AE 435
Spring 2015 All Classes
Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.
Elements of electric propulsion as applied to near-earth and deep-space missions; impact on spacecraft design; physics of ionized gases; plasmadynamics; electrothermal, electromagnetic, and electrostatic acceleration of gases to high velocity; high-impulse thruster design and performance; the resistojet, arcjet, ion engine, Hall thruster, MPD arc thruster, and plasma gun.
3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: AE 433.
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29965
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Lecture-Discussion
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A
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3:30PM
-4:50PM
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TR
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103 Talbot Laboratory
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Burton, R
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