Syllabus

Principles of Inertial Navigation: Components, two-dimensional navigation – Coordinate systems – 3D strapdown navigation system – Strapdown system mechanizations – Attitude representation – Navigation equations expressed in component form – Effects of elliptic earth – Inertial Sensors: Gy- roscope principles, single-axis rate gyroscope, accelerometers, rate integrating gyroscope – Elements of guidance system – Guidance phases – Guidance trajectories – Guidance sensors – Classification of Guidance and Navigation Systems: Basic navigation systems, combined navigation systems – Clas- sification of guidance systems – Three-point tactical guidance laws – Two-point Tactical Guidance Laws: Strategic guidance laws, UAVs guidance laws – Control systems-classical linear time invariant control systems – Transfer function representations – Stability – Time domain characteristics – PID controller design for aerospace systems – Frequency domain characteristics – Root locus – Nyquist and Bode plots and their application to controller design for aerospace systems.