Analysis of Statistically Determinate Structures

• Introduction to Statics

• Structural Forms and Idealization

• Concept of a Free Body

• Analysis of statistically Determinate Structures

• Axial Force and Bending Structures

• Trusses, Arches, and Cables

• Beam and Frame Analysis

Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures

• Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Structures

• Analysis of Statically Indeterminate Arches

• Influence Lines for Indeterminate Structures

• Plastic Analysis of Structures

Engineering Materials: Timber & Steel

Timber

• Classification and Moisture

• Properties and Defects

• Preservation and Structural Grading

• Improvements (Plywood, Glue Laminated Timber)

Polymers

• Definition and Properties

• Degradation

Metals

• Properties and Corrosion Protection

• Timber Grading

• Bending and Impact Tests

Geotechnical Engineering

• Shear Strength of Soil

• Bearing Capacity

• Pile Foundations

• Stress Distribution

• Settlement

• Slope Stability

• Earth Pressure and Retaining Walls

Engineering Construction and Project Management

• Construction Industry in Kenya

• Construction Process

• Principles of Management Practice in Kenya

• Project Management

• Construction Methods

• Construction Plants and Equipment

• Network Analysis

• Measurements

• Specifications for Civil and Building Works

• Tenders & Contracts

• Estimating

• Site and Office Procedures

• Costing

• Materials Management

Hydrology

• Water Occurrence in Nature

• The Hydrologic Cycle

• Meteorology

• Hydrologic Process Measurements

• Rainfall Data Analysis

• Stream Flow

• Introduction to Groundwater

• Groundwater Management and Contamination

• Seawater Intrusion

Engineering Maintenance

• • Infrastructure management system, maintenance strategies

  • Facility management in construction, sustainability in construction

  • The service life of railway racks and effecting factors

  • Maintenance and renovation decision support system (PATER)

  • Deterioration of the railway track, railway track diagnostics

  • Road planning, construction, quality control, and maintenance subsystems

  • Road pavement deterioration, behavior model, service life

  • The concept, elements, and goals of road pavement management, pavement management system (PMS)

  • Bridge diagnostics

  • Bridge management, bridge management system (BMS)

Seismic Design

• Single degree of freedom (SDOF) systems

• Free vibration response of undamped SDOF systems

• Free vibration response of damped SDOF systems

• Dynamic response of SDOF systems subjected to harmonic forcing functions

• Response spectrum evaluation

• Time history analysis, response spectrum analysis

• Earthquake hazard: Prism and Rexel software

• Local site effects and elastic response spectra: Strata software

• Seismic Design

Engineering Technologies

• Modern construction technologies

• Formwork for concrete structures

• Steel construction 

• Timber construction

• Construction site planning

Analysis and Design of Structures

• EN 1991 Eurocode: Design values of actions and the effect of actions

• EN 1990 Eurocode: Basis of the structural design

• EN 1991 Eurocode: General actions, snow loads, wind loads

• EN 1992 Eurocode: Design of Concrete Structures

• EN 1998 Eurocode 1: Seismic loads