Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students (3rd ed.)

Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students (3rd ed.) by Howard D. Curtis

Written by Howard Curtis, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle University, Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students is a crucial text for students of aerospace engineering. Now in its 3e, the book has been brought up-to-date with new topics, key terms, homework exercises, and fully worked examples. 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. New chapter on orbital perturbations New and revised examples and homework problems Increased coverage of attitude dynamics, including new MATLAB algorithms and examples

Product details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Published: October 2013; Copyright: 2014
• ISBN: 9780080977485
• Edition: 3
• Title: Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students
• Series: Aerospace Engineering
• Author: Howard D. Curtis
• Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Language: English
• Number of Pages: 768