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Course Detail

Course Name Rockets & Missiles Fundamentals
Course Code 25DT634
Program M.Tech. in Defence Technology
Semester 1
Credits 3
Campus Coimbatore

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objectives:

The main objective of the course is to provide knowledge to the students about missile system, classification of missiles, aerodynamics of missiles, subsystems and missile trajectory.

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course the student should be able to

  • Understand basics of missile and rockets as well as the engineering aspects of missile integration.
  • Understand physics behind guided missiles and aero dynamics of missiles.
  • Characterization of sub-systems used in missiles.

Course Content:

Unit

Contents

Contact Hrs.

1.

Fundamentals of Rocket Propulsion, Types of Rockets, Mult staging

6

2.

Basics of Missile Physics, Classification of Missiles,

Missile Aerodynamic Configurations, Introduction to Missile System, Interrelationship between various Missile Sub-Systems.

8

3.

Basic Characteristics of Guided Missile Systems, Missile System Reliability, Range dispersion and CEP Concept,

8

4.

Design, System Layout and integration of Sub-Systems,

8

5.

Coordinate Transformation, Transformation Matrices. Two, Three and Six DOF Equations of Motion, Ballistic Missile Trajectory,

8

6.

Effect of Curvature of Earth, Rotation of Earth, Variation of Gravity on Missile Trajectory.

7

Total

45

Text Books / References

References / Suggested Books:

  1. “Fundamentals of Guided Missiles”,by S. R. Mohan. Publisher : Defence Re-search and Development Organisation.
  2. “Estimation and Prediction of Ballistic Missile Trajectories” by Jeffrey A. Isaac-son, David R. Vaughan.Publisher : RAND (29 May 1996)
  3. “Introduction to Modern Algebra and Matrix Theory”, by O. Schreier, E. Sperner, Martin David, Melvin Hausner. Publisher : Dover Publications.
  4. Literature / books suggested by respective course Lecturers.

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