ENAE 791 - Spring 2004
Course Syllabus
   
Space Systems Laboratory
University of Maryland

 1/27
  Snowed out

 1/29
  Course Overview; Orbital Mechanics
Color class notes (PDF; 4.9 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 2.1 Mb)

 2/3
 Orbital Mechanics; Rocket Performance
Color class notes (PDF; 5.0 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 2.3 Mb)

 2/5
  Class canceled

 2/10
  Ballistic Entry
Computer notes (PDF; partial as of 1:00 pm)
Lecture notes (PDF; 120 Kb)
Reference text (PDF; 1.3 Mb)
 2/12
  Ballistic Entry, revisited
Lecture notes (PDF; 124 Kb)

 2/17
  Lifting Entry - Equilibrium Glide
Computer notes (PDF; 120 Kb)
Lecture notes (PDF; 112 Kb)
Reference text (PDF; 816 Kb)

 2/19
 Lifting Entry
Lecture notes - UPDATED (PDF; 164 Kb)
Reference text (PDF; 476 Kb)

 2/24
  Phugoids; State Equations
Lecture notes (PDF; 84 Kb)

 2/26
  Fluids; Newtonian Analysis
Lecture notes (PDF; 259 Kb)
Reference text (PDF; 634 Kb)

 3/2
  Modified Newtonian Flow
Lecture notes (PDF; 71 Kb)
Reference text (PDF; 547 Kb)
Problem Set 1 (PDF; 38 Kb) due 3/11/04

 3/4
  Entry Heating
Lecture notes (PDF; 161 Kb)
Reference text (PDF; 608 Kb)

 3/9
  Sorry, class canceled!!!

 3/11
  Thermal Protection
Lecture notes (PDF; 91 Kb)

 3/16
  Airbreathing Propulsion

 3/18
  Reliability
Color class notes (PDF; 2.9 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 1.3 Mb)
Problem Set 2 (PDF; 38 Kb) due 4/1/04

 3/23

 Spring Break

 3/25

 Spring Break

 3/30
 Cost Estimation and Analysis
Color class notes (PDF; 2.9 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 1.2 Mb)

 4/1
  Rocket Propulsion
Color class notes (PDF; 3.0 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 3.0 Mb)
Reference text (PDF; 2.8 Mb)

 4/6
 Sounding Rockets and Propulsive Fliers
Class notes (PDF; 148 Kb)
Example spreadsheet (XLS; 28 Kb)

 4/8
 Case Study: ParaShield and Skidbladnir
Color class notes (PDF; 4.2 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 4.2 Mb)
Reference paper (PDF; 828 Kb)

 4/13
 Ground Processing and Launch Facilities
Color class notes (PDF; 8.2 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 8.2 Mb)

 4/15
 Robotic Servicing of Hubble Space Telescope
Color class notes (PDF; 9.8 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 9.7 Mb)

 4/20
 Mass Estimating Relationships
Color class notes (PDF; 3.0 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 1.4 Mb)

 4/22
 Engineering Graphics
Color class notes (PDF; 4.7 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 2.2 Mb)

 4/27
 Class Cancelled
See here for details

 4/29
 Class Cancelled
See here for details

 5/4
 Case Study: The X-Prize
Color class notes (PDF; 6.5 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 6.5 Mb)
Details of the (much-reduced) Final Project

 5/6
 Reusability
Color class notes (PDF; 4.1 Mb)
B&W class notes (PDF; 4.1 Mb)

 5/11
 Case Study: Tying it All Toget
Revised version of the Final Project