AERO0026-1 : Lauch vehicles design and propulsion

Study Programmes 2015-2016

AERO0026-1

Lauch vehicles design and propulsion

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in aerospace engineering (120 ECTS)		5
Master in aerospace engineering (120 ECTS)		5

Lecturer :

Jean-Luc Bozet, Philippe Ngendakumana

Language(s) of instruction :

English language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The course describes the criteria of choice of the kind of launcher (small, medium or heavy launcher) in function of the type of mission to achieve (low earth orbit, geostationary orbit,...). For that, the basic notions which are the characteristic velocity of the mission and the specific impulse are used. This last one characterizes the efficiency of the retained propulsion type (solid, cryogenic,...) and influences strongly the architecture of the launcher. The possible architectures are described. Starting from the Tsiolkovsky equation, staging technique of the launcher is explained. The solicitations acting upon the launcher and their impact on the constructive aspects of it are also explained. The practical work consists in using the free software "orbiter" in order to vary some parameters of a predefined launcher and by this way achieve different missions.

Learning outcomes of the course :

Launcher design method

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Mechanics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

project

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

présentiel