Astronautics
and
Space
Environment II
AE 382
University of Southern California (USC)
including books on Astronautics, Spacecraft Design and Spacecraft Systems
- USC
Astronautics Program (BS,
MS, Engineer, and PhD Degrees; Certificate)
(with downloadable brochure)
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Homework Solutions for AE 382
Fall 2002
Office hours of the Instructor and TAs
MidTerm Solutions
Problem 01
Problem 02
Problem 03
Problem 04
Problem 05
Problem 06
Problem 07
Problem 08
Problem 09
Problem 10
Problem 11
Problem 12
Final Exam Solutions
AE-382 Score/Grade Distribution
USC
Astronautics Program
- Astronautics and Space Environment II course (AE 382) is offered by the USC
Astronautics Program.
- This class is for Astronautics, Aerospace Engineering, and other science and engineering undergraduate students.
- Instructor: Professor Mike Gruntman
- AE-382 is usually offered during the Fall Semester.
- To get more information (it can be mailed to you) on AE 382 and other astronautics-related courses, USC graduate (MS, PhD), undergraduate (BS), and Certificate programs in Aerospace Engineering (Astronautics), please contact
AE Student Coordinator or call 213-740-5353.
AE 382
Astronautics and Space Environment II
Course Outline
- Organization of the class.
Some useful math.
History of astronautics.
- Orbital mechanics review.
- Gravitational potential.
- Universe. Galaxy. Stars. Solar system.
- Introduction to plasma physics.
- Spacecraft in plasma.
- Geomagnetism.
- Particle motion. Mirroring.
- Mid Term Exam.
- Sun. Solar cycles.
- Solar wind. Heliosphere.
- Atmosphere.
- Ionosphere.
- Magnetosphere. Magnetospheric storms.
- Spacecraft interactions.
- Space instrumentation.
- Fields, particle, and photon detectors and analyzers.
- Final exam
REQUIRED TEXT
T.F. Tascione, Introduction to the Space Environment,
Krieger Publ. Co., 2nd Edition.
The book is available in the softcover edition.
Homework
There are 12 homework assignments (problems).
Homework is due each Tuesday before the class.
Class meetings:
Tuesday and Thursday
5:00-6:20 pm
GFS-109
Grading
policy for AE 382
- 32% Midterm
- 40% Final
- 28% Homework
There are a number of books covering various areas of spacecraft design.
This page URL - http://ame-www.usc.edu/bio/mikeg/spacecra/AE382.htm
Updated on 17 August 2002
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