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CENG 101AIntroductory Fluid Mechanics

4 units · CENG · UC San Diego

Kinematics and equation of motion; hydrostatics; Bernoulli’s equation; viscous flows; turbulence, pipe flow; boundary layers and drag in external flows; applications to chemical, structural, and bioengineering. Students may not receive credit for both MAE 101A and CENG 101A.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “admission to the major and grades of C– or better in PHYS 2A, MATH 20D, and MATH 20E, or consent of instructor.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Fall (2 programs).

Required in (1)

  • Bioengineering: Biotechnology (B.S.)

One of the options in (1)

  • Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (B.S.)
What it opens up

Courses that list CENG 101A as a prerequisite (12)