Rocketry and Space Mechanics detailed syllabus for Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (ETE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the ETE 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 Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit ETE 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VII scheme and its subjects refer to ETE Professional Elective-VII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of rocketry and space mechanics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ORBITAL MECHANICS
Description of solar system – Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion – Newton’s Law of Universal gravitation – Two body and Three-body problems – Jacobi’s Integral, Librations points – Estimation of orbital and escape velocities.
Unit II
SATELLITE DYNAMICS
Geosynchronous and geostationary satellites- factors determining life time of satellites – satellite perturbations – orbit transfer and examples -Hohmann orbits – calculation of orbit parameters-Determination of satellite rectangular coordinates from orbital elements.
Unit III
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Unit IV
ROCKET AERODYNAMICS
Description of various loads experienced by a rocket passing through atmosphere – drag estimation – wave drag, skin friction drag, form drag and base pressure drag – Boat-tailing in missiles -performance at various altitudes – rocket stability – rocket dispersion – launching problems.
Unit V
STAGING AND CONTROL OF ROCKET VEHICLES
Need for multi staging of rocket vehicles – multistage vehicle optimization – stage separation dynamics and separation techniques- aerodynamic and jet control methods of rocket vehicles -SITVC.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able
- To knowledge on the fundamental laws of orbital mechanics with particular emphasis on interplanetary trajectories.
- To calculate orbital parameters and perform conceptual trajectory designs for geocentric or interplanetary missions.
- To familiarize themselves with trajectory calculations for planar motion of rockets.
- To determine forces and moments acting on airframe of a missile.
- To acquire knowledge on the need for staging and stage separation dynamics of rocket vehicles.
Text Books:
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