C&EE M230C · CEE M230CPlasticity
Civil and Environmental Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
(Same as Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M256C.) Classical rate-independent plasticity theory, yield functions, flow rules and thermodynamics. Classical rate-dependent viscoplasticity, Perzyna and Duvant/Lions types of viscoplasticity. Thermoplasticity and creep. Return mapping algorithms for plasticity and viscoplasticity. Finite element implementations.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses M230A, M230B.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
C&EE M230C
- C&EE M230ALinear Elasticity
- MECH&AE 156AAdvanced Strength of Materials
- MECH&AE 166AAnalysis of Aerospace Structures
- C&EE M230BNonlinear Elasticity
2 direct requisites. Showing 9 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. 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.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.