Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students,

Edition 4 Revised Reprint

Editors: By Howard D. Curtis, Ph.D., Purdue University

Publication Date: 04 Sep 2020

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Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students, Fourth Edition, is a key text for students of aerospace engineering. While this latest edition has been updated with new content and included sample problems, it also retains its teach-by-example approach that emphasizes analytical procedures, computer-implemented algorithms, and the most comprehensive support package available, including fully worked solutions, PPT lecture slides, and animations of selected topics. 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.

Key Features

Provides a new chapter on the circular restricted 3-body problem, including low-energy trajectories
Presents the latest on interplanetary mission design, including non-Hohmann transfers and lunar missions
Includes new and revised examples and sample problems

About the author

By Howard D. Curtis, Ph.D., Purdue University , Professor Emeritus, Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, USA

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. Lunar Trajectories
10. Introduction to Orbital Perturbations
11. Rigid Body Dynamics
12. Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics
13. Rocket Vehicle Dynamics

Appendix
A Physical Data
B A Road Map
C Numerical Integration of the N-Body Equations of Motion
D MATLAB Scripts
E Gravitational Potential of a Sphere
F Computing the Difference Between Nearly Equal Numbers
G Direction Cosine Matrix in Terms of the Unit Quaternion

ISBN: 9780128240250

Page Count: 780

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