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Faculty: UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)
 
 
School:  UC Aerospace, Civ and Mech Eng
 
 
Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html
 
 
Campus: University College Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 0
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Restricted to students enrolled in Graduate Diploma or Masters programs.
 
 
Equivalent: AMEC7307
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Explosives. Effect of blast, fragmentation and shaped charge warheads. Kinetic energy penetrators. Propellant charges. Fuses, initiators, detonators and safe/arm devices. Dynamics of unguided weapons: fin and spin stabilisation. Missile guidance techniques. Physics and accuracy of missile sensors, and effect on guidance. Advanced guidance and sensor systems. Prediction techniques for missile aerodynamics. Propulsion, Storage, maintenance, transport and launch considerations.

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