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.
1. Chapter 10: Introduction to orbital perturbations - p. iii 2. Chapter 11: Rigid body dynamics - p. iii 3. Chapter 12: Spacecraft attitude dynamics - p. iii 4. Chapter 13: Rocket vehicle dynamics - p. iii 5. Physical data - p. iii 6. A road map - p. iii 7. Numerical integration of the n-body equations of motion - p. iii 8. MATLAB scripts - p. iii 9. Gravitational potential of a sphere - p. iii 10. Computing the difference between nearly equal numbers - p. iii 11. Direction cosine matrix in terms of the unit quaternion - p. iii 12. Index - p. iii
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.
1. Chapter 10: Introduction to orbital perturbations - p. iii 2. Chapter 11: Rigid body dynamics - p. iii 3. Chapter 12: Spacecraft attitude dynamics - p. iii 4. Chapter 13: Rocket vehicle dynamics - p. iii 5. Physical data - p. iii 6. A road map - p. iii 7. Numerical integration of the n-body equations of motion - p. iii 8. MATLAB scripts - p. iii 9. Gravitational potential of a sphere - p. iii 10. Computing the difference between nearly equal numbers - p. iii 11. Direction cosine matrix in terms of the unit quaternion - p. iii 12. Index - p. iii
