AERO 4442
Transatmospheric and Spacecraft Propulsion
Planetary/interplanetary environments and effects. Launch and spacecraft propulsion: liquid/solid/hybrid rockets, ram/scramjets, combined cycle engines, electrothermal, electromagnetic, electrostatic, nuclear, and propellantless propulsion. Trajectory analysis, multi-staging, separation dynamics. Advanced engine concepts.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): MAAE 2400 , ( MAAE 3300 OR MECH 3310 ) and MATH 3705 . Lectures three hours a week.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027