# Mechanics of Materials
**Source**: https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/msc-programmes/civil-engineering/specialization/mechanics-of-materials
**Parent**: https://www.dtu.dk/english/education/graduate/msc-programmes/civil-engineering
## Specialization (6): Mechanics of Materials
This field of knowledge serves as a basis for performing structural analysis; it deals with the fundamental physical laws governing materials’ behaviour when externally stressed, when forced to deform, or when exposed to different temperature conditions (or a combination of all three). These laws are essentially mathematical formulations that attempt to capture and reproduce fundamental material properties such as: elasticity, plasticity, creep, viscoelasticity, and viscoplasticity; they are also related to the representation of phenomena such as fracture and distributed damage.
The **programme-specific courses** associated with this specialization are:
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| [12421](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/12421?menulanguage=en) | Advanced Soil Mechanics | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| [12451](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/12451?menulanguage=en) | Pavement Mechanics | 5 | point | Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17) |
| [41526](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/41526?menulanguage=en) | Fracture mechanics | 5 | point | Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12) |
| [41528](https://kurser.dtu.dk/course/2025-2026/41528?menulanguage=en) | Advanced mechanics of materials | 5 | point | Spring F4A (Tues 13-17) |
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Other relevant courses, though **not needed** for receiving the specialization, include: Experimental Solid Mechanics; Experimental Structural Mechanics.
*Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.*
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