. In this short course taught by relevant European experts, the basics of these techniques are briefly reviewed and a number of interesting rock mechanics applications will be shown.
Part 0 - Course Presentation (Leandro Alejano)
Part 1 - A.M. Ferrero & M.R.Migliazza - Introduction of advanced survey methods for rock mass characterization and monitoring (A.M. Ferrero & M.R.Migliazza)
Part 2 - Methods for automatic or semi-automatic discontinuity traces sampling on digital rock mass (Gessica Umili)
Part 3 - Rock Mass Characterization and Monitoring based on Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques (Adrían Riquelme)
Part 4 - SAR Interferometry in Rock Mechanics (Roberto Tomas)
- Subjects:
- Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
- Keywords:
- Rock mechanics Engineering geology
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- MOOC
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Virtual reality is changing the way we interact with the world. But how does it work, what hardware is involved, and how is software written for it? In this course, part of the Virtual Reality Professional Certificate program, we will explore the foundations of user-friendly virtual reality app development for consumers, as well as enterprise solutions. Both hardware and software aspects will be discussed. You will learn to evaluate devices necessary for virtual reality applications, what their differences are, how you write interactive applications for virtual reality, and we will discuss the most frequent problems you are going to need to solve to write virtual reality software. In this course, you will explore the basics of virtual reality software through copying and modifying JavaScript to explore tradeoffs in VR application design. Extensive programming experience is not required. By the end of this course, you will understand what is important for successful virtual reality software and learn how to write simple virtual reality programs themselves with WebVR. This course is taught by an instructor with almost two decades of experience in virtual reality who leads the Immersive Visualization Laboratory at UC San Diego.
- Subjects:
- Interactive and Digital Media and Computing
- Keywords:
- Computer simulation Virtual reality Human-computer interaction
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- MOOC
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In this engineering course you will learn how to analyze vaults (long-span roofs) from three perspectives: 1. Efficiency = calculations of forces/stresses 2. Economy = evaluation of societal context and cost 3. Elegance = form/appearance based on engineering principles, not decoration We explore iconic vaults like the Pantheon, but our main focus is on contemporary vaults built after the industrial revolution. The vaults we examine are made of different materials, such as tile, reinforced concrete, steel and glass, and were created by masterful engineers/builders like Rafael Guastavino, Anton Tedesko, Pier Luigi Nervi, Eduardo Torroja, Félix Candela, and Heinz Isler. This course illustrates: - how engineering is a creative discipline and can become art - the influence of the economic and social context in vault design - the interplay between forces and form The course has been created for a general audience—no advanced math or engineering prerequisites are needed. This is the second of three courses on the Art of Structural Engineering, each of which are independent of each other. The course on bridges was launched in 2016, and another course will be developed on buildings/towers.
- Subjects:
- Structural Engineering
- Keywords:
- Roofs Suspension -- Design construction Structural analysis (Engineering)
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- MOOC
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Many natural and man-made structures can be modeled as assemblages of interconnected structural elements loaded along their axis (bars), in torsion (shafts) and in bending (beams). In this course you will learn to use equations for static equilibrium, geometric compatibility and constitutive material response to analyze structural assemblages. This course provides an introduction to behavior in which the shape of the structure is permanently changed by loading the material beyond its elastic limit (plasticity), and behavior in which the structural response changes over time (viscoelasticity). This is the second course in a 3-part series. In this series you will learn how mechanical engineers can use analytical methods and “back of the envelope” calculations to predict structural behavior. The three courses in the series are: Part 1 – 2.01x: Elements of Structures. (Elastic response of Structural Elements: Bars, Shafts, Beams). Fall Term Part 2 – 2.02.1x Mechanics of Deformable Structures: Part 1. (Assemblages of Elastic, Elastic-Plastic, and Viscoelastic Bars in axial loading). Spring Term Part 3 – 2.02.2x Mechanics of Deformable Structures: Part 2. (Assemblages of bars, shafts, and beams. Multi-axial Loading and Deformation. Energy Methods). Summer Term
- Subjects:
- Mechanical Engineering
- Keywords:
- Strength of materials Deformations (Mechanics)
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- MOOC
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In this engineering course you will learn how to analyze bridges from three perspectives: Efficiency = calculations of forces/stresses Economy = evaluation of societal context and cost Elegance = form/appearance based on engineering principles, not decoration With a focus on some significant bridges built since the industrial revolution, the course illustrates how engineering is a creative discipline and can become art. We also show the influence of the economic and social context in bridge design and the interplay between forces and form.
- Subjects:
- Structural Engineering
- Keywords:
- Structural analysis (Engineering) Bridges -- Design construction
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- MOOC
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In autonomous vehicles such as self-driving cars, we find a number of interesting and challenging decision-making problems. Starting from the autonomous driving of a single vehicle, to the coordination among multiple vehicles. This course will teach you the fundamental mathematical model for many of these real-world problems. Key topics include Markov decision process, reinforcement learning and event-based methods as well as the modelling and solving of decision-making for autonomous systems. This course is aimed at learners with a bachelor's degree or engineers in the automotive industry who need to develop their knowledge in decision-making models for autonomous systems. Enhance your decision-making skills in automotive engineering by learning from Chalmers, one of the top engineering schools that distinguished through its close collaboration with industry.
- Subjects:
- Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Transportation
- Keywords:
- Decision making Automobiles -- Design construction Automated vehicles
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- MOOC
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How can we strengthen sustainability? By empowering individuals and communities to transform and balance dynamic natural resources, economic prosperity, and healthy populations. In this course, you’ll explore productive and disruptive social, ecological, and economic intersections – the “triple bottom line.” You’ll investigate a spectrum of global, national, regional, municipal and personal relationships that are increasing resiliency. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to effectively locate your interests, and to leverage optimistic change within emerging 21st century urban environments. This course will describe fundamental paradigm shifts that are shaping sustainability. These include connectivity, diversity, citizen engagement, collaboration source tracing, mapping, transportation, and integrative, regenerative design. We will take examples from cities around the globe; making particular use of the complex evolution of site-specific conditions within the Connecticut River watershed. In addition we will present tools and strategies that can be utilized by individuals, communities, and corporations to orchestrate effective and collective change. Each week, lessons will highlight the significance of clean water as a key indication of ecosystem, community and human health. Learners will be asked to investigate and share information about their local environment. Finally, we will note the impact of such disruptive forces as industrial pollution, changing governance, privatization of public services, mining of natural resources, public awareness, and climate change. A fundamental course goal will be to characterize indicators of economic prosperity and happiness that relate to environmental sustainability – and the capacity of individuals to create change.
- Subjects:
- Environmental Engineering, Building Services Engineering, and Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Urban ecology (Sociology) Sustainable development
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- MOOC
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Meeting growing global energy demand, while mitigating climate change and environmental impacts, requires a large-scale transition to clean, sustainable energy systems. Students and professionals around the world must prepare for careers in this future energy landscape, gaining relevant skills and knowledge to expedite the transformation in industry, government and nongovernmental organizations, academia, and nonprofits. The building sector represents a large percentage of overall energy consumption, and contributes 40% of the carbon emissions driving climate change. Yet buildings also offer opportunities for substantial, economical energy efficiency gains. From retrofit projects to new construction, buildings require a context-specific design process that integrates efficiency strategies and technologies. In this course, you'll be introduced to a range of technologies and analysis techniques for designing comfortable, resource-efficient buildings. The primary focus of this course is the study of the thermal and luminous behavior of buildings. You'll examine the basic scientific principles underlying these phenomena, and use computer-aided design software and climate data to explore the role light and energy can play in shaping architecture. These efficiency design elements are critical to the larger challenge of producing energy for a growing population while reducing carbon emissions.
- Subjects:
- Environmental Engineering, Building Services Engineering, and Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Buildings -- Energy conservation Sustainable architecture Sustainable buildings -- Design construction
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- MOOC
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Electric powertrains are estimated to propel a large part of road vehicles in the future, due to their high efficiency and zero tailpipe emissions. But, the cost and weight of batteries and the time to charge them are arguments for the conventional powertrain in many vehicles. This makes it important for engineers working with vehicles to understand how both these powertrains work, and how to determine their performance and energy consumption for different type of vehicles and different ways of driving vehicles. This course is aimed at learners with a bachelor's degree or engineers in the automotive industry who need to develop their knowledge about electric powertrains. In this course, you will learn how electric and conventional combustion engine powertrains are built and how they work. You will learn methods to calculate their performance and energy consumption and how to simulate them in different driving cycles. You will also learn about the basic function, the main limits and the losses of: Combustion engines, Transmissions Electric machines, Power electronics Batteries. This knowledge will also be a base for understanding and analysing different types of hybrid vehicles, discussed in the course, Hybrid Vehicles. As a result of support from MathWorks, students will be granted access to MATLAB/Simulink for the duration of the course.
- Subjects:
- Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Transportation
- Keywords:
- Electric vehicles Automobiles -- Power trains
- Resource Type:
- MOOC
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Too often modern cities and suburbs are disorganized places where most new development makes daily life less pleasant, creates more traffic congestion, and contributes to climate change. This trend has to change; and our course is going to show you how. Ecodesign means integrating planning, urban design and the conservation of natural systems to produce a sustainable built and natural environment. Ecodesign can be implemented through normal business practices and the kinds of capital programs and regulations already in use in most communities. We will show you how ecodesign has already been used for exceptional projects in many cities and suburbs—from Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm to False Creek North in Vancouver to Battery Park City in Manhattan, as well as many smaller-scale examples that can be adopted in any community. Cities and suburbs built according to ecodesign principles can and should become normal, instead of just a few special examples, transforming urban development into desirable, lower-carbon, compact and walkable communities and business centers. As this course describes specific solutions to the vexing urban challenges we all face, course participants can see how these ideas might be applied in their own area. Participants will learn the conceptual framework of ecodesign, see many real, successful examples, and come to understand the tools, processes, and techniques for policy development and implementation. Ecodesign thinking is relevant to anyone who has a part in shaping or influencing the future of cities and suburbs – citizens, students, designers, public officials, and politicians. At the conclusion of the course participants will have the tools and strategies necessary to advocate policies and projects for a neighbourhood or urban district using the ecodesign framework.
- Subjects:
- Environmental Engineering, Building Services Engineering, and Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Cities towns -- Growth City planning -- Environmental aspects Regional planning
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- MOOC
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Cities are built site by site. Site planning has been taught in urban planning, landscape architecture and architecture programs for over a century and continues to be a foundation course for those who aspire to plan the built environment. It is a required subject on licensing and certification programs for each of these disciplines. Mastering the art of site planning requires substantive knowledge, well-honed design skills, and familiarity with examples and prototypes of site organization. This course provides the perspectives of leading academics and practitioners on the important issues in preparing site plans. It offers a foundation of knowledge, and the opportunity to apply what is learned in preparing a site plan.
- Subjects:
- Environmental Engineering, Building Services Engineering, and Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Building sites -- Planning
- Resource Type:
- MOOC
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Humanity faces an immense challenge: providing abundant energy to everyone without wrecking the planet. If we want a high-energy future while protecting the natural world for our children, we must consider the environmental consequences of energy production and use. But money matters too: energy solutions that ignore economic costs are not realistic, particularly in a world where billions of people currently can’t afford access to basic energy services. How can we proceed? Energy Within Environmental Constraints won’t give you the answer. Instead, we will teach you how to ask the right questions and estimate the consequences of different choices. This course is rich in details of real devices and light on theory. You won’t find any electrodynamics here, but you will find enough about modern commercial solar panels to estimate if they would be profitable to install in a given location. We emphasizes costs: the cascade of capital and operating costs from energy extraction all the way through end uses. We also emphasize quantitative comparisons and tradeoffs: how much more expensive is electricity from solar panels than from coal plants, and how much pollution does it prevent? Is solar power as cost-effective an environmental investment as nuclear power or energy efficiency? And how do we include considerations other than cost? This course is intended for a diverse audience. Whether you are a student, an activist, a policymaker, a business owner, or a concerned citizen, this course will help you start to think carefully about our current energy system and how we can improve its environmental performance.
- Subjects:
- Environmental Engineering, Building Services Engineering, and Building and Real Estate
- Keywords:
- Environmental protection Environmental management Renewable energy sources Power resources
- Resource Type:
- MOOC
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The building industry is exploding with data sources that impact the energy performance of the built environment and health and well-being of occupants. Spreadsheets just don’t cut it anymore as the sole analytics tool for professionals in this field. Participating in mainstream data science courses might provide skills such as programming and statistics, however the applied context to buildings is missing, which is the most important part for beginners. This course focuses on the development of data science skills for professionals specifically in the built environment sector. It targets architects, engineers, construction and facilities managers with little or no previous programming experience. An introduction to data science skills is given in the context of the building life cycle phases. Participants will use large, open data sets from the design, construction, and operations of buildings to learn and practice data science techniques. Essentially this course is designed to add new tools and skills to supplement spreadsheets. Major technical topics include data loading, processing, visualization, and basic machine learning using the Python programming language, the Pandas data analytics and sci-kit learn machine learning libraries, and the web-based Colaboratory environment. In addition, the course will provide numerous learning paths for various built environment-related tasks to facilitate further growth.
- Keywords:
- City planning -- Statistical methods Python (Computer program language) Information visualization
- Resource Type:
- MOOC