Orbital Mechanics : For Engineering Students (Elsevier Aerospace Engineering Series)
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Orbital mechanics is a cornerstone subject for aerospace engineering students. However, with its basis in classical physics and mechanics, it can be a difficult and weighty subject. Howard Curtis - Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle University, the US's #1 rated undergraduate aerospace school - focuses on what students at undergraduate and taught masters level really need to know in this hugely valuable text. Fully supported by the analytical features and computer based tools required by today's students, it brings a fresh, modern, accessible approach to teaching and learning orbital mechanics. A truly essential new resource.
* A complete, stand-alone text for this core aerospace engineering subject * Richly-detailed, up-to-date curriculum coverage; clearly and logically developed to meet the needs of students * Highly illustrated and fully supported with downloadable MATLAB algorithms for project and practical work; with fully worked examples throughout, Q&A material, extensive homework exercises and an Instructor's Manual. |
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| 09-24-07 | 5 | 0\1 |
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With textbook prices continuing the trend of double every year, it's about time that a useful text can also be affordable, great text for learning and understanding space flight, includes MatLab algorithms!
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| 09-23-07 | 5 | 1\4 |
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With textbook prices continuing the trend of double every year, it's about time that a useful text can also be affordable, great text for learning and understanding space flight, includes MatLab algorithms!
(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-06-29 09:19:52 EST)
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| 01-27-07 | 4 | 2\2 |
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Good book, but with typos here and there. There is an errata if you search for the book's website and most of the errors you can spot easily. What makes this book especially useful are the MATLAB functions, which allow you to implement the theory without having to debug newly written code (this is more time consuming, than difficult).
This is however a beginner's book into orbital mechanics, but gets the job done if you want to sim a basic interplanetary mission relatively accurately. For a more refined approach with I would suggest "Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics" by Hughes. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-09-08 02:55:48 EST)
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| 01-26-07 | 4 | (NA) |
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Good book, but with typos here and there. There is an errata if you search for the book's website and most of the errors you can spot easily. What makes this book especially useful are the MATLAB functions, which allow you to implement the theory without having to debug newly written code (this is more time consuming, than difficult).
This is however a beginner's book into orbital mechanics, but gets the job done if you want to sim a basic interplanetary mission relatively accurately. For a more refined approach with I would suggest "Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics" by Hughes. (Review Data Last Updated: 2007-02-06 03:13:51 EST)
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| 11-26-06 | 2 | (NA) |
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The book contains good and applicable content for basic orbital mechanics. However, it is riddled with annoying typos and errors with no errata to be found. As an expensive textbook one would expect more care.
(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-01-27 02:58:29 EST)
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