Mechanics of civil materials and structural components. Fundamentals of elasticity. Bending of beams, beam-columns, and thin plates. Energy methods for boundary value problems. Stability conditions. Failure criteria, introductory fracture mechanics, and plasticity theories.

• Critique fundamental concepts of defamations, stress and strain, conservation laws and balance equations.
• Investigate materials behavior using constitutive equations and apply failure criteria for different civil structural components.
• Employ energy methods for different boundary value problems and loading conditions.
• Solve issues such as axial, bending, and torsional stresses of beams, beam-columns, columns in soil, and thin plates.
• Evaluate and characterize stability modes of failure in civil structural components, including buckling of thin elements.
• Apply concepts of fracture mechanics and introductory plasticity theories in civil structural materials and components.