Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students

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Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013 M10 5 - 768 páginas
Written by Howard Curtis, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle University, Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students is a crucial text for students of aerospace engineering. Now in its 3e, the book has been brought up-to-date with new topics, key terms, homework exercises, and fully worked examples. Highly illustrated and fully supported with downloadable MATLAB algorithms for project and practical work, this book provides all the tools needed to fully understand the subject.
  • New chapter on orbital perturbations
  • New and revised examples and homework problems
  • Increased coverage of attitude dynamics, including new MATLAB algorithms and examples
 

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Chapter 2 The TwoBody Problem
59
Chapter 3 Orbital Position as a Function of Time
145
Chapter 4 Orbits in Three Dimensions
187
Chapter 5 Preliminary Orbit Determination
239
Chapter 6 Orbital Maneuvers
299
Chapter 7 Relative Motion and Rendezvous
367
Chapter 8 Interplanetary Trajectories
405
Chapter 9 Rigid Body Dynamics
459
Chapter 12 Introduction to Orbital Perturbations
651
Appendix A Physical Data
721
Appendix B A Road Map
723
Appendix C Numerical Integration of the nBody Equations of Motion
725
Appendix E Gravitational Potential of a Sphere
733
Appendix F Computing the Difference Between Nearly Equal Numbers
737
References and Further Reading
739
Index
741

Chapter 10 Satellite Attitude Dynamics
543
Chapter 11 Rocket Vehicle Dynamics
619
Appendix D MATLAB Scripts
E-1
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Professor Curtis is former professor and department chair of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is a licensed professional engineer and is the author of two textbooks (Orbital Mechanics 3e, Elsevier 2013, and Fundamentals of Aircraft Structural Analysis, McGraw Hill 1997). His research specialties include continuum mechanics, structures, dynamics, and orbital mechanics.

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