Space Flight Mechanics (FSI-OZ0-A)

Academic year 2020/2021
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Vladimír Daněk, CSc.  
Supervising institute: LÚ all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: English
Aims of the course unit:
The goal is to familiarize students with the branch of the area of aeronautical and cosmic means of transport that develops in a progressive way and with main problems of space flights.
Learning outcomes and competences:
Learning basic principles of space flight mechanics. Acquiring knowledge of aerospace technique (launchers, multi-reusable space transportation system - space shuttle).
Prerequisites:
The basics of mathematics - differential and integral calculus, common differential equations. The basics of common mechanics - force effect on a body, kinematics, dynamics.
Course contents:
Historical introduction to astronautics. The problem of space flight and its technical solutions. Fundamentals of space flight. Passive motion of cosmic bodies. Artificial satellites. Active motion of space vehicles. Dynamics of space vehicles. Flight performance of rockets. Orbital maneuvers. Interplanetary trajectories. Re-entry problems. Reusable aerospace vehicles.
Teaching methods and criteria:
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Obtaining the classified credit of this compulsory subject: attendance at lectures (about 75%) and the final test. Classification fulfils FME BUT rules.
Controlled participation in lessons:
Lectures are optional. Compensation is done individually by self-study of recommended literature.
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture 1. Historical introduction to astronautics.
2. Basic problems of space flight and its technical solutions.
3. Definition and clasification of space vehicles. Coordinate systems in mechanics of space flight.
4. Passive motion in a central gravitational field. Kepler's laws.
5. Position and velocity of cosmic bodies in orbit. Integral energy.
6. Description orbit. Orbit elements.
7. Active motion of space vehicles. Dynamics of rocket motion.
8. Flight performance of space vehucles. Specific impulse.
9. Launch of artificial Earth satellite. Characteristic of space velocities.
10. Maneuvering in orbit. Active-controlled movement of space vehicles.
11.Interplanetary space flights.
12. Re-entry problems.
13. Multi-reusable space transportation system.
Literature - fundamental:
3. Carrou, J.- P.(editor). Spaceflight Dynamics, Part I,II, Toulouse: Cépadues-Éditions, 1995. 1966 s. ISBN 2-85428-378-3. (překlad z francouzštiny).
4. Curtis, H.D. Orbital mechanics for engineering students, Oxford: Elsevier, 2007, 673 str. ISBN 978-0-7506-6169-0.
5. Daněk, V. Mechanika kosmického letu. 2.vydání. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., 2020. 310 s. ISBN 978-80-7623-041-5.
Literature - recommended:
1. Lála,P.- Vítek,A. Malá encyklopedie kosmonautiky, Praha: Mladá fronta, 1982. 392 s.
2. Kolář,J. Základy kosmonautiky (skripta). Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT Praha, 1972. 147 s.
3. Levantovskij,V.I. Mechanika kosmičeskogo poleta v elementarnom izloženii, 2.vyd., opravené a doplněné. Moskva: Nauka, 1974. 487 s.
4. Curtis, H.D. Orbital mechanics for engineering students, Oxford: Elsevier, 2007, 673 str. ISBN 978-0-7506-6169-0.
5. Carrou, J.- P.(editor). Spaceflight Dynamics, Part I,II, Toulouse: Cépadues-Éditions, 1995. 1966 s. ISBN 2-85428-378-3. (překlad z francouzštiny).
6. Daněk, V. Mechanika kosmického letu. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., 2018. 306 s. ISBN 978-80-7204-984-4.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
M2I-A full-time study M-STL Aircraft Design -- GCr 3 Compulsory 2 2 W