ASTE 480: Spacecraft Dynamics



ASTE 480: Spacecraft Dynamics

(Section 29118R)

Spring 2018

Wednesdays 6:30-9:10 PM

VHE 214

Instructor: Bryan Cooley, Ph.D.

Contact info: (310)336-1092

bryancooley71@

Office hours: By appointment

Text: William Wiesel, Spaceflight Dynamics (optional)

Midterm exam: Wednesday, March 7, in class

Final exam: Wednesday, May 2, 7-9 PM, in the regular classroom

Homework: Due at the beginning of class on due date

Grading: Homework 30%

Midterm exam 30%

Final exam 40%.

Syllabus

Week Material

1. Matrix math review, matrix exponential, diagonalizing the inertia matrix, coordinate transforms

2. Linear autonomous systems, Newtonian mechanics-single particle and systems of particles

3. Newtonian mechanics (cont.)-force, torque, energy; rigid body problems

4. Stability of autonomous differential systems: stability of linear autonomous systems, Routh-Hurwitz conditions

5. Stability of autonomous differential systems: Liapunov method; spinning spacecraft dynamics: torque-free motion

6. Spinning spacecraft dynamics: torque-free motion, constant transverse torque

7. Constant transverse torque, non-rigid spacecraft, attitude determination, ideal precession maneuver

8. Rhumb line maneuver, delta-v maneuvers, review for midterm

9. Midterm

10. Spin maneuvers, ANC

11. Dual spin spacecraft, stability, nutational coning, pointing error, dual spin maneuvers

12. Mass center offset maneuvers, platform despin motion, quasi-rigid dual spin spacecraft, dual spin equations of motion

13. Gravity gradient spacecraft, gravity gradient torque, magnetic damping

14. Gravity gradient effects on spinning bodies, 2 gravity gradient orbital effects

15. Review for final

16. Final

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