MAE 101AIntroductory Fluid Mechanics
Fluid statics; fluid kinematics; integral and differential forms of the conservation laws for mass, momentum, and energy; Bernoulli equation; potential flows; dimensional analysis and similitude.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “PHYS 2A or 4A and MATH 20D and MATH 20E or MATH 31CH, or consent of instructor. Enrollment restricted to MC 25, MC 27, MC 29, MC 30–34, and MC 35–37 majors only.”
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Winter (6 programs).
Required in (6)
- AeroEng w/Spec Aerothermodynam
- AeroEng w/Spec Astrodynm&SpcAp
- AeroEng w/Spec FlightDyn&Contl
- Aerospace Engineering (B.S.)
- Mechanical Engineering (B.S.)
- Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Controls and Robotics (B.S.)
One of the options in (1)
- Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (B.S.)
Courses that list MAE 101A as a prerequisite (10)
- BENG 103B Bioengineering Mass Transfer
- MAE 101B Advanced Fluid Mechanics
- MAE 101C Heat Transfer
- MAE 104 Aerodynamics
- MAE 113 Fundamentals of Propulsion
- MAE 118 Introduction to Energy and Environment
- MAE 120 Introduction to Nuclear Energy
- MAE 122 Flow and Transport in the Environment
- MAE 126A Environmental Engineering Laboratory
- MAE 171A Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I