BUILDINGS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

Catalog description

A general engineering course on geological materials and processes that interact with the built environment and are critical to architectural engineering including:1) mineral and rock formation processes; rock mechanics and deformation, weathering, erosion and soils; soil hazards, land subsidence and mass movements; groundwater geology, 2) Interactions between plate tectonics, atmosphere, oceans, and human built environment, 3) Nature and variability of weather and climate, including wind, temperature, clouds and precipitation, droughts, and flooding. Storm systems, fronts, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes. Relevant topics toward the interactions between buildings and the natural environment are included. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in AREN 1205 .