Kinetics
Studying Spacecraft Motion
Spacecraft Dynamics and Control,
As they tumble through space, objects like spacecraft move in dynamical ways. Understanding and predicting the equations that represent that motion is critical to the safety and efficacy of spacecraft mission development. Kinetics: Modeling the Motions of Spacecraft trains your skills in topics like rigid body angular momentum and kinetic energy expression shown in a coordinate frame agnostic manner, single and dual rigid body systems tumbling without the forces of external torque, how differential gravity across a rigid body is approximated to the first order to study disturbances in both the attitude and orbital motion, and how these systems change when general momentum exchange devices are introduced. After this course, you will be able to... *Derive from basic angular momentum formulation the rotational equations of motion and predict and determine torque-free motion equilibria and associated stabilities * Develop equations of motion for a rigid body with multiple spinning components and derive and apply the gravity gradient torque * Apply the static stability conditions of a dual-spinner configuration and predict changes as momentum exchange devices are introduced * Derive equations of motion for systems in which various momentum exchange devices are present Please note: this is an advanced course, best suited for working engineers or students with college-level knowledge in mathematics and physics.
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| Rating | 4.2★ based on 7 ratings |
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| Length | 5 weeks |
| Effort | Best completed in 4 weeks, with a commitment of between 2 and 5 hours of work per week. |
| Starts | Jun 26 (47 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $99 |
| From | University of Colorado Boulder via Coursera |
| Instructor | Hanspeter Schaub |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming Engineering Science |
| Tags | Computer Science Algorithms Physical Science And Engineering Physics And Astronomy |
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Prof. Schaub has got exceptional skills in imparting knowledge on tough concepts fairly easily to the students.
always w/o any reply
In particular, only few people are doing the course and the forum is always w/o any reply, and when doing the final exam, I had to change session three times because not enough people were correctint my assignment, causing me a delay of 2 months.
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tough concepts fairly easily
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facilitate learning from mistakes
No help available in the forum.5) It would help to have the step by step answers to the quizzes available to facilitate learning from mistakes.
some false positive answers
Interesting course with plenty of room for improvement:1) The presentation of the course material is nice2) There are plenty of typos in the quizzes (check forum for pointers)3) There are some false positive answers in the quizzes (check forum for pointers) 4) There is no help offered by the course providers.
my biggest issue
My biggest issue with this round in the specialization is the lack of simulation assignments.
both analytical theory
Challenging to learn and focused on both analytical theory and practical example.
got exceptional skills
little numerical implementation
There was a good deal of derivation/analytical work, but very little numerical implementation of results such as in the Kinematics course in this series.
another solid
Another solid course.
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| Rating | 4.2★ based on 7 ratings |
|---|---|
| Length | 5 weeks |
| Effort | Best completed in 4 weeks, with a commitment of between 2 and 5 hours of work per week. |
| Starts | Jun 26 (47 weeks ago) |
| Cost | $99 |
| From | University of Colorado Boulder via Coursera |
| Instructor | Hanspeter Schaub |
| Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Programming Engineering Science |
| Tags | Computer Science Algorithms Physical Science And Engineering Physics And Astronomy |
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