Spacecraft Technologies (FSI-OT2-A)

Academic year 2023/2024
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Jaroslav Juračka, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: LÚ all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: English
Aims of the course unit:
The aim is to acquaint students with the basic problems of development and use of rockets and rocket engines, focusing on the development of the ability to use this knowledge for their further work and for comprehensively optimal decision-making.
Learning outcomes and competences:
It is assumed that the student will be able to analyse problems in a broad context, in evaluating the problems from various perspectives, as well as from different levels.
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of space, acquired during the study of physics, basic problems of technical mechanics, including hydromechanics and thermomechanics, knowledge of materials and their properties used in aviation.
Course contents:
The student gets acquainted with the environment in which he will use space technology and for which he will design space technologies. He will also have an idea of the construction and function of rockets and rocket engines of various types and purposes, the scope and problems of their use and the basic problems of their preliminary design.
Teaching methods and criteria:
The lectures will clarify the basic descriptions of existing devices and the principles of their work, including clarification of the theoretical foundations using both classical methods of mathematical analysis and numerical methods, as well as the possibility of using artificial intelligence. Exercises will then focus on the study, analysis and analysis of selected problems.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
The student is evaluated according to the knowledge of the written and oral final exam. The condition for admission to the exam is at least 70% attendance at lectures and fulfilment of all assignments that will be solved within the exercises.
Controlled participation in lessons:
The quality of the ongoing training will be checked through control tests during the exercise. The results of these tests will then greatly affect the final evaluation of the exam.
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
    Exercise  13 × 1 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture 1. Rockets, history, classification, arrangement, use
2. Rockets, loads, factors influencing take-off and flight in individual phases
3. Ballistic missiles, characteristics, use
4. Rocket carriers, concept, construction
5. Carrier rockets, introduction to rocket design
6. Spaceports, meaning and purpose, components, security, nature of operation
7. Rocket engines, basic theory of rocket engines
8. Rocket engines, internal ballistics of rocket engines
9. Rocket engines for solid propellants
10. Rocket engines for liquid propellants
11. Rocket engines for liquid propellants
12. Special types of rocket engines
13. Fuels for rocket engines
    Exercise 1. Comparison of historical development of missiles in different countries
2. Vibration analysis
3. External missile ballistics
4. Analysis of the rocket design
5. Basic steps of preliminary rocket design
6. Comparison of spaceports in terms of their geographical location
7. Internal ballistics of a rocket engine
8. Thermodynamic calculation of a rocket engine
9. Calculation of rocket engine thrust on TPH
10. Calculation of thrust and engine operation time on KPH
11. Comparison of special types of rocket engines in terms of their usability
12. Computational comparison of solid fuels for rocket engines
13. Final consultation on the topics covered
Literature - fundamental:
1. Abibov.A.L.: Technologija samoletostrojenija, , 0
3. Dosoudil S.: Projektování a řízení letecké výroby, VUT Brno, 1991
4. Lee,L.-H.: Adhesive bonding, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1991
6. DIN-DVS-Taschenbuch 215: Schweisstechnik in Luft- und Raumfahrt, Beuth.DVS-Verlag, 1998
7. ASM Handbook Vol. 5 Surface Engineering
8. ASM Handbook Vol. 16 Machining
9. ASM Handbook Vol.06 Welding, Brazing and Soldering
10. Peterka, J. Lepení konstrukčních materiálů ve strojírenství, SNTL, Praha 1980
11. ASM Handbook Vol.15 Casting
12. F.C.Campbell: Manufacturing Technology for Aerospace Structural Materials. Elsevier, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-1-85-617495-4.
Literature - recommended:
1. Žák,J.-Samek,R.-Bumbálek,B.: Speciální letecké technologie I, , 0
2. Flaška,M.-Růžička,A.-Štekner,B.: Speciální letecké technologie, , 0
3. Lieng-Huang Lee: Adhesive bonding, Plenum Press, New York, 1991, ISBN 0-306-43471-7
4. Killing, R.: Welding processes and thermal cutting, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 3-87155-790-0
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
N-AST-A full-time study --- no specialisation -- Cr,Ex 4 Compulsory 2 2 S