MECH&AE C294B

Introduction to Mechanisms and Mechanical Systems

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Analysis of mechanisms and mechanical systems. Covered topics include kinematics, dynamics, and mechanical advantages of machinery; displacement, velocity, and acceleration analyses of linkages; fundamental law of gearing and gear trains; and force and power analysis. Concurrently scheduled with course C162A.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Fall 2026

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Requisites

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Requisites: courses M20 or 20P (or Computer Science 31), 102.

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MECH&AE 102
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· "MECH&AE 20P" is not in this catalog version

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MECH&AE C294B

MECH&AE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
  - MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students1 more beneath
  - MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
  - MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables

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