The objective of the course is to provide an in-depth understanding understanding of flight dynamics, trajectory design analysis, flight performance analysis and practical implications of trajectory planning
- Understand the flight trajectories design requirements
- Evaluate and predict the flight performance for different trajectories
- Understand the practical implications while trajectory design
- Carry out MATLAB based simulation for trajectory modelling
- Flight Dynamics, Flight envelope limitations. Aerodynamic sizing-equations of motion. Accuracy of simplified equations of motion, orbital mechanics
- Role of rocket propulsion in orbital trajectories and maneuvers, Maximizing missile flight performance. Benefits of flight trajectory shaping
- Flight performance prediction of boost, climb, cruise, coast, steady descent, ballistic, maneuvering, divert, and homing flight
- Practical implementation of integrated trajectory planning, Agility in maneuvering trajectories
- Multiplier theory and its use in solving practical problems covered from a real-time computational viewpoint, No-fly zones and engineering requirements, formulation as a mathematical mixture of state and decision-variable constraints
- Extensive MATLAB-based mini-projects
