College of Chemistry Course Guide

CIVE 130N - Mechanics of Structures (3 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Elastic and plastic stress and deformation analysis of bars, shafts, beams, and columns; energy and variational methods; plastic analysis of structures; stability analysis of structures; computer-aided mathematical techniques for solution of engineering problems and modular computer programming methods.

Prerequisites

CIVE C30/MECHE C85, and either CIVE 60 or MSE 45

Workload

Time Commitment

2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide