ME 15: STRENGTH-MATERIALS
University of California, Santa Barbara
Properties of structural materials, including Hooke?s law and behavior beyond the elastic limit. Concepts of stress, strain, displacement, force, force systems, and multiaxial stress states. Design applications to engineering structures, including problems of bars in tension, compression, and torsion, beams subject to flexure, pressure vessels, and buckling.
Average GPA: 3.35
Grade distribution records: 1,445 students across 32 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 228 | 15.8% |
| A | 462 | 32.0% |
| A- | 117 | 8.1% |
| B+ | 101 | 7.0% |
| B | 273 | 18.9% |
| B- | 68 | 4.7% |
| C+ | 55 | 3.8% |
| C | 52 | 3.6% |
| C- | 23 | 1.6% |
| D+ | 13 | 0.9% |
| D | 27 | 1.9% |
| D- | 5 | 0.3% |
| F | 21 | 1.5% |
Based on 1,445 student grade records across 32 terms and 3 professors.
Instructors
- Beltz G 1,297 students, Average GPA 3.44
- Doyle A M 74 students, Average GPA 2.82
- Mcmeeking R M 74 students, Average GPA 2.45