Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students (Aerospace Engineering) - Hardcover

Curtis Ph.D. Purdue University, Howard D.

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9780080977478: Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students (Aerospace Engineering)

Synopsis

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

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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.

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9789351071914: Orbital Mechanics For Engineering Students, 3Rd Edition

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ISBN 10:  935107191X ISBN 13:  9789351071914
Publisher: Elsevier India, 2014
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