Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students: Revised Reprint

by Purdue University Curtis Ph.D.

Overview

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. - 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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323853453
Publisher:	Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication date:	08/31/2020
Series:	Aerospace Engineering
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	780
File size:	85 MB
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About the Author

Professor Curtis is former professor and department chair of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is a licensed professional engineer and is the author of two textbooks (Orbital Mechanics 3e, Elsevier 2013, and Fundamentals of Aircraft Structural Analysis, McGraw Hill 1997). His research specialties include continuum mechanics, structures, dynamics, and orbital mechanics.

Table of Contents

1. Dynamics of Point Masses2. The Two-Body Problem3. Orbital Position as a Function of Time4. Orbits in Three Dimensions5. Preliminary Orbit Determination6. Orbital Maneuvers7. Relative Motion and Rendezvous8. Interplanetary Trajectories9. Lunar Trajectories10. Introduction to Orbital Perturbations11. Rigid Body Dynamics12. Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics13. Rocket Vehicle Dynamics AppendixA Physical DataB A Road MapC Numerical Integration of the N-Body Equations of Motion D MATLAB ScriptsE Gravitational Potential of a Sphere F Computing the Difference Between Nearly Equal Numbers G Direction Cosine Matrix in Terms of the Unit Quaternion

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Includes all the necessary tools to learn orbital mechanics in one volume - theory, practical examples, and MATLAB incorporated throughout