# Aerospace Dynamics

A gyroscope, adapted from Lecture 14. (Image courtesy of MIT OpenCourseWare.)

### Instructor(s)

Prof. John Deyst

Prof. Jonathan P. How

### MIT Course Number

16.61

### As Taught In

Spring 2003

### Level

Undergraduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)
- Exams (no solutions)

## Course Description

This undergraduate course builds upon the dynamics content of Unified Engineering, a sophomore course taught in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. Vector kinematics are applied to translation and rotation of rigid bodies. Newtonian and Lagrangian methods are used to formulate and solve equations of motion. Additional numerical methods are presented for solving rigid body dynamics problems. Examples and problems describe applications to aircraft flight dynamics and spacecraft attitude dynamics.

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## Course Collections

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- Aerospace Engineering > Aerodynamics
- Aerospace Engineering > Astrodynamics
- Mechanical Engineering > Dynamics and Control

John Deyst, and Jonathan How. 16.61 Aerospace Dynamics. Spring 2003. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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