Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students

Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students on ScienceDirect(Opens new window)
Hardbound, 744 Pages
Published: OCT-2009
ISBN 13: 978-0-12-374778-5
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN


By
Howard Curtis, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, USA
Howard Curtis, Professor, Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, USA

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
* NEW: improved support material, including instructor solutions manual and lecture PowerPoint slides.

Included in series
Aerospace Engineering

Audience:
Undergraduate students in aerospace, astronautical, mechanical engineering and engineering physics. Related professional aerospace and space engineering fields.


 
Last update: 6 Nov 2011