C&EE 108L · CEE 108LExperimental Structural Mechanics
Civil and Environmental Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Lectures and laboratory experiments in various structural mechanics testing of metals (steel, aluminum, brass), high-strength plastics, and concrete (cylinders, beams). Direct tension. Direct compression. Ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation. Elastic buckling of columns. Fracture mechanics testing and fracture toughness. Splitting tension and flexural tension. Elastic, plastic, and fracture behavior. ASTM and RILEM. Cyclic loading. Microstructures of concrete. Size effects.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
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Requisite or corequisite: course 108.
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C&EE 108L
- C&EE 108Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids
- C&EE 91Statics
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MECH&AE 101Statics and Strength of Materials
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
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