Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students, Second Edition
- 7h 46m
- Howard Curtis
- Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
- 2010
- 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
Description
- 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
In this Book
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Dynamics of Point Masses
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The Two-Body Problem
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Orbital Position as a Function of Time
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Orbits in Three Dimensions
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Preliminary Orbit Determination
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Orbital Maneuvers
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Relative Motion and Rendezvous
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Interplanetary Trajectories
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Rigid-Body Dynamics
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Satellite Attitude Dynamics
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Rocket Vehicle Dynamics
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References
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A Road Map
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