MECH&AE M269A

Dynamics of Structures

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

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(Same as Civil Engineering M237A.) Principles of dynamics. Determination of normal modes and frequencies by differential and integral equation solutions. Transient and steady-state response. Emphasis on derivation and solution of governing equations using matrix formulation.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Spring 2026
Winter 2027
Spring 2027

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

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Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisites: Civil Engineering 135A, C137, or equivalent.

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one of

all of
- C&EE 135A
- C&EE C137
equivalent

· "C&EE C137" is not in this catalog version
· could not read "equivalent" (no course number found)
· mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Civil Engineering 135A, C137, or equivalent" — grouping is a best reading

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

MECH&AE M269A

C&EE 135AElementary Structural Analysis
- COM SCI 31Introduction to Computer Science I
- C&EE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
  - MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications3 more beneath

1 direct requisite. Showing 4 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 M269A

MECH&AE 269BAdvanced Dynamics of Structures
MECH&AE 269DAeroelastic Effects in Structures

2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.