Monday 4 - 6 PM
in the Auditorium at
Burns and McDonnell
9400 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO
Twelve topics will be taught by the faculty of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering of the University of Kansas and will cover current issues in practice. Two hours PDH credit will be given for each session. Also see the schedule including topic overviews.
| DATE | PRESENTER | TOPICS |
| February 9 | Stan Rolfe | How Much Notch Toughness is Enough? |
| February 16 | Herb Tuttle | Project Team Success |
| February 23 | C. Bryan Young | Basic Concepts in Water Quality Modeling |
| March 1 | Ed McBride II | Rayleigh Buckling |
| March 8 | Bob Parsons | Design and Construction of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls |
| March 15 | Robert Coffeen | HVAC Noise ... Solving a "Real World" Problem |
| March 22 | SPRING BREAK | NO SESSION |
| March 29 | Tat Ebihara & Andrew Shaw | Fundamentals and Applications of Activated Sludge Simulation Models |
| April 5 | Guillermo Ramirez | Issues on Field Strength Determination of Concrete Structures |
| April 12 | Dennis Lane | Recent Developments in Air Pollution Control |
| April 19 | Yong Bai | Improving Highway Work Zone Safety |
| April 26 | Adolf Matamoros | Seismic Resistant Design Using High-Strength Concrete |
| May 3 | JoAnn Browning | Modeling and Analysis of RC Structures for Earthquake Demands |
Participants of each session will have their tickets stamped confirming attendance, the topic discussed, and verifying the 2.0 PDH credit.
Session tickets, which are transferable, are $50 for each session of the 12 session series. There are a limited number of tickets. To obtain a ticket, contact Carol Jo Sloan, Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering, 2150 Learned Hall, 1530 West 15th Street, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045. Telephone (785) 864-3766. Email: cjsloan@ku.edu.
Please park in the Jewish Synagogue parking lot. Use the north lot, which is closest to the 9400 Building and then take the sidewalk to the front Burns & McDonnell entrance. This is the same parking lot we used last year. Parking in the Burns & McDonnell lot is strictly prohibited.
| DATE | PRESENTER | TOPICS |
| February 9 | Stan Rolfe | How Much Notch Toughness is Enough? |
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Many code bodies require that CVN impact requirements be met for
various structures such as the AASHTO code for steel bridges.
This talk will show how these requirements are established, and
for other structural systems, how to establish sufficient but
not excessive CVN requirements.
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| February 16 | Herb Tuttle | Project Team Success |
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This program will include methods to organize and develop a
project team, effective communication with team members, goal
and objective setting and success measures. Research will be
reported on successful Kansas City Project teams.
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| February 23 | C. Bryan Young | Basic Concepts in Water Quality Modeling |
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The vast majority of water quality models are built on the
concept of mass balance simulation. This session will cover the
basics of mass balance modeling, including the simulation of
transport and reaction kinematics. A general tool for mass
balance modeling, Vensim, will be introduced. In addition, an
overview of available watershed water quality models will be
presented.
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| March 1 | Ed McBride II | Rayleigh Buckling |
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A simple, approximate method for calculating buckling loads will
be presented. Applicable to non-uniform columns and other
geometries not easily treated by classical methods. Easy to
implement in software such as MathCad.
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| March 8 | Bob Parsons | Design and Construction of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls |
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Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls are an attractive and
inexpensive alternative to traditional cantilever concrete
walls. This session will focus on the design and construction of
MSE walls based on FHWA criteria.
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| March 15 | Robert Coffeen | HVAC Noise ... Solving a "Real World" Problem |
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Determination of anticipated ambient noise as generated by an
institutional building HVAC system as originally designed, and
determination of practical noise control procedures required to
reduce the HVAC noise to typically accepted noise criteria will
be presented. The discussion will include the real time use of
one or two computer programs to assist in the solution of this
HVAC system noise control problem.
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| March 22 | SPRING BREAK | NO SESSION |
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| March 29 | Tat Ebihara & Andrew Shaw | Fundamentals and Applications of Activated Sludge Simulation Models |
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New activated sludge systems designed for biological nitrogen
and phosphorus removal are much more complex than systems
designed only for BOD removal. PC-based activated sludge
simulation models are becoming well-used tools for design and
analysis of activated sludge performance under both steady-state
and dynamic conditions. A description of the basis of these
simulation tools and their utility in plant design and treatment
capacity analysis will be presented.
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| April 5 | Guillermo Ramirez | Issues on Field Strength Determination of Concrete Structures |
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With new demands for performance of existing infrastructure, it
has become more common to schedule field tests to verify
strength assumptions made based on the construction drawings.
Historically, the special publication issued by the American
Concrete Institute committee 437 has been used as the primary
guideline for the tests and procedures to be used. Recent
changes to the ACI guide for field strngth determination of
structures will be presented. In addition, new additions to the
guidelines to be added in the next issue will be presented and
discussed.
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| April 12 | Dennis Lane | Revent Developments in Air Pollution Control |
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An update on the developments in air pollution control over the
last three years. This will include discussions about various
control decisions concerning industries, mobile sources, and
small businesses.
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| April 19 | Yong Bai | Improving Highway Work Zone Safety |
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Highway work zones create a major safety concern for the
government agencies, the legislature, the highway industry, and
the traveling public. Today, the majority of highway funds are
being used on system preservation type projects (resurfacing,
restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction) on the existing
highway system. Thus, a significant accident rate increase in
work zones is inevitable unless effective countermeasures are
developed and implemented to ensure safety. The presenation will
cover the results of an analysis of characteristics of fatal
accidents in highway work zones, as well as some of the
effective countermeasures.
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| April 26 | Adolf Matamoros | Seismic Resistant Design Using High-Strength Concrete |
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Several design provisions in the ACI 318-02 Building Code
establish an upper limit for the magnitude of the concrete
compressive strength that can be used in nominal strength
calculations. Although no upper limit on compressive strength is
established in chapter 21 of the ACI Code, building officials in
regions of high seismicity often regulate the maximum
compressive strength due to the perceived brittle behavior of
high-strength concrete and the lack of design provisions
developed specifically for it. In response to those concerns ACI
constituted innovative task group 4 with the goal of developing
seismic design provisions for high-strength concrete. The main
objectives of the ITG-4 document are to facilitate the safe use
of high-strength concrete in regions of moderate and high
seismicity, and to address the concerns of building officials.
The presentation will focus on structural design aspects of the
ITG-4 document.
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| May 3 | JoAnn Browning | Modeling and Analysis of RC Structures for Earthquake Demands |
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This presentation will discuss the effects of implementing
various modeling techniques on the calculated response of
reinforced concrete structures subjected to earthquake loading.
Examples will be presented for building and bridge structures in
which different modeling parameters are implemented and response
results are compared with recorded responses and/or original
design solutions. The impact of different earthquake ground
motions on structural response also will be presented.
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