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Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in civil and environmental engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or departmental course information for topics and prerequisites. Course Information: May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary.

Theory and applications of Generalized/eXtended Finite Element Methods: high-order approximations, conditioning control, verification and validation, implementation in research and commercial software, solution of 2-D and 3-D fracture mechanics problems, problems with weak discontinuities, and multiscale problems. Students will gain hands-on experience with a 3D Generalized FEM software package used to explore and apply the method to representative example problems. Prerequisite: Introductory finite element method course: CEE 570, AE 420, ME 471, or equivalent, or approval of the instructor.