ENAE 791 - Spring, 2014
Course Syllabus and Announcements
 

  Space Systems Laboratory - Department of Aerospace Engineering - University of Maryland

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Notes and Announcements

140408 - There is no live lecture on Thursday 4/10. Watch this site for Problem Set 3 and the solutions to 1 and 2 - sorry it's taken so long.

140331 - Because I made a stupid mistake yesterday, I loaded an old version of the syllabus on the web site. This should be back to normal.

140330 - Due to an equipment malfunction, the Tuesday 3/27 lecture was not recorded. As announced in class on Tuesday, I was on travel the last half of the week and there was no live lecture on Thursday. We'll get it all straightened out this coming week.

140131 - This is the syllabus for the course, but the order of classes (shown here from 2012) is definitely going to change. I'll be adding in problem set handout and due dates, midterm details, final presentations, etc., but I wanted to get this up fast to let you download the slides for the first two lectures. More to come...

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Syllabus

 Date

 Subject

 Deadlines
 Jan. 28 (#01)  Course Overview; Review of Orbital Mechanics
 [PDF: 2.2 Mb, 54 pgs]
 
 Jan. 30 (#02)  Orbital Mechanics/Rocket Performance
 [PDF: 2.2 Mb, 31 pgs]
 
 Feb. 4 (#03)  Rocket Performance
 [PDF: 2.6 Mb, 55 pgs]
 
 Feb. 6 (#04)  Ballistic Entry
 [PDF: 5.7 Mb; 40 pgs.]
  Problem Set 1 out
 Feb. 11 (#05)  Ballistic and Lifting Entry
 [PDF: 6.3 Mb; 52 pgs.]
 
 Feb. 18 (#06)  Lifting Entry
 [PDF: 3.9 Mb; 32 pgs.]
   
 Feb. 20 (#07)  Entry Aerodynamics
 [PDF: 2.7 Mb; 30 pgs.]
 Problem Set 1 due
 Feb. 25 (#08)  Entry, Descent, and Landing: 2.5 Case Studies
 [PDF: 2.5 Mb; 39 pgs.]
 
 Feb. 27 (#09)  Entry, Descent, and Landing: Mars Science Laboratory
 [PDF: 23.5 Mb; 51 pgs.]
 
 March 4 (#10)  Entry, Descent, and Landing: ParaShield
 [PDF: 5.3 Mb; 69 pgs.]
 Problem Set 2 out
 March 6 (#11)

 Cost Estimation and Engineering Economics
 [PDF: 1.5 Mb, 44 pgs.]
 Term Project Details
 [PDF: 522 Kb; 5 pgs.]

 
 March 11 (#12)  Redundancy, Reliability, and Resiliency
 [PDF: 2.2 Mb; 44 pgs.]
 
 March 13 (#13)  Real-World Entry Applications
 [PDF: 3.1 Mb; 27 pgs.]
 Problem Set 2 due
 March 18  Spring Break
 
 March 20  Spring Break
 
 March 25 (#14)  Rocket Propulsion
 [PDF: 6.7 Mb; 52 pgs.]
 

 April 1 (#15)

 Mass Estimating Relations
 [PDF: 2.8 Mb; 41 pgs.]
 
 April 3 (#16)  Completion of Mass Estimating Relations
 
 April 8 (#17)  Launch Vehicle Systems
 [PDF: 2.9 Mb; 41 pgs.]
 
 April 15 (#18)  Launch Vehicle Options
 [PDF: 9.9 Mb; 91 pgs.]
 
 April 17 (#19)  Launch Facilities and Operations
 [PDF: 6.3 Mb; 96 pgs.]
 
 April 22 (#20)  Entry Heating
 [PDF: 1.5 Mb; 16 pgs.]
 April 24 (#21)  Vehicle Failures
 [PDF: 2.6 Mb; 28 pgs.]
 April 29 (#22)  Launch Vehicle Payload Accommodations
 [PDF: 2.9 Mb; 57 pgs.]
 
 May 1 (#23)  Launch Vehicle Reusability
 [PDF: 3.2 Mb; 53 pgs.]
 
 May 6 (#24)  TBD
 
 
 May 8 (#25)  TBD
 
 
 May 13 (#26)  TBD