AEM4305
AEM 4305 - Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control (3 Cr.)
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics (11090)
TIOT - College of Science and Engineering
AEM 4305 - Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control (3 Cr.)
Course description
Kinematics/dynamics for six-degree of freedom rigid body motions. Euler's angles/equations. Torque free motion, spin stabilization, dual-spin spacecraft, nutation damping, gyroscopic attitude control, gravity gradient stabilization. Linear systems analysis, Laplace transforms, transfer functions. Linear control theory. PID controllers.
prereq: [4301, [3101 or ME 3281 or EE 3015], CSE upper div] or grad student
prereq: [4301, [3101 or ME 3281 or EE 3015], CSE upper div] or grad student
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
AFV - A-F or Audit
Lecture
Requirements
002479
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Every Spring