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Orbital mechanics for engineering students /

* 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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curtis, Howard D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kidlington, Oxford, UK ; Burlington, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, �2010.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Elsevier aerospace engineering series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.