MECH&AE 154B · MAE 154BDesign of Aerospace Structures
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Design of aircraft, helicopter, spacecraft, and related structures. External loads, internal stresses. Applied theory of thin-walled structures. Material selection, design using composite materials. Design for fatigue prevention and structural optimization. Field trips to aerospace companies.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 154A, 166A.
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MECH&AE 154B
- MECH&AE 154APreliminary Design of Aircraft
- MECH&AE 154SFlight Mechanics, Stability, and Control of Aircraft
- MECH&AE 166AAnalysis of Aerospace Structures
- MECH&AE 82Mathematics of Engineering
- MECH&AE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
- MECH&AE 101Statics and Strength of Materials
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
2 direct requisites. Showing 12 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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