Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students

Name: Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students
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ISBN: 9780123747785

ISBN-10: 0123747783

ISBN-13: 9780123747785

Edition: 2nd 2010

Authors: Howard D. Curtis

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* 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…

Book details

List price: $104.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 12/7/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 744
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.21" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 3.146
Language: English




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