Orbital mechanics for engineering students [electronic resource] / Howard D. Curtis.
* 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 *...
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Language: | English |
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Kidlington, Oxford, UK ; Burlington, MA :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
©2010.
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Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Series: | Elsevier aerospace engineering series.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Dynamics of Point Masses;
- 2. The Two-Body Problem;
- 3. Orbital Position as a Function of Time;
- 4. Orbits in Three Dimensions;
- 5. Preliminary Orbit Determination;
- 6. Orbital Maneuvers;
- 7. Relative Motion and Rendezvous;
- 8. Interplanetary Trajectories;
- 9. Rigid-Body Dynamics;
- 10. Satellite Attitude Dynamics;
- 11. Rocket Vehicle Dynamics;
- Appx A. Physical Data;
- Appx B.A Road Map;
- Appx C. Numerical Integration of the n-Body Equations of Motion;
- Appx D. Matlab Algorithms;
- Appx E. Gravitational Potential Energy of a Sphere.
- 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.