Computational Space Flight Mechanics

• Main Author: Weiland, Claus. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Astrophysics.; Hydraulic engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Automotive Engineering.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13583-5

The mechanics of space flight is an old discipline. Its topic originally was the motion of planets, moons and other celestial bodies in gravitational fields. Kepler's (1571 - 1630) observations and measurements have led to probably the first mathematical description of planet's motion. New...

Table of Contents:

• Coordinate Transformations
• Transformations Between often used Coordinate Systems
• Keplers Laws of Planetary Motion and Newtons Celestial Mechanics
• The Two-Body Problem
• General Equations form Planetary Flight
• A Resume of the Aerothermodynamics of Space Flight Vehicles
• Three and Six Degree of Freedom Trajectory Simulations
• Numerical Applications of the General Equations for Planetary Flight
• The Earth Atmosphere.