Module overview
This module will provide the essentials of modelling and understanding the dynamics of aerospace vehicles: equations of motion derived from first principles, sensing and actuation systems and their limitations, model verification, implications for guidance and control.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Equations of motion for aerospace vehicles
- Specification of sensors and actuators and their limitations
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Overall system integration and verification.
- Understanding the dynamics of aerospace vehicles
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Model validation
Syllabus
- Terminology for aerospace vehicles
- In flight performance
- In flight disturbances and their modelling
- Simplification of the equations of motion
- Validation of models for a range of situations
- Sensors and actuators
- Overall system integration
- Introduction to the use of validated models for guidance and control
- Case studies
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures and supporting tutorials, laboratories focusing on system simulation and verification.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Tutorial | 12 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 18 |
| Wider reading or practice | 46 |
| Revision | 10 |
| Follow-up work | 18 |
| Lecture | 36 |
| Completion of assessment task | 10 |
| Total study time | 150 |
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Examination | 80% |
| Technical Laboratories | 10% |
| Skills Laboratories | 10% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Examination | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Examination | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External