Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students, 2nd Edition

Key Features

* NEW: Reorganized and improved discusions of coordinate systems, new discussion on perturbations and quarternions
* NEW: Increased coverage of attitude dynamics, including new Matlab algorithms and examples in chapter 10
* New examples and homework problems
* Highly illustrated and fully supported with downloadable MATLAB algorithms for project and practical work; fully worked examples throughout; extensive homework exercises; Instructor's Manual and lecture slides.

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.

Readership

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

Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students, 2nd Edition

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