Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students

by Curtis

• ISBN13: 9780123747785
• ISBN10: 0123747783
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-26
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

* A complete, stand-alone text for this core aerospace engineering subject * NEW: updated throughout, with new coverage of perturbations, Lambert?s problem, attitude dynamics, and techniques for numerically integrating orbits * NEW: more examples and homework problems, more Matlab algorithms * NEW: improved support material, including instructor solutions manual and lecture PowerPoint slides. * NEW: Reorganized and improved discusions of coordinate systems, new discussion on perturbations and quarternions * NEW: Increased coverage of attitude dynamics, including new Matlab algorithms and examples in chapter 10 * New examples and homework problems * Highly illustrated and fully supported with downloadable MATLAB algorithms for project and practical work; fully worked examples throughout; extensive homework exercises; Instructor's Manual and lecture slides.

Table of Contents

Dynamics of Point Masses

The Two-Body Problem

Orbital Position as a Function of Time

Orbits in Three Dimensions

Preliminary Orbit Determination

Orbital Maneuvers

Relative Motion and Rendezvous

Interplanetary Trajectories

Rigid-Body Dynamics

Satellite Attitude Dynamics

Rocket Vehicle Dynamics

Physical Data

A Road Map

Numerical Integration of the n-Body Equations of Motion

Matlab Algorithms

Gravitational Potential Energy of a Sphere

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