AE 435 ONL - Electric Propulsion

Campus: Urbana-Champaign

Description:

Elements of electric propulsion as applied to near-earth and deep-space missions; impact on spacecraft design; physics of ionized gases; plasmadynamics; electrothermal, electromagnetic, and electrostatic acceleration of gases to high velocity; high-impulse thruster design and performance; the resistojet, arcjet, ion engine, Hall thruster, MPD arc thruster, and plasma gun. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: AE 433.

Special Instructions:

Restricted to online non-degree, online MCS, online MSME, online MSCEE, and online MSAE students. For more details on this course section, please see http://engineering.illinois.edu/online/courses/. Non-Degree students may enroll on a space-available basis with consent of Program Coordinator, Staci McDannel (tank@illinois.edu).

Academic Program Restrictions:

NDEG:Grad Nondegree-CE-UIUC

Option 1

Course Level: Graduate

Credit: 3

Term(s): Spring