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Rocket Propulsion 101 Rocket Fundamentals & Up-to-Date Information February 14-16, 2011 Albuquerque, New Mexico March 15-17, 2011 Beltsville, Maryland $1590 (8:30am - 4:00pm) "Register 3 or More & Receive $100 00 each Off The Course Tuition." Summary This three-day course is based on the popular text Rocket Propulsion Elements by Sutton and Biblarz. The course provides practical knowledge in rocket propulsion engineering and design technology issues. It is designed for those needing a more complete understanding of the complex issues. The objective is to give the engineer or manager the tools needed to understand the available choices in rocket propulsion and/or to manage technical experts with greater in-depth knowledge of rocket systems. Attendees will receive a copy of the book Rocket Propulsion Elements, a disk with practical rocket equations in Excel, and a set of printed notes covering advanced additional material. Instructor Edward L. Keith is a multi-discipline Launch Vehicle System Engineer, specializing in integration of launch vehicle technology, design, modeling and business strategies. He is an independent consultant, writer and teacher of rocket system technology, experienced in launch vehicle operations, design, testing, business analysis, risk reduction, modeling, safety and reliability. Mr. Keith’s experience includes reusable & expendable launch vehicles as well as solid & liquid rocket systems. Who Should Attend • Engineers of all disciplines supporting rocket design projects. • Aerospace Industry Managers. • Government Regulators, Administrators and sponsors of rocket or missile projects. • Contractors or investors involved in rocket propulsion development projects. Course Outline 1. Classification of Rocket Propulsion. Introduction to the types and classification of rocket propulsion, including chemical, solid, liquid, hybrid, electric, nuclear and solarthermal systems. 2. Fundaments and Definitions. Introduction to mass ratios, momentum thrust, pressure balances in rocket engines, specific impulse, energy efficiencies and performance values. 3. Nozzle Theory. Understanding the acceleration of gasses in a nozzle to exchange chemical thermal energy into kinetic energy, pressure and momentum thrust, thermodynamic relationships, area ratios, and the ratio of specific heats. Issues of subsonic, sonic and supersonic nozzles. Equations for coefficient of thrust, and the effects of under and over expanded nozzles. Examination of cone&bell nozzles, and evaluation of nozzle losses. 4. Performance. Evaluation of performance of rocket stages & vehicles. Introduction to coefficient of drag, aerodynamic losses, steering losses and gravity losses. Examination of spaceflight and orbital velocity, elliptical orbits, transfer orbits, staging theory. Discussion of launch vehicles and flight stability. 5. Propellant Performance and Density Implications. Introduction to thermal chemical analysis, exhaust species shift with mixture ratio, and the concepts of frozen and shifting equilibrium. The effects of propellant density on mass properties & performance of rocket systems for advanced design decisions. 6. Liquid Rocket Engines. Liquid rocket engine fundamentals, introduction to practical propellants, propellant feed systems, gas pressure feed systems, propellant tanks, turbo-pump feed systems, flow and pressure balance, RCS and OMS, valves, pipe lines, and engine supporting structure. 7. Liquid Propellants. A survey of the spectrum of practical liquid and gaseous rocket propellants is conducted, including properties, performance, advantages and disadvantages. 8. Thrust Chambers. The examination of injectors, combustion chamber and nozzle and other major engine elements is conducted in-depth. The issues of heat transfer, cooling, film cooling, ablative cooling and radiation cooling are explored. Ignition and engine start problems and solutions are examined. 9. Combustion. Examination of combustion zones, combustion instability and control of instabilities in the design and analysis of rocket engines. 10. Turbopumps. Close examination of the issues of turbo-pumps, the gas generation, turbines, and pumps. Parameters and properties of a good turbo-pump design. 11. Solid Rocket Motors. Introduction to propellant grain design, alternative motor configurations and burning rate issues. Burning rates, and the effects of hot or cold motors. Propellant grain configuration with regressive, neutral and progressive burn motors. Issues of motor case, nozzle, and thrust termination design. Solid propellant formulations, binders, fuels and oxidizers. 12. Hybrid Rockets. Applications and propellants used in hybrid rocket systems. The advantages and disadvantages of hybrid rocket motors. Hybrid rocket grain configurations / combustion instability. 13. Thrust Vector Control. Thrust Vector Control mechanisms and strategies. Issues of hydraulic actuation, gimbals and steering mechanisms. Solid rocket motor flexbearings. Liquid and gas injection thrust vector control. The use of vanes and rings for steering.. 14. Rocket System Design. Integration of rocket system design and selection processes with the lessons of rocket propulsion. How to design rocket systems. 15. Applications and Conclusions. Now that you have an education in rocket propulsion, what else is needed to design rocket systems A discussion regarding the future of rocket engine and system design. 14 – Vol. 104 Register online at www.ATIcourses.com or call ATI at 888.501.2100 or 410.956.8805
Synthetic Aperture Radar Fundamentals October 25-26, 2010 Beltsville, Maryland February 8-9, 2011 Albuquerque, New Mexico Instructors: Walt McCandless & Bart Huxtable $1290** (8:30am - 4:00pm) $990 without RadarCalc software Advanced October 27-28, 2010 Beltsville, Maryland February 10-11, 2011 Albuquerque, New Mexico Instructors: Bart Huxtable & Sham Chotoo $1290** (8:30am - 4:00pm) $990 without RadarCalc software **Includes single user RadarCalc license for Windows PC, for the design of airborne & space-based SAR. Retail price $1000. What You Will Learn • Basic concepts and principles of SAR. • What are the key system parameters. • Performance calculations using RadarCalc. • Design and implementation tradeoffs. • Current system performance. Emerging systems. Course Outline 1. Applications Overview. A survey of important applications and how they influence the SAR system from sensor through processor. A wide number of SAR designs and modes will be presented from the pioneering classic, single channel, strip mapping systems to more advanced all-polarization, spotlight, and interferometric designs. 2. Applications and System Design Tradeoffs and Constraints. System design formulation will begin with a class interactive design workshop using the RadarCalc model designed for the purpose of demonstrating the constraints imposed by range/Doppler ambiguities, minimum antenna area, limitations and related radar physics and engineering constraints. Contemporary pacing technologies in the area of antenna design, on-board data collection and processing and ground system processing and analysis will also be presented along with a projection of SAR technology advancements, in progress, and how they will influence future applications. 3. Civil Applications. A review of the current NASA and foreign scientific applications of SAR. 4. Commercial Applications. The emerging interest in commercial applications is international and is fueled by programs such as Canada’s RadarSat-2, the European ENVISAT and TerraSAR series, the NASA/JPL UAVSAR system, and commercial systems such as Intermap's Star-3i and Fugro's GeoSAR. The applications (surface mapping, change detection, resource exploration and development, etc.) driving this interest will be presented and analyzed in terms of the sensor and platform space/airborne and associated ground systems design. What You Will Learn • How to process data from SAR systems for high resolution, wide area coverage, interferometric and/or polarimetric applications. • How to design and build high performance SAR processors. • Perform SAR data calibration. • Ground moving target indication (GMTI) in a SAR context. • Current state-of-the-art. Course Outline 1. SAR Review Origins. Theory, Design, Engineering, Modes, Applications, System. 2. Processing Basics. Traditional strip map processing steps, theoretical justification, processing systems designs, typical processing systems. 3. Advanced SAR Processing. Processing complexities arising from uncompensated motion and low frequency (e.g., foliage penetrating) SAR processing. 4. Interferometric SAR. Description of the state-ofthe-art IFSAR processing techniques: complex SAR image registration, interferogram and correlogram generation, phase unwrapping, and digital terrain elevation data (DTED) extraction. 5. Spotlight Mode SAR. Theory and implementation of high resolution imaging. Differences from strip map SAR imaging. 6. Polarimetric SAR. Description of the image information provided by polarimetry and how this can be exploited for terrain classification, soil moisture, ATR, etc. 7. High Performance Computing Hardware. Parallel implementations, supercomputers, compact DSP systems, hybrid opto-electronic system. 8. SAR Data Calibration. Internal (e.g., cal-tones) and external calibrations, Doppler centroid aliasing, geolocation, polarimetric calibration, ionospheric effects. 9. Example Systems and Applications. Spacebased: SIR-C, RADARSAT, ENVISAT, TerraSAR, Cosmo-Skymed, PalSAR. Airborne: AirSAR and other current systems. Mapping, change detection, polarimetry, interferometry. Register online at www.ATIcourses.com or call ATI at 888.501.2100 or 410.956.8805 Vol. 104 – 15
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