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ORBITAL MECHANICS FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS
Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students
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Second Edition

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

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Aerospace Engineering,

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.

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

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

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 744 pages, publication date: OCT-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-374778-5
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN

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