C&EE 227 · CEE 227Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Introduction to basic concepts of computer modeling of soils using finite element method, and to constitutive modeling based on elasticity and plasticity theories. Special emphasis on numerical applications and identification of modeling concerns such as instability, bifurcation, nonexistence, and nonuniqueness of solutions.

Letter grading.

When it runs

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: course 220.

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C&EE 220

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C&EE 227

  • C&EE 220Advanced Soil Mechanics
    • C&EE 120Principles of Soil Mechanics
      • C&EE 108Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids4 more beneath

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