Cosmic space

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Department of Aerospace Engineering

Synopsis:

Student will get a basics of specifics of space environment and its influence on spacecrafts.

Requirements:

No requirements.

Syllabus of lectures:

1) Vacuum physics and technology I – basics of vacuum physics and technology, (ultra)high vacuum

2) Vacuum physics and technology II – materials in (ultra)high vacuum

3) Vacuum physics and technology III – practical solutions of vacuum technology

4) External and internal thermal and radiative balance of spacecrafts

5) Space plasma I – motion of charged particles, basics of plasma physics

6) Space plasma II – upper layers of atmosphere and ionosphere

7) Space plasma III – planetary magnetic fields, Earth magnetosphere

8) Space plasma IV – solar wind and interplanetary space

9) Space radiation a micrometeoroids

10) Microgravity I – lowered and increased g-force

11) Microgravity II – dynamics of objects and liquids in microgravity

12) Introduction to problems of space medicine

13) Long-range observation and communication

Syllabus of tutorials:

1)-3) Vacuum physics and technology

4) Thermal and radiative balance of spacecrafts

5)-9) Space plasma and space radiation

10-12) Microgravity

13) Long-range communication

Study Objective:

Introduction to the problems of space environment.

Study materials:

basic:

V. L. Pisacane: The Space Environment and Its Effects on Space Systems, AIAA, 2008

recommended:

Alan C. Tribble: The Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design, Princeton University Press, 2003, ISBN: 978-0691102993

John F. O'Hanlon: A User's Guide to Vacuum Technology, 3rd ed., Wiley, 2003, ISBN: 978-0-471-27052-2

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

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