Duration
Number of credits
| Master MSc. in Aerospace Engineering, professional focus in aerospace engineering | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course introduces you to the thermal analysis of spacecraft and space instruments. The following topics are addressed:
- Historical review and problem statement
- Thermal control technologies
- Modelling: ray-tracing basics
- Modelling: FE vs Lumped Parameter methods
- Thermo-mechanical and STOP analyses
- Cryogenics and cryocooler
- Uncertainty propagation
- Testing and vacuum technologies
- Model correlation
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the class the student will have acquired the necessary methodological and technical tools to carry out the thermal design of a space structure, its verfication through thermal vacuum testing and model correlation.
This course contributes to the learning outcomes I.1, I.2, II.1, II.2, III.1, III.2, III.3, IV.1, IV.2, IV.3, V.1, V.2, VI.1, VI.2, VI.3, VII.1, VII.2, VII.3, VII.4, VII.5 of the MSc in aerospace engineering.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is divided into different types of activity:
- Theoretical lectures by several professors (attendance is compulsary);
- Numerical tools introduction sessions (attendance is compulsary);
- If opportunity arises, practical sessions in the thermal-vacuum facilities at the Centre Spatial de Liège will be organised (attendance is compulsary) and subject to a written report linked to the thermal modelling of the experiment
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
D. Gilmore, Spacecraft Thermal Control Handbook - Volume I: Fundamental Technologies, 2nd ed., The Aerospace Press, 2002. https://doi.org/10.2514/4.989117
ECSS
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Written work / report
Further information:
The final grade will be based upon the potential course project and the written examination.
1. The project grading will be based on the results you will obtain and on your personal interpretation of these reults.
2. The oral examination requires both a thorough knowledge and fundamental understanding of the material presented during the lectures. The exam will be closed book.
EXAM: 70%
PROJECT: 30%
Exam in August: oral exam only based on the course slides (no project anymore)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Some practical sessions might be given at the Centre Spatial de Liège
Contacts
Lionel Jacques, ljacques@uliege.be