Spacecraft Dynamics detailed syllabus for Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engg) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Aerospace Engg students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ORBITAL MECHANICS
Types of spacecrafts – present-day satellites and launch vehicles – orbit determination from injection conditions, position and velocity prediction from orbital elements.
Unit II
SATELLITE OPERATIONS
Geostationary orbit – Hohmann transfer – Inclination changes manoeuvres – launch windows for rendezvous missions – perturbation effects due to earth oblateness – sun synchronous orbits.
Unit III
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Unit IV
GYRO DYNAMICS
Displacement, Moment of Momentum, and Kinetic Energy of a Rigid Body – Euler’s equation for Principal axes – Stability of rotation about Principal axes – General motion of a symmetric Gyro -Steady precession of a symmetric Gyro.
Unit V
ATTITUDE MEASUREMENT AND SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE RESPONSE 9
Rotation matrices – Euler angles – attitude kinematics – Euler’s equations for rotational dynamics – torque free motion of asymmetric and axi-symmetric rigid bodies – effect of energy dissipation on stability of rotational motion – attitude control of spinning and non-spinning satellites – overview of actuation mechanisms for attitude control.
Course Outcomes:
- Solve math models of flight vehicles.
- Solve the operations of the satellite.
- Solve dynamics and control of flight vehicles.
- Show the use of gyroscopes.
- Demonstrate knowledge on the attitude dynamics of aerospace flight vehicles.
- Solve the numerical problems in attitude determination and control instruments techniques
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Cornelisse, J. W., “Rocket Propulsion and Spaceflight Dynamics”, Pitman, London, 1982.
- Kaplan, M. H., “Modern Spacecraft Dynamics and Control”, Wiley India Pvt Ltd, 2011.
- Thompson, W. T., “Introduction to Space Dynamics”, Dover Publications, New York, 1986.
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