Rocket Air Defence Systems

1. analyze the basic laws of physics and laws of aerodynamics describing rocket flight
2. analyze flight dynamics expressions which describe rocket flight properties
3. evaluate basic design properties of rocket engine with solid and liquid propellant
4. describe and explain rocket engine with solid and liquid propellant and model basic design parameters
5. describe and explain guidance systems as well as thrust vector control
6. analyze design and exploitation properties of modern air defence rocket system
7. asses the battle efficincy of modern air defence rocket systems
8. analyze, explain and efficiently use air defence system within Croatian Army
9. organize efficient use of available air defence rocket systems in basic tactical unit
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rad na PZO sustavu

1. Lectures: Introduction to the subject. Historical overview of the rocket technology. Definitions and basics. Conservation of momentum. Total impulse. Specific impulse. Specific velocity of exhaust. Thrust. Energy and efficiency. Seminar: Determining required specific impulse, thrust and total impulse.
2. Lectures: Rocket aerodynamics. Rocket flight dynamics. Seminar: Determining specific aerodynamics characteristics for the rocket of the predefined configuration.
3. Lectures: Rocket propellants. Types and shapes of propellants - advantages and shortcomings. Liquid propellants – fuels and oxidizers. Main characteristics of liquid propellants – advantages and shortcomings; environmental protection. Seminar: Determining stability for the rocket of the predefined configuration.
4. Lectures: Solid propellants – main properties and physics of the solid propellants combustion. Burning surface and parameters of influence – shape of the propellant, temperature, pressure. Stresses and strains in the propellant. Hybrid propellants – main properties. Seminar: Calculation of the main design parameters in the solid propellant combustion.
5. Lectures: Main design properties of the liquid propellant rocket engine. Main structural elements. Design of the combustion chamber and nozzle. Initial ignition. Variable thrust. Nozzle sizing – dependence on the mass flow rate. Combustion of the liquid propellant – instabilities. Seminar: Calculation of particular design parameters for the liquid propellant rocket engine
6. Lectures: Main design properties for the solid propellant rocket engine. Main structural elements. Main relations describing engine performance. Ramjet and scramjet as alternative propulsion of rocket missiles – integration with booster motor. Materials and insulators. Seminar: Calculation of particular design parameters for solid propellant rocket engine.
7. Lectures: Thrust vector control systems – design and dynamics. Load and control surfaces – configurations and efficiency analysis. Control of pitch, yaw and roll. Seminar: Calculation of particular design parameters for hybrid propellant rocket engine.
8. Lectures: Guidance systems. Circular error probable – CEP. Head and seeker design Seminar: Calculation of particular parameters describing the lethality of rocket missile.
9. Lectures: Sizing of rocket structural elements Seminar: Sizing of rocket structural elements.
10. Lectures: Fon– significance, characteristics, limitations and estimation. Optical sensors. Control stations. Typical frequencies used in the air defence radars and their influence on the hitting probability. Seminar: Sizing of particular rocket structural elements (continuation).
11. Lectures: Rocket missile warhead – design and lethality Seminar: Practical exercise on air defence system.
12. Lectures: Historical development of air defence rocket systems. Classification of rocket air defence systems by range, altitude and rocket mass. Mobile and stationary air defence rocket systems. NATO, Russian and other countries’ classification of main air defence components - missile and radar subsystems Seminar: Practical exercise on air defence system.
13. Lectures: Integration within the system – air defence rocket battery, radars and other support systems. Seminar: Practical exercise on air defence system.
14. Lectures: Electronic warfare countermeasures of rocket air defence systems. Seminar: Practical exercise on air defence system.
15. Lectures: Hitting probability of rocket air defence system. Seminar: Practical exercise on air defence system.