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<title>New Civil Engineering Online Courses and Video Lectures</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com</link>
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<title>Geosynthetics and Reinforced Soil Structures - IIT Madras</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3192/Geosynthetics-and-Reinforced-Soil-Structures</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
Introduction : Historical background of reinforced soil, Principles of reinforced soil through Mohr circle analysis.<br />
Different types of geosynthetics : Types of geosynthetics like geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geocells, geo-composites, their manufacturing methods.<br />
Te...]]></description>
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<title>Probability Methods in Civil Engineering - IIT Kharagpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3146/Probability-Methods-in-Civil-Engineering</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
Introduction : Role of Probability in Civil Engineering Problems; Examples.<br />
Random Events : Definition of basic random events; Application of set theory in definition of composite event operations;<br />
Probability of events and definition of probability axioms; Solution of...]]></description>
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<title>Soil Dynamics - IIT Bombay</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3137/Soil-Dynamics</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
Introduction : Scope and objective; Nature and types of dynamic loading; Importance of soil dynamics<br />
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Vibration theory : Vibration of elementary systems; Degrees of freedom (SDOF and MDOF systems); Equation of motion for SDOF system; Types of vibrations; Earthquake exc...]]></description>
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<title>Structural Dynamics - IIT Bombay</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3129/Structural-Dynamics</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
Introduction : Types of dynamic loads - Basic background of methods available and motivation for structural dynamics.<br />
Dynamics of Single Degree-of-Freedom Structures : Dynamic equation of equilibrium - Free vibration of single degree of freedom systems - Forced vibration: har...]]></description>
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<title>Finite Element Analysis I - IIT Madras</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3119/Finite-Element-Analysis-I</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
Approximate solution of boundary value problems-Methods of weighted residuals, Approximate solution using variational method, Modified Galerkin method, Boundary conditions and general comments<br />
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Basic finite element concepts-Basic ideas in a finite element solution, Gen...]]></description>
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<title>Advanced Hydrology - IIT Kanpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3100/Advanced-Hydrology</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
INTRODUCTION : Hydrologic cycle, water budget equation, world water quantities, residence time, systems concept, transfer function operators, hydrologic model classification.<br />
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HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES : Reynold's Transport Theorem, continuity equation, momentum equation, e...]]></description>
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<title>Watershed Management - IIT Bombay</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3095/Watershed-Management</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
Introduction and Basic Concepts : Concept of watershed, introduction to watershed management, different stakeholders and their relative importance, watershed management policies and decision making.<br />
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Sustainable Watershed Approach & Watershed Management Practices : Sus...]]></description>
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<title>Advanced Hydraulics - IIT Guwahati</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3083/Advanced-Hydraulics</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
Open Channel Flow : Kinds of open channel flow, channel geometry, types and regimes of flow,Velocity distribution in open channel, wide open channel, specific energy, critical flow and its computation,Energy in non-prismatic channel, momentum in open channel flow, specific force.<br...]]></description>
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<title>Water Resources Systems:Modeling Techniques and Analysis - IISc Bangalore</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3075/Water-Resources-Systems-Modeling-Techniques-and-Analysis</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Course Contents<br />
Introduction – Concepts of Systems and Systems Analysis; Systems Techniques in Water Resources : Optimization with methods using calculus; Linear Programming; Dynamic Programming; Simulation; Combination of Simulation and Optimzation; Mutli-objective Planning. Economic Conside...]]></description>
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<title>Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering - IIT Kharagpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3071/Numerical-Methods-in-Civil-Engineering</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
Introduction to Numerical Methods : Why study numerical methods,Sources of error in numerical solutions: truncation error, round off error.,Order of accuracy - Taylor series expansion.<br />
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Direct Solution of Linear systems : Gauss elimination, Gauss Jordan elimination,Piv...]]></description>
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<title>Stochastic Structural Dynamics - IISc Bangalore</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3044/Stochastic-Structural-Dynamics</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The objective of this course is to develop methods for analysis of structures subjected to dynamic loads which are random in nature.<br />
Structures under the action of wind or earthquake loads are typical of such problems. The course introduces the application of probability, random variables and...]]></description>
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<title>Urban transportation planning - IIT Madras</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3017/Urban-transportation-planning</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The course, “Urban Transportation Planning” is intended for Post Graduate students and research scholars working in the areas of Traffic and Transportation Engineering.<br />
Knowledge in the fundamentals of Traffic and Transportation Engineering and Probability and Statistics is the desired prereq...]]></description>
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<title>Stochastic Hydrology - IISc Bangalore</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3016/Stochastic-Hydrology</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The objective of this course is to introduce the concepts of probability theory and stochastic processes with applications in hydrologic analysis and design.<br />
Modeling of hydrologic time series with specific techniques for data generation and hydrologic forecasting will be dealt with.<br />
C...]]></description>
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<title>Advanced Structural Analysis - IIT Madras</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3015/Advanced-Structural-Analysis</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This course mainly deals with matrix analysis of structures.<br />
It begins with a review of the basic concepts of structural analysis and matrix algebra, and shows how the latter provides an excellent mathematical framework for the former.<br />
This is followed by detailed descriptions, and dem...]]></description>
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<title>Fluid Mechanics - IIT Bombay</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/89/Fluid-Mechanics</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[•Fundamental Concepts of Fluid Flow: Fundamental definitions, Flow   characteristics, Classification of fluids, Fluid properties, Foundations of flow analysis.<br />
•Fluid Statics: Fluid pressure, Forces on solid surfaces, Buoyant forces.<br />
•Kinematics of Fluid Flow: Equations for acceleratio...]]></description>
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<title>Design Of Steel Structures - IIT Guwahati</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2679/Design-Of-Steel-Structures</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I. Introduction <br />
   Properties of Structural Steel, I. S. Rolled Sections, I. S. Specifications <br />
II. Design Approach<br />
   Factor of Safety, Permissible and Working Stresses, Elastic Method, Plastic <br />
   Method, Introduction to Limit States of Design<br />
III. Connections <...]]></description>
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<title>Structural Analysis II - IIT Bombay</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/97/Structural-Analysis-II</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[1. Introduction                                                                     <br />
    - Review of basic concepts<br />
         o Equilibrium Equations<br />
         o Constitutive Relations/Force-displacement Relations<br />
         o Compatibility Conditions<br />
2. Analysis of St...]]></description>
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<title>ARCH 324 - Architectural Structures II - Open.Michigan</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2802/ARCH-324-Architectural-Structures-II</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ARCH 324 - Architectural Structures II Online Course Video Lectures by Open.Michigan.]]></description>
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<title>MIT 4.696 A Global History of Architecture Writing Seminar - MIT</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2701/MIT-4.696-A-Global-History-of-Architecture-Writing-Seminar</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This course will study the question of Global Architecture from the point of view of producing a set of lectures on that subject. The course will be run in the form of a writing seminar, except that students will be asked to prepare for the final class an hour-long lecture for an undergraduate surve...]]></description>
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<title>MIT 4.370 Interrogative Design Workshop - MIT</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2696/MIT-4.370-Interrogative-Design-Workshop</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Parrhesia" was an Athenian right to frank and open speaking, the right that, like the First Amendment, demands a "fearless speaker" who must challenge political powers with criticism and unsolicited advice. Can designer and artist respond today to such a democratic call and demand? Is it possible t...]]></description>
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<title>Transportation Engineering II - IIT Roorkee</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2673/Transportation-Engineering-II</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Introduction to Transportation Engineering<br />
• Elements of Transportation Engineering (e.g.: vehicle, dr iver, way, terminal, and control) <br />
• Transportation modes <br />
• Development and transportation <br />
• Various aspects of transportation engineering (e.g., pavement design, traf...]]></description>
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<title>Foundation Engineering - IIT Roorkee</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2674/Foundation-Engineering</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[1. Soil Exploration and Geophysical Investigation <br />
 Introduction,Planning for subsurface exploration,Methods of exploration,Geophysical exploration,Soil sampling and samplers,In-situ tests,Common soil tests,Soil investigation report<br />
2. Theory of Lateral Earth Pressure<br />
 Introduct...]]></description>
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<title>Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures - IIT Kharagpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2686/Design-of-Reinforced-Concrete-Structures</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
Introduction <br />
Materials <br />
Different Methods of Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures <br />
Working Stress Method <br />
Limit State of Collapse Flexure<br />
Design of Doubly Reinforced Beam Flexure<br />
Limit State of Collapse Shear <br />
Design for Shear <b...]]></description>
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<title>Architecture Studio: Building in Landscapes - MIT</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2492/Architecture-Studio-Building-in-Landscapes</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This subject introduces skills needed to build within a landscape establishing continuities between the built and natural world. Students learn to build appropriately through analysis of landscape and climate for a chosen site, and to conceptualize design decisions through drawings and models....]]></description>
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<title>Building Materials and Construction - IIT Delhi</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/86/Building-Materials-and-Construction</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Functions of buildings and structure in general. Loads on buildings as per IS 875, IS 1893 and NBC. Functional requirements of buildings and necessity of byelaws,Role of materials in construction,Concrete as a material, its ingredients and Concrete Production Process including prefabrication, modula...]]></description>
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<title>Engineering Geology - IIT Kharagpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/87/Engineering-Geology</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Introduction:<br />
Origin and development<br />
Geologic Mapping and Remote Sensing:<br />
Topographic maps, geologic maps, preparation of geologic sections, aerial photographs, LIDAR, SAR, GIS (3 lectures + 1 laboratory)<br />
Mineralogy:<br />
Chemical analysis of rocks and minerals, rock an...]]></description>
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<title>Environmental Air Pollution - IIT Kanpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/88/Environmental-Air-Pollution</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Introduction and Scope<br />
Environmental Systems: Source, Pollutant Transport and Impact on Receptor<br />
Environmental Quality and Pollution: Air-Water quality parameters, units for expression; beneficial uses of water; water quality criteria and standards, air quality criteria, health effects...]]></description>
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<title>Hydraulics - IIT Guwahati</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/90/Hydraulics</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Introduction to Open Channel Flow: Difference between Open Channel Flow and Pipe Flow, Types of Channel, Geometric parameters of a channel, Classification of Open Channel Flow, Continuity and Momentum equation.<br />
Uniform flow: Resistance flow formula, Velocity distribution, Equivalent roughness...]]></description>
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<title>Introduction to Transportation Engineering - IIT Kharagpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/91/Introduction-to-Transportation-Engineering</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Modes of Transportation, their importance and limitations, the importance of highway transportation <br />
Introduction to <br />
      • Road Development Plans<br />
      • Various Highway Developmental Projects like Golden Quadrilateral and East-<br />
         West & North South Corridors un...]]></description>
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<title>Mechanics of Solids - IIT Madras</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/92/Mechanics-of-Solids</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Planar Rigid Body,Degrees of freedom,Equations of Equilibrium,Planar rigid body Statics Examples,Structural Systems with rigid bodies,Types of 1-D Structural Elements,Trusses - Axial members,Analysis of Truss Systems,Stability of Structural systems,Trusses - additional discussions,Trusses - Method o...]]></description>
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<title>Modern Surveying Techniques - IIT Roorkee</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/93/Modern-Surveying-Techniques</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Geographic Information System An Introduction,Introduction to Global Positioning System,GPS Positioning Methods,GPS Solutions and Errors,GPS Application,Remote Sensing Introduction,Electromagnetic Spectrum,Sensors and Platform,Image Interpretation,Statistical Evaluation of RS Data,Rectification and ...]]></description>
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<title>Prestressed Concrete Structures - IIT Madras</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/94/Prestressed-Concrete-Structures</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Prestressed Concrete Structures Online Course Video Lectures by IIT Madras.]]></description>
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<title>Soil Mechanics - IIT Bombay</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/95/Soil-Mechanics</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Introduction; Origin of soils; Basic Relationships; Properties of Soil Aggregate, Soil Structure; Soil Classification.<br />
Soil Compaction; Laboratory compaction; Factors affecting soil compaction; Field compaction.<br />
Soil-water Statics; <br />
Concept of Effective Stress.<br />
Flow throu...]]></description>
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<title>Strength of Materials - IIT Kharagpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/96/Strength-of-Materials</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Analysis of stresses :<br />
Body forces, Surface forces, Internal Force, Stress at a point, Components of stress in Rectangular coordinates, Stress tensor, Principal stresses, Transformation, Equations, Stress invariants, Plane stress, Mohr’s circle for plane stress, Octahedral stresses, Different...]]></description>
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<title>Surveying - IIT Kanpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/98/Surveying</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[BASIC SURVEYING or GEOINFORMATICS<br />
1. INTRODUCTION:<br />
Geoinformatics- definition, disciplines covered, importance.<br />
Field Surveying- definition & objectives; concept of Geoid and reference spheroids, coordinate systems, plane and geodetic surveys.<br />
Methods of location of a poi...]]></description>
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<title>Water and Wastewater Engineering - IIT Madras</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/99/Water-and-Wastewater-Engineering</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Water and Wastewater Quantity Estimation<br />
Population forecast; Water demand for various purposes; Estimation of wastewater quantity; Variation in quantity of water and wastewater    <br />
Water Supply/Distribution Systems  <br />
Wastewater Collection Systems  <br />
Water/Wastewater Quali...]]></description>
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<title>Water Resources Engineering - IIT Kanpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/100/Water-Resources-Engineering</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Precipitation, Infiltration and Evapotranspiration                 <br />
• Forms of precipitation, measurement, depth-area-duration and intensity <br />
  duration- frequency relations<br />
• Evaporation -- process, measurement, and estimation<br />
• Infiltration -- process, measurement, and ...]]></description>
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<title>Performance of Marine Vehicles At Sea - IIT Kharagpur</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/101/Performance-of-Marine-Vehicles-At-Sea</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Performance of Marine Vehicles At Sea Online Course Video Lectures by IIT Kharagpur.]]></description>
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