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Computational Space Flight Mechanics

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Claus Weiland

    1.   , Bruckmühl

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  • Presents numerical solutions of the governing equations of space flight mechanics
  • Enables the reader to understand the compicated physics behing
  • Incl. FORTRAN and MATLAB codes as well as solutions to problems

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Introduction

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 1-5

  3. Coordinate Transformations

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 7-23

  4. Transformations between Often Used Coordinate Systems

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 25-31

  5. Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion and Newton’s Celestial Mechanics

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 33-43

  6. The Two-Body Problem

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 45-92

  7. General Equations for Planetary Flight

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 93-120

  8. A Resumé of the Aerothermodynamics of Space Flight Vehicles

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 121-136

  9. Three and Six Degree of Freedom Trajectory Simulations

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 137-152

  10. Numerical Applications of the General Equations for Planetary Flight

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 153-214

  11. The Earth Atmosphere

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 215-221

  12. Solution of Problems

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 223-233

  13. Our Planetary System

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 235-238

  14. FORTRAN Codes

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 239-259

  15. MATLAB Codes

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 261-282

  16. Constants, Relations, Units and Conversions

    • Claus Weiland
    Pages 283-286

  17. Back Matter

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Themechanicsofspace?ightisan olddiscipline.Itstopicoriginallywasthemotion of planets, moons and other celestial bodies in gravitational ?elds. Kepler’s (1571 - 1630) observations and measurements have led to probably the ?rst mathematical description of planet’s motion. Newton (1642 - 1727) gave then, with the devel- ment of his principles of mechanics, the physical explanation of these motions. Since then man has started in the second half of the 20th centuryto capture ph- ically the Space in the sense that he did develop arti?cial celestial bodies, which he brought into Earth’s orbits, like satellites or space stations, or which he did send to planets or moons of our planetary system, like probes, or by which p- ple were brought to the moon and back, like capsules. Further he developed an advanced space transportation system, the U.S. Space Shuttle Orbiter, which is the only winged space vehicle ever in operation. In the last two and a half decades there were several activities in the world in order to succeed the U.S. Orbiter, like the HERMES project in Europe, the HOPE project in Japan, the X-33, X-34 and X-37 studies and demonstrators in the United States and the joint U.S. - European project X-38. However, all these projects were cancelled. The motion of these vehicles can be described by Newton’s equation of motion.

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  •   , Bruckmühl

    Claus Weiland

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