(Ebook) Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students, Second Edition (Aerospace Engineering) by Howard Curtis ISBN 9780080887845, 9780123747785, 0123747783, 0080887848

(Ebook) Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students, Second Edition (Aerospace Engineering) by Howard Curtis ISBN 9780080887845, 9780123747785, 0123747783, 0080887848

* 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. * 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.