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MECH&AE 150A · MAE 150AIntermediate Fluid Mechanics

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

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Basic equations governing fluid motion. Fundamental solutions of Navier-Stokes equations. Lubrication theory. Elementary potential flow theory. Boundary layers. Turbulent flow in pipes and boundary layers. Compressible flow: normal shocks, channel flow with friction or heat addition.

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Enforced requisites: courses 82, 103.

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  • MECH&AE 82
  • MECH&AE 103

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MECH&AE 150A

  • MECH&AE 82Mathematics of Engineering
    • MECH&AE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
      • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applicationsanother path to it
    • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
      • MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students1 more beneath
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
  • MECH&AE 103Elementary Fluid Mechanics
    • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series1 more beneath
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables1 more beneath
    • PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
      • MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics1 more beneath
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
      • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it
    • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applicationsanother path to it

2 direct requisites. Showing 17 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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MECH&AE 150A2 more beyond

  • MECH&AE 150BAerodynamics
    • MECH&AE 154SFlight Mechanics, Stability, and Control of Aircraftanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 250CCompressible Flowsanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 250DComputational Fluid Dynamics for Compressible Flowsanother path to it
  • MECH&AE C150PAircraft Propulsion Systems
  • MECH&AE 154SFlight Mechanics, Stability, and Control of Aircraft
    • MECH&AE 154APreliminary Design of Aircraft
      • MECH&AE 154BDesign of Aerospace Structures
  • MECH&AE 157AAerospace Design Laboratory
  • MECH&AE 157DAerospace Design Laboratory I
    • MECH&AE 157EAerospace Design Laboratory II
  • MECH&AE 231CPhase Change Heat Transfer and Two-Phase Flow
  • MECH&AE 250AFoundations of Fluid Dynamics
    • MECH&AE 250ESpectral Methods in Fluid Dynamics
    • MECH&AE 252BTurbulence
  • MECH&AE 250BViscous and Turbulent Flows
    • MECH&AE 250ESpectral Methods in Fluid Dynamicsanother path to it
    • MECH&AE 252BTurbulenceanother path to it
  • MECH&AE 250CCompressible Flows
    • MECH&AE 250FHypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics
  • MECH&AE 250DComputational Fluid Dynamics for Compressible Flows
  • MECH&AE 250HComputational Fluid Dynamics for Incompressible Flows
  • MECH&AE 250MIntroduction to Microfluids/Nanofluids
  • MECH&AE C250PAircraft Propulsion Systems
  • MECH&AE 252AStability of Fluid Motion
  • MECH&AE 252CFluid Mechanics of Combustion Systems

17 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 26 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
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027

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