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3.00 Credits
The dynamic behavior of aircraft and spacecraft, and the design of automatic control systems for them. For aircraft: non-linear and linearized longitudinal and lateral dynamics; linearized aerodynamics; natural modes of motion; autopilot design to enhance stability, control the flight path, and perform automatic landings. For spacecraft in orbit: natural longitudinal and lateral dynamic behavior and the design of attitude control systems. Prerequisites: AA242A, ENGR 105. 3 units, Spr (Rock, S)
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3.00 Credits
The principles of satellite navigation using GPS. Positioning techniques using code tracking, single and dual frequency, carrier aiding, and use of differential GPS for improved accuracy and integrity. Use of differential carrier techniques for attitude determination and precision position determination. Prerequisite: familiarity with matrix algebra. 3 units, Win (Enge, P)
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3.00 Credits
Navigation satellites (GPS, GLONASS), GPS receivers, principles of inertial navigation for ships, aircraft, and spacecraft. Kalman Filters to integrate GPS and inertial sensors. Radio navigation aids (VOR, DME, LORAN, ILS). Doppler navigation systems. Prerequisites: 272C; ENGR 15, 105. Recommended: ENGR 205. 3 units, not given this year
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3.00 Credits
Models for continuous-time and discrete-event dynamic systems. Modeling techniques for hybrid systems. Optimization problems for continuous and discrete dynamic systems. Dynamic programming and the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. Differential games. Automatic verification and controller synthesis for hybrid systems. Hybrid systems simulation. Driving examples from flight management system logic, and automated air traffic systems. Prerequisites: EE 263, ENGR 209. 3 units, not given this year
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3.00 Credits
Orbits of near-earth satellites and interplanetary probes; transfer and rendezvous; decay of satellite orbits; influence of earth's oblateness; sun and moon effects on earth satellites. Prerequisite: ENGR 15 or equivalent. 3 units, Spr (Enge, P)
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the design and performance of airbreathing and rocket engines. Topics: the physical parameters used to characterize propulsion system performance; gas dynamics of nozzles and inlets; cycle analysis of ramjets, turbojets, turbofans, and turboprops; component matching and the compressor map; introduction to liquid and solid propellant rockets; multistage rockets; hybrid rockets; thermodynamics of reacting gases. Prerequisites: undergraduate background in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. 3 units, Win (Cantwell, B)
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3.00 Credits
The principles of rocket propulsion system design and analysis. Fundamental aspects of the physics and chemistry of rocket propulsion. Focus is on the design and analysis of chemical propulsion systems including liquids, solids, and hybrids. Nonchemical propulsion concepts such as electric and nuclear rockets. Launch vehicle design and optimization issues including trajectory calculations. Limited enrollment. Prerequisites: 283 or consent of instructor. 3 units, Spr (Karabeyoglu, M)
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3.00 Credits
Propulsion systems engineering through the design and operation of a sounding rocket. Students work in small teams through a full project cycle including requirements definition, performance analysis, system design, fabrication, ground and flight testing, and evaluation. Prerequisite: 284A and consent of instructor. 5 units, Aut (Zilliac, G)
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3.00 Credits
Continuation of 284A,B. Prerequisite: 284B, and consent of instructor. 3 units, Win (Zilliac, G)
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
(Undergraduates register for 190 or 199.) Experimental or theoretical investigation. Students may work in any field of special interest. Register for section belonging to your research supervisor. May be repeated for credit. 1-5 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
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