Introduction to Infrastructure: An Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chapter Twenty

Analysis II

Chapter Outline

• Introduction
• Construction Engineering: Critical Path Method
• Environmental Engineering: Air Pollution
• Geotechnical Engineering: Katrina Floodwalls
• Structural Engineering: Deflection of Beams
• Transportation Engineering: Transportation Impact Study
• Outro

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Apply the Critical Path Method.
2. Estimate the ground-level concentration of a contaminant emitted by a stack.
3. Calculate the forces on a levee and relate these forces to levee failure.
4. Estimate the amount of deflection in a beam.
5. List items that must be considered when undertaking a Transportation Impact Study.

Introduction

In Chapter 9, we presented the analysis process and provided examples of how it is used in the subdisciplines of civil and environmental engineering. In the intervening chapters, we have presented many considerations that are necessary in “real-world” analyses. In this chapter, we provide you with five analysis applications that take into account the additional considerations we have presented in Chapters 11 through 19.

Construction Engineering: Critical Path Method

The managing of construction projects requires several analysis tasks. In Chapter 9, we introduced Gantt charts as a means of organizing project activities. In this section, we present the Critical Path Method, or CPM, as a more powerful ...