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The Structure and Properties of Civil
Engineering Materials
How to reach me
725 Davis Hall phone: 643-8251
Office Hours: TuTh 10-11 am,
M 1:00-2:00 pm
Email: monteiro@ce.berkeley.edu
(please identify yourself as a CE60 student)
Laboratory
Material (1)
Fundamentals of materials science
atomic bonds
crystal structures
alloys
microstructure of steel
phase transformations
steel treatments
MIDTERM (1/3 of the course)
Material (2)
Concrete (greater emphasis because
as a civil engineer you will be
responsible for making it)
cements
aggregates
mix design
properties
durability
SECOND MIDTERM
Material (3)
Wood
Polymers
Composites
Sustainability
THE END
Late HW Policy:
50% off if handed in the next lecture
(please do not place it in my
mailbox or under the door of my
office).
HW will not be accepted after that.
BOOKS etc
Reader from Foundation of Materials Science and
Engineering, W.F. Smith, McGraw-Hill.
Concrete: Structure, Properties and Materials by
Mehta and Monteiro, Fourth Edition, McGrawHill 2013.
Class slides are in the web (free, of course)
Lab notes in the web page
Labs
Play with Bungee Cord
Break Steel
Heat Steel
Making Concrete (trial and error)
Making Concrete (ACI code)
High-strength competition [(root?) beer and
pizza)
after youre tired of concrete, you test wood.