Civil Engineering Exam 1 Study Guide.pdf

Civil,./Engineering,./Exam,./1,./Study,./Guid
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1. Civil,./Engineers',./Two,./Main,./Roles:,./1.,./Building,./and,./managing,./infrastructure
2. Sustaining,./environmental,./resources
2. Construction,./Engineering,./and,./Project,./Management:,./Taking,./the,./design,./of,./a,./phys
ical,./system,,./such,./as,./a,./bridge,./or,./building,,./and,./transforming,./into,./a,./constructed,./object.
3. Environmental,./Engineering:, . / Developing,./systems,./to,./provide,./ample,./and,./safe,./drinking,./water,./sup
plies,,./as,./well,./as,./systems,./to,./treat,./gaseous,,./liquid,,./solid,,./and,./hazardous,./wastes,./to,./ettectively,./control,./poll
ution,./and,./contami-nation,./of,./air,,./water,,./and,./soil.
4. Geotechnical,. / Engineering:, ./ Working,./with,./natural,./materials,,./soil,./and,./rock,,./to,./develop,./the,./foundatio
n
for,./the,./built,./environment,,./including,./building,./foundations,,./earth,./dams,./and,./levees,,./slopes,,./and,./waste,./disposal,
./sites.


5. Structural,./Engineering:,./Designing,./buildings,,./bridges,,./industrial,./plants,,./etc.,./that,./involve,./conne
cting,./beams,,./columns,,./floor,,./and,./other,./elements,./into,./a,./coherent,./whole.
6. Transportation, . / Engineering:, . / Planning,./and,./design,./of,./pathways,./(roads,,./highways,,./airports,,
./water-ways,,./pipelines,,./etc.),./to,./enhance,./movement,./of,./people,./and,./goods,./from,./one,./place,./to,./another.


7. Water, . / Resources, . / Engineering:, . / Design,./of,./systems,./for,./flood,./protection,,./for,./development,./o
f,./surface,./water,./and,./groundwater,./supplies,,./as,./well,./as,./controlling,./natural,./water,./systems,,./canals,,./and,./ports.
8. Civil,./engineering,./work,./is,./different,./from,./that,./of,./other,./engineering,./discipli
nes,./in,./that::,./(1),./it,./involves,./more,./public,./sector,./spending,./and,./regulation;
(2) it,./involves,./private,./practice,./more,./and,./attracts,./interest,./in,./professionalism;
(3) it,./has,./more,./influence,./on,./the,./construction,./and,./infrastructure,./industries,./and,./on,./environmental,./regulation;
(4) it,./has,./a,./larger,./social,./component;
(5) it,./is,./more,./stable,./than,./other,./engineering,./disciplines;,./and
(6) the,./size,./of,./the,./occupational,./group,./is,./not,./increasing,./rapidly.
9. Type,./of,./Work,./vs.,./Examples:




10. The,./ASCE,./listed,./the,./top,./10,./achievements,./of,./the,./twentieth,./century,./as,./follows,.
/(ASCE,./2000)::,./Airport,./design,./and,./development

Dams
Interstate,./highway,./system,
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Rail,./transport
Sanitary,./landfills,./and,./solid,./waste,./dispo
sal,./Skyscrapers
Wastewater,./disposal
Water,./supply,./and,./distributio
n,./Water,./transportation
11. Sustainable,./Development,./Definitions:, . / Sustainable,./development,./is,./a,./form,./of,./smart,./growth,./tha
t
employs,./the,./high-
tech,./revolution,./and,./economic,./restructuring,./to,./manage,./all,./this,./growth,./in,./a,./more,./sophisticated,./manner,./t
hat,./is,./ecologically,./benign.
Produce,./nothing,./until,./we,./have,./a,./way,./of,./fully,./integrating,./the,./product,,./its,./byproduct,,./and,./any,./by-
product,./from,./the,./production,./process,./into,./the,./system,./in,./a,./positive,./manner.
The,./basic,./principle,./of,./sustainable,./development,./is,./that,./we,./live,./from,./flows,./not,./from,./stocks.
Sustainable,./development,./is,./the,./proper,./integration,./of,./environmental,./concerns,./into,./the,./development,./pro
cess.,./In,./a,./perfect,./world,,./an,./end,./service,./such,./as,./social,./security,./would,./be,./sustainable,./(i.e.,,./there,./is,./a,./circ
ular,./pattern,./of,./continual,./renewal).
Pass,./on,./to,./each,./generation,./a,./population,./level,,./a,./set,./of,./technologies,,./and,./a,./stock,./of,./fertile,./land,./and,./fossil,./
fuels,./that,./would,./enable,./them,./to,./do,./at,./least,./what,./we,./have,./done
12. Civil,./Engineering,./works,./date,./back,./to...:,./Antiquity,./(Pyramids,./of,./Egypt)
Greek,./Temples,./(Parthenon)
Roads,./of,./Ancient,./Rome,./(Roads,./were,./engineered,./with,./sand,./bedding,,./stone,./base,./course,,./concrete-
like,./materials,,./and,./crowns,./for,./drainage.,./Some,./have,./lasted,./over,./2000,./years)
13. One,./ of,./ the,./ first,./ engineering,./ schools:,./ Ecole,./Nationale,./des,./Ponts,./et,./Chaussees,./in,./France
(National,./School,./of,./Bridges,./and,./Roads),./in,./1747
14. 1768:,./The,./term,./"Civil,./Engineer",./is,./coined,./by,./British,./Engineer,./John,./Smeaton,./to,./describe,./member
s,./of,./the,./profession,./that,./served,./the,./civilian,./population,./(as,./opposed,./to,./engineers,./that,./served,./military,.
/needs)


15. 1802:,./First,./US,./engineering,./school,./organized,./at,./West,./Point,./(USMA),./with,./assistance,./from,./French,./engineers
.,./Civil,./Engineering,./was,./at,./the,./core,./of,./the,./West,./Point,./curriculum.,./For,./the,./first,./half,./of,./the,./19th,./century,,./We
st,./Point,./graduates,./were,./largely,./responsible,./for,./the,./construction,./of,./the,./bulk,./of,./the,./United,./States',./initial,./railw
ay,./lines,,./bridges,,./harbors,./and,./roads.
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