Space Mechanics detail syllabus for Aerospace Engineering (As), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17AS62), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
This course will enable students to
- Understand the basic concepts of space mechanics and the general N- body.
- Study satellite injection and satellite orbit perturbations.
- Acquire the knowledge of interplanetary and ballistic missile trajectories.
Module 1
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Module 2
Basic Concepts and the General N-Body: The solar system, reference frames and coordinate systems, terminology related to the celestial sphere and its associated concepts, Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and proof of the laws, Newton’s universal law of gravitation, the many body problem, Lagrange-Jacobi identity, the circular restricted three body problem, libration points, the general N-body problem, two body problem, relations between position and time.
Module 3
Satellite Injection and Satellite Perturbations: General aspects of satellite injection, satellite orbit transfer, various cases, orbit deviations due to injection errors, special and general perturbations, Cowell’s method and Encke’s method, method of variations of orbital elements, general perturbations approach.
Module 4
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Module 5
Ballistic Missile Trajectories: Introduction to ballistic missile trajectories, boost phase, the ballistic phase, trajectory geometry, optimal flights , time of flight, re-entry phase, the position of impact point, influence coefficients.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of this course the student will be able to :
- Apply the basic concepts of space mechanics and the general N- body.
- Explain satellite injection and satellite orbit perturbations.
- Distinguish between interplanetary and ballistic missile trajectories.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge.
- Problem Analysis.
- Design / development of solutions
- Interpretation of data
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full question consists of 16 marks.
- There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Cornelisse, J.W., Rocket Propulsion and Space Dynamics, W.H. Freeman & co,1984.
- Thomson, Introduction to Space Dynamics, Dover Publications,Revised edition,2012.
Reference Books:
- Van de Kamp, P., “Elements of Astromechanics”, Pitman, 1979
- Willian E. Wiesel, Space Flight Dynamics, Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 3rd Edition ,2010,ISBN-13: 978-1452879598
- George P. Sutton and Oscar Biblarz, Rocket Propulsion Elements,Wiley India Pvt Ltd,7th edition, 2010,ISBN-13: 978-8126525775.
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