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C&EE 108 · CEE 108Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids

Civil and Environmental Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Review of equilibrium principles; forces and moments transmitted by slender members. Concepts of stress and strain. Stress-strain relations with focus on linear elasticity. Transformation of stress and strain. Deformations and stresses caused by tension, compression, bending, shear, and torsion of slender members. Structural applications to trusses, beams, shafts, and columns. Introduction to virtual work principle.

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Requisites

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Requisites: course 91 or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 101, Mathematics 32B, Physics 1A.

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  • one of
    • C&EE 91
    • MECH&AE 101
  • MATH 32B
  • PHYSICS 1A

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

C&EE 108

  • C&EE 91Statics
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
      • MATH 1Precalculus
    • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
  • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
    • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  • MECH&AE 101Statics and Strength of Materials
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
  • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
    • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it

4 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 18 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

C&EE 108

  • C&EE C104Structure, Processing, and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials
    • C&EE C182Rigid and Flexible Pavements: Design, Materials, and Serviceabilityanother path to it
  • C&EE 108LExperimental Structural Mechanics
  • C&EE 120Principles of Soil Mechanics
    • C&EE 120LSoil Mechanics Laboratory
    • C&EE 121Design of Foundations and Earth Structures
      • C&EE 123Advanced Geotechnical Design
      • C&EE 190Professional Practice5 more beyond
      • C&EE 221Advanced Foundation Engineeringanother path to it
    • C&EE C128Geohazards and Infrastructure Resilience
    • C&EE C182Rigid and Flexible Pavements: Design, Materials, and Serviceabilityanother path to it
    • C&EE 220Advanced Soil Mechanics
      • C&EE 221Advanced Foundation Engineering
      • C&EE 222Unsaturated Soil Mechanicsanother path to it
      • C&EE 223Advanced Geotechnical Design
      • C&EE 225Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
      • C&EE 227Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering
    • C&EE 222Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
    • C&EE 226Geoenvironmental Engineering
    • C&EE C228Geohazards and Infrastructure Resilience
  • C&EE 130Elementary Structural Mechanics
    • C&EE M135CIntroduction to Finite Element Methods
    • C&EE 232Theory of Plates and Shells
      • C&EE 233Mechanics of Composite Material Structures
    • MECH&AE M168Introduction to Finite Element Methods
      • MECH&AE 261BFinite Element Analysis for Solids and Structures
    • C&EE 235BFinite Element Analysis of Structures
      • C&EE 235CNonlinear Structural Analysis
      • C&EE 238Computational Solid Mechanics
    • C&EE 236Stability of Structures I
    • C&EE 247Earthquake Hazard Mitigation
  • C&EE 148Wood and Timber Design
  • C&EE C182Rigid and Flexible Pavements: Design, Materials, and Serviceability

6 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 33 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Winter 2026
  • Summer 2026
  • Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.