MECH&AE 166A · MAE 166AAnalysis of Aerospace Structures
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Not open to students with credit for course 156A. Introduction to two-dimensional elasticity, stress-strain laws, yield and fatigue; bending of beams; torsion of beams; warping; torsion of thin-walled cross sections: shear flow, shear-lag; combined bending torsion of thin-walled, stiffened structures used in aerospace vehicles; elements of plate theory; buckling of columns.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
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 82, 101.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
MECH&AE 166A
- MECH&AE 82Mathematics of Engineering
- MECH&AE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- MECH&AE 101Statics and Strength of Materials
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
- MATH 1Precalculus
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
2 direct requisites. Showing 16 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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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
MECH&AE 166A
- MECH&AE CM140Introduction to Biomechanics
- MECH&AE 154BDesign of Aerospace Structures
- BIOENGR CM140Introduction to Biomechanics
- MECH&AE C156BMechanical Design for Power Transmission
- MECH&AE 166CDesign of Composite Structures
- MECH&AE 262Mechanics of Intelligent Material Systems
- MECH&AE M297CComposites Manufacturing
- MAT SCI M297CComposites Manufacturing
- C&EE M135CIntroduction to Finite Element Methods
- MECH&AE M168Introduction to Finite Element Methods
- MECH&AE 261BFinite Element Analysis for Solids and Structures
- MECH&AE CM240Introduction to Biomechanics
- BIOENGR CM240Introduction to Biomechanics
- MECH&AE M256ALinear Elasticity
- MECH&AE 256FAnalytical Fracture Mechanics
- MECH&AE M256BNonlinear Elasticity
- EPS SCI M224AElastodynamics
- MECH&AE M256CPlasticity
- MECH&AE M257AElastodynamics
- MECH&AE 258ANanomechanics and Micromechanics
- MECH&AE 261AEnergy and Computational Methods in Structural Mechanics
- C&EE M230ALinear Elasticity
- C&EE M230BNonlinear Elasticity
- C&EE 233Mechanics of Composite Material Structures
- C&EE M230CPlasticity
- MECH&AE C296AMechanical Design for Power Transmission
13 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 32 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.