CIVE 127Statics
- Faculty
- Engineering
- Offered
- Winter, Spring
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1992–93 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Basic concepts of mechanics and vectors. Statics of particles and rigid bodies. Concepts of force systems, resultants, equilibrium, moments and couples. Centroids and centre of gravity. Moment of inertia. Friction. Method of virtual work. Planar and three-dimensional problems including trusses, arches and frames.
As printed in the 1992–93 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Reviewed on UW Flow
100% liked it73% easy100% useful
From 14 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Easily the best and easiest course in 1B Civil Engineering.
Dec 2014 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
4 posts and comments in 4 threads mention CIVE 127, December 2012 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Winter 2015
Poll - Which courses did you enjoy the most? 5 points, 28 comments
“Which courses had the most impact on you, were eye-opening or just super interesting? The idea is to get a rough pictures of what courses are making your University experience an incredible one, …”
u/lotuschan: “… ------------------------------- Statics & Solid Mechanics 1 - CIVE 127 W12 - Wei-Chau Xie This course sets the foundation for pretty much everything else you will ever learn in CIVE. Who do you want teaching that course? Someone who can explain concepts with total clarity. …”
Fall 2014
Civil Engineering vs Planning - Prospective Student 0 points, 15 comments
“Hello, I'm a grade 12 student looking at applying to Civil/Planning and I have a few questions: What is the workload like for either program? What's co-op like? …”
u/lotuschan: “Another civil here. /u/harrigan55 kind of covered the main points from a civil perspective, but I'm just going to throw in my two cents. 1) The workload. …”
u/lotuschan: “… The statics and solid mechanics course (CIVE 127) lays out the foundation for literally every other course you take in Civil. You don't do any projects, but you do a weekly/biweekly assignment. Also, one of the best profs in the faculty generally teaches this course. …”
Winter 2013
This is a long shot, but are there any management engineer graduates in the house? Was it easy to find a job/ coop? 0 points, 7 comments
“I know that engineering is supposed to be the discipline that guarantees you employment. But when I read reports like these(10&11) I makes me really anxious. …”
u/worldwise001: “Disclaimer: I'm not in any engineering program, but I'm curious about the OP. Why do you want to go into management engineering? Or perhaps, if these kinds of things are of concern to you (i.e. …”
u/parahillObjective: “… If I were to switch into civil second year, I would have to take these extra courses right: CIVE 125 Civil Engineering Concepts 1 CIVE 127 - Statics and Solid Mechanics 1 CIVE 153 - Earth Engineering comparing these: …”
Fall 2012
What courses are you taking next semester? 10 points, 107 comments
“Now that exams are finally over, we can starting thinking about the Winter 2013 semester. What courses will you be taking? Any that you're anticipating and/or dreading?”
u/TheMotto: “CIVE 121 - Digital Computation CIVE 127 - Statics & Solid Mechanics 1 CIVE 153 - Earth Engineering GENE 123 - Electrical Engineering MATH 118 - Calculus 2 for Engineering”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1992–93 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1992–93 to 1994–95 3 calendars
Basic concepts of mechanics and vectors. Statics of particles and rigid bodies. Concepts of force systems, resultants, equilibrium, moments and couples. Centroids and centre of gravity. Moment of inertia. Friction. Method of virtual work. Planar and three-dimensional problems including trusses, arches and frames.
Offered Winter, Spring · 3 class, 2 tutorial hours a week · 0.5 credit