Structural mechanics is an important basic course of civil engineering, and also the core course of civil engineering, which plays an important role in the whole professional training plan. There are many basic concepts for structural mechanics, and students often find it difficult to understand abstract and theoretical teaching content. This paper discusses three problems on combining the teaching of structural mechanics of civil engineering with engineering practice and the teaching of subsequent specialized courses, that is, the combination of theoretical teaching and major engineering, curriculum content and engineering practice and calculation diagram and engineering structure test, which helps students to deepen understanding on the basic concept and improve the ability to solve practical problems of engineering by using the knowledge of structural mechanics, so it provides a reference for the research and reform of structural mechanics teaching.