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MECH&AE 101 · MAE 101Statics and Strength of Materials

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Review of vector representation of forces, resultant force and moment, equilibrium of concurrent and nonconcurrent forces. Area moments and products of inertia. Support reactions, free-body diagrams. Forces in simple models of mechanical and aerospace structures. Internal forces in beams, shear and moment diagrams. Stress and strain components in solids, equilibrium equations, Hooke’s law for isotropic solids. Bending and shear stresses in beams. Deflection of symmetric beams and indeterminate problems. Stresses in thin-walled pressure vessels and in circular cylinders under torsion.

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Requisites

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Requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B, Physics 1A.

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  • MATH 31A
  • MATH 31B
  • PHYSICS 1A

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Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

MECH&AE 101

  • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
    • MATH 1Precalculus
  • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
    • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
    • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
      • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it
  • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
    • MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculusanother path to it

3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 9 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

MECH&AE 101

  • MECH&AE 102Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies2 more beyond
    • MECH&AE CM140Introduction to Biomechanicsanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 155Intermediate Dynamics1 more beyond
      • MECH&AE C163AKinematics of Robotic Systems1 more beyond
    • BIOENGR CM140Introduction to Biomechanicsanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 157Basic Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Laboratoryanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 161AIntroduction to Astronautics
    • MECH&AE 161BIntroduction to Space Technology1 more beyond
    • MECH&AE C162AIntroduction to Mechanisms and Mechanical Systems
    • MECH&AE 252PPlasma and Ionized Gases
  • MECH&AE CM140Introduction to Biomechanics
  • BIOENGR CM140Introduction to Biomechanics
  • MECH&AE 156AAdvanced Strength of Materials2 more beyond
    • MECH&AE CM140Introduction to Biomechanicsanother path to it
    • MECH&AE C156BMechanical Design for Power Transmission
    • BIOENGR CM140Introduction to Biomechanicsanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 162DMechanical Engineering Design I
      • MECH&AE 162EMechanical Engineering Design II
    • MECH&AE 166CDesign of Composite Structures2 more beyond
    • C&EE M135CIntroduction to Finite Element Methodsanother path to it
    • MECH&AE M256ALinear Elasticity7 more beyond
    • C&EE M230ALinear Elasticity2 more beyond
  • MECH&AE 157Basic Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Laboratory
    • MECH&AE 157AAerospace Design Laboratory
    • MECH&AE 157DAerospace Design Laboratory I
      • MECH&AE 157EAerospace Design Laboratory II
  • C&EE C104Structure, Processing, and Properties of Civil Engineering Materials
    • C&EE C182Rigid and Flexible Pavements: Design, Materials, and Serviceability
  • MECH&AE 157WBasic Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Laboratory with Writing
    • MECH&AE 157AAerospace Design Laboratoryanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 157DAerospace Design Laboratory Ianother path to it
  • MECH&AE 166AAnalysis of Aerospace Structures
    • MECH&AE CM140Introduction to Biomechanicsanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 154BDesign of Aerospace Structures
    • BIOENGR CM140Introduction to Biomechanicsanother path to it
    • MECH&AE C156BMechanical Design for Power Transmissionanother path to it
    • C&EE M135CIntroduction to Finite Element Methods
    • MECH&AE M168Introduction to Finite Element Methods1 more beyond
    • MECH&AE 261AEnergy and Computational Methods in Structural Mechanics1 more beyond
    • MECH&AE C296AMechanical Design for Power Transmission
  • MAT SCI 143AMechanical Behavior of Materials
    • MAT SCI 143LMechanical Behavior Laboratory
    • MAT SCI 151Structure and Properties of Composite Materials2 more beyond
      • MECH&AE M297CComposites Manufacturing
    • MAT SCI 243AFracture of Structural Materials
    • MAT SCI 243CDislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms in Solids
  • MECH&AE 169AIntroduction to Mechanical Vibrations
    • MECH&AE 255AAdvanced Dynamics
      • MECH&AE 255BMathematical Methods in Dynamics
  • MECH&AE CM240Introduction to Biomechanics
  • BIOENGR CM240Introduction to Biomechanics
  • C&EE 108Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids
    • C&EE C104Structure, Processing, and Properties of Civil Engineering Materialsanother path to it
    • C&EE 108LExperimental Structural Mechanics
    • C&EE 120Principles of Soil Mechanics6 more beyond
      • C&EE 120LSoil Mechanics Laboratory
    • C&EE 130Elementary Structural Mechanics4 more beyond
      • MECH&AE M168Introduction to Finite Element Methodsanother path to it
    • C&EE 148Wood and Timber Design
    • C&EE C182Rigid and Flexible Pavements: Design, Materials, and Serviceabilityanother path to it

13 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 60 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Spring 2026
  • Summer 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.