MECH&AE 255A · MAE 255AAdvanced Dynamics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Variational principles and Lagrange equations. Kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies; procession and nutation of spinning bodies.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 155, 169A.
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MECH&AE 255A
- MECH&AE 155Intermediate Dynamics
- MECH&AE 102Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies
- MECH&AE 169AIntroduction to Mechanical Vibrations
- MECH&AE 101Statics and Strength of Materials
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- MECH&AE 107Introduction to Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems
- MECH&AE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
- COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
2 direct requisites. Showing 15 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 255A
- MECH&AE 255BMathematical Methods in Dynamics
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.