Ge
eneral descripttion
Name of the cou
urse: Introducttion to Rocketts
Department: 748
8 - Departmen
nt of Physics (FIS)
(
– Aerosspace Section
EC
CTS: 3 ECTS
CLE ENGINEERING
Degree: BACHE
ELOR'S DEGR
REE IN AEROS
SPACE VEHIC
BA
ACHELOR'S D
DEGREE IN AE
EROSPACE TECHNOLOG
T
GY ENGINEER
RING
BA
ACHELOR’S D
DEGREE IN IN
NDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
T
Y ENGINEER
RING
Lev
vel:
Lan
nguage: English
Code: 205203
Typ
pe: Elective
Lec
cturers
Ma
ain teacher: M
Manel Soria, Arnau
A
Miró
Ge
eneral learning
g objectives off the course
Be familiar with rrockets and th
heir historic importance.
Know and underrstand the bassic rocket components.
Understand the ffundamentals of rocket prop
pulsion and th e different eng
gine types.
Understand the tthermodynamics of rocket engines.
e
Understand how
w rocket trajecttories can be simulated.
s
Be familiar with rrocket test ben
nch instrumen
ntation.
Competencies
Specific
S
compe
etencies
Generic
G
compe
etencies
Credits:
C
total hours of studen
nt work
Total dedication: 75
5h
Directted learning
Auton
nomous learning
Dedicatio n
Large Group (G)
Ho
ours
%
30
3
40%
45
4
60%
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Comm
mittee on June, 29/2016 2
Modules
M
s of rockets
Module 1: Fundamentals
Description
De
edication: 25 hours
h
Large group: 10 hours
Au
utonomous leaarning: 15 hourrs
History
y
Main ro
ocket compon
nents components
Multiple stage rocke
ets
Case study:
s
SpaceX
X
Thermodynamics off rocket engine
es
Related activiities (*)
Module 2: R
Rocket trajecttories
Description
De
edication: 25 hours
Large group: 10 hours
Au
utonomous leaarning: 15 hours
Study of basic rocke
et launch maneouvers with Kerbal
K
Space simulator.
odel of rocket launch.
Two-dimensional mo
Related activiities (*)
Module 3: E
Experimental testing
t
of roc
ckets
and rocket e
engines.
Description
edication: 25 hours
De
Large group: 100 hours
Au
utonomous leaarning: 15 hours
Test bench and rockket instrumenttation: load cells, data loggeers, GPS, IMU
U
Rocket telemetry sys
ystems
Hands
s on session: ttest of a rocket engine
Hands
s on sesssion: launch and re
ecovery of a ro
ocket with dataa loggers and/or
teleme
etry sytems
Related activiities (*)
Grading
G
system
m (assessmen
nt)
Class
C
participa
ation and classs exercices: 30
0%
Assignment:
A
30
0%
Project:
P
40%
Teaching
T
meth
hodology
The
T course is d
develops throu
ugh lectures in
ncluding theorretical session
ns imparted with the aid of ppowerpoint
presentations
p
a
and more app
plicative and more
m
visual sesssions with vid
deos, stellar ca
atalogues andd simulations
References
R
Basic
B
Sutto
on, George P.,, and Oscar B IBLARZ. Rock
ket propulsion
n elements. Joohn, 1978.
ytic Combustiion: With Therrmodynamics, Chemical Kinnetics and Mas
ss
Date, Anil W. Analy
Transsfer. Cambridg
ge University Press, 2011.
Rockkets and peoplle, Boris Chert
rtok, The NASA History Seriies, Washingtoon, 2009
Complementar
C
ry
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