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
Number of Required Visit(s): 0Course Level: Graduate
Credit: 3
Term(s): Spring