结构力学课程是土木工程专业的主要专业基础课。由于结构力学实验介于材料力学和专业结构实验之间，所以长期以来不准确的定位导致多数学校的结构力学课程教学忽视实验课。文章结合结构力学课程实验教学平台的建设实践，探讨了结构力学实验在课程教学中的重要作用。

Structural mechanics is the main professional basic course in civil engineering. For a long time, the role of structural mechanics experiment is not so clear because it is something between the material mechanics experiment and the professional structural experiment. Therefore, most universities neglect the experimental teaching in the structural mechanics course. Based on the construction of experimental teaching platform for civil engineering undergraduates, we discussed the important role of experiment during the teaching and learning of structural mechanics.