Space Launch Vehicle Design Project detailed syllabus for Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engg) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University 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.
For Aerospace Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Aerospace Engg 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of space launch vehicle design project is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Tasks
- Classification of rocketry & launch vehicles.
- Current & future launch vehicles, Orbit/trajectory requirements and missions.
- Rocket propulsion: generation of thrust, the rocket equation. Specific impulse, types of engines, Launch vehicle parameters & performance.
- Staging, Structure & propulsion design trades.
- Powered flight. Gravity loss, Ascent through the atmosphere, drag loss, Vehicle coordinates, moving coordinate systems, The local horizon frames. Motion of the launch site, Ascent trajectories, The gravity-turn trajectory, Numerical calculation of trajectories.
- Application of software in trajectory calculation, Optimization principles, Introduction to GPOPS2 program & application to launch optimization, Structures: tanks, inter-tank & interstage structure, thrust structure, separation systems.
- Av & initial sizing, inboard profile & layout, Engine selection, Preliminary mass estimation.
- Loads from ground winds, loads during flight: thrust, aero, & inertial forces, Trimmed flight, Max-q, Calculation of internal forces, moments, shears.
- Calculation of stresses due to external loads, internal pressurization, Tank & inter-stage structural design, Vibration, shock, acoustic, and thermal effects.
- VS&A, thermal, concluded Guidance, stability & control.
- Structural flexibility effects, Instabilities, Manufacturing, Launch pad & facilities.
- Ground testing, Safety & flight termination systems.
Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
- Recommend a design brief for a complex, indeterminate aerospace system into a set of well-defined engineering requirement.
- Evaluate design concepts for aerospace systems using analysis, experiment or simulation methods.
- Prioritize a number of standard methods to various phases of the design process
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