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CIVE 204Solid Mechanics 1

Units
0.50
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Civil Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Simple and compound bending and shear stresses in beams. Beam deflection. Torsion of shafts and thin-walled closed sections. Shear, bending moment, and deflection diagrams for beams. Design concepts.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
    • Complete 1 of the following

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • AE204 - Solid Mechanics 1 (0.50)

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 0014560150 / 153MW 08:30–09:50
TUT 1014561150 / 153F 08:30–10:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

89% liked it45% easy99% useful

From 45 ratings and 6 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Trevor and Kim are the two goats during the online lectures. Clear notes, clear communication, clear expectation. Awesome!

    Apr 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • 105 extension with my goat Trevor Hrynyk. Relatively easy & Useful class when I attended lectures

    Sep 2024 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Best class in 2A. The course builds on CIVE105 and gets into some 3D equilibrium, and then into things like bending moment diagrams, combined loading, deflection, etc. If you keep up with the lectures and assignments you'll do great and learn lots of useful things.

    May 2023 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Standard course. There's nothing here to surprise you. You're in good hands if you get Wei Chau.

    Jun 2016 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • 5 quizzes every two weeks 8% each, 40% final, 10% bridge project, rest was online quizzes and participation. Bridge project takes way too much time given how its only worth 10% of your final mark. Fun project but its when all the other major projects are due

    Jan 2016 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

9 posts and comments in 8 threads mention CIVE 204, October 2015 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.

Fall 2020

Statics and Mechanics of Materials Textbook use 0 points, 4 comments

“So this is the only textbook I got (for CIVE 104) because I usually like to have a physical copy while working with physics related problems. …”

u/guacamole_ball: “Who’s the author?”

u/guacamole_ball: “ya u wont need it for future courses, just return it. Civils use a different textbook for mechanics which can be used for cive104,105 and 204. Unless they changed the textbook this year, u wont be needing the textbook u hav”

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Spring 2019

Hardest courses in civil 2A? 8 points, 2 comments

u/pootiscannibal: “CIVE204 Solid Mechanics 1 CIVE221 Advanced Calculus CIVE224 Probability & Statistics CIVE241 Transportation Principles & Applications CIVE265 Structures & Properties of Materials &x200B; Also what happens during the seminar is it more dumb co-op stuff (CIVE298)?”

u/danishclarinets: “… CIVE204 with Rania: by far the heaviest workload course, mostly due to the bridge design project. The content isn't easy but in my opinion wasn't as bad as CIVE105. Rania is tough but fair on tests. CIVE221 with Potapenko: not a great lecturer. …”

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Fall 2018

CIVE 104 Textbook 1 point, 2 comments

“Does anyone have a link to the online CIVE 104 textbook? If so, could you send it in the comment section? Thank you”

u/colaroga: “You mean the green hibbeler one? There is no online/pdf version since it's a custom edition made for UW CIVE courses... it's probably worth buying for $200 or used, since you will also use it for CIVE 105 and 204”

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Spring 2018

uWaterloo equivalent of this course? 1 point, 2 comments

“So I want to take a course at another uni, is there a course in the winter semester that is more or less equivalent to this? …”

u/colaroga: “This sounds like a combination of CIVE204 - solid mechanics 1 (fall) and CIVE205 - solid mechanics 2 (spring), but during winter term there is CIVE303 structural analysis which I have not taken yet. …”

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Winter 2018

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

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Fall 2015

Hi, I am a bot. 75 points, 98 comments

“Hey everyone! After some discussion with mods, I think I am ready to be pushed live. I am a bot designed to provide relevant course information upon request. …”

u/jassmall: “[[CHE 102 -S]]”

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