Regularization in Orbital Mechanics

Regularization in Orbital Mechanics
Author: Javier Roa
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2017-09-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3110559129

Regularized equations of motion can improve numerical integration for the propagation of orbits, and simplify the treatment of mission design problems. This monograph discusses standard techniques and recent research in the area. While each scheme is derived analytically, its accuracy is investigated numerically. Algebraic and topological aspects of the formulations are studied, as well as their application to practical scenarios such as spacecraft relative motion and new low-thrust trajectories.

Orbital Mechanics

Orbital Mechanics
Author: Vladimir A. Chobotov
Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
Total Pages: 480
Release: 1996
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Designed to be used as a graduate student textbook and a ready reference for the busy professional, Orbital Mechanics, Second Edition is structured so that you can easily look up the things you need to know. Included in the second edition are two added chapters on Orbital Coverage and on Optimal Low-Thrust Orbit Transfers, updates on several chapters, and basic PC-compatible software, which can be used to solve selected problems in the text. The well-organized chapters cover every basic aspect of orbital mechanics, from celestial relationships to the problems of space debris.

Adventures in Celestial Mechanics

Adventures in Celestial Mechanics
Author: Victor G. Szebehely
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2008-07-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3527617795

A fascinating introduction to the basic principles of orbital mechanics It has been three hundred years since Isaac Newton first formulated laws to explain the orbits of the Moon and the planets of our solar system. In so doing he laid the groundwork for modern science's understanding of the workings of the cosmos and helped pave the way to the age of space exploration. Adventures in Celestial Mechanics offers students an enjoyable way to become acquainted with the basic principles involved in the motions of natural and human-made bodies in space. Packed with examples in which these principles are applied to everything from a falling stone to the Sun, from space probes to galaxies, this updated and revised Second Edition is an ideal introduction to celestial mechanics for students of astronomy, physics, and aerospace engineering. Other features that helped make the first edition of this book the text of choice in colleges and universities across North America include: * Lively historical accounts of important discoveries in celestial mechanics and the men and women who made them * Superb illustrations, photographs, charts, and tables * Helpful chapter-end examples and problem sets

Theory of Orbits

Theory of Orbits
Author: Dino Boccaletti
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2013-03-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3662033194

Half a century ago, S. Chandrasekhar wrote these words in the preface to his l celebrated and successful book: In this monograph an attempt has been made to present the theory of stellar dy namics as a branch of classical dynamics - a discipline in the same general category as celestial mechanics. [ ... J Indeed, several of the problems of modern stellar dy namical theory are so severely classical that it is difficult to believe that they are not already discussed, for example, in Jacobi's Vorlesungen. Since then, stellar dynamics has developed in several directions and at var ious levels, basically three viewpoints remaining from which to look at the problems encountered in the interpretation of the phenomenology. Roughly speaking, we can say that a stellar system (cluster, galaxy, etc.) can be con sidered from the point of view of celestial mechanics (the N-body problem with N » 1), fluid mechanics (the system is represented by a material con tinuum), or statistical mechanics (one defines a distribution function for the positions and the states of motion of the components of the system).

Theory of Orbit

Theory of Orbit
Author: Victory Szebehely
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 685
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0323143466

Theory of Orbits: The Restricted Problem of Three Bodies is a 10-chapter text that covers the significance of the restricted problem of three bodies in analytical dynamics, celestial mechanics, and space dynamics. The introductory part looks into the use of three essentially different approaches to dynamics, namely, the qualitative, the quantitative, and the formalistic. The opening chapters consider the formulation of equations of motion in inertial and in rotating coordinate systems, as well as the reductions of the problem of three bodies and the corresponding streamline analogies. These topics are followed by discussions on the regularization and writing of equations of motion in a singularity-free systems; the principal qualitative aspect of the restricted problem of the curves of zero velocity; and the motion and nonlinear stability in the neighborhood of libration points. This text further explores the principles of Hamiltonian dynamics and its application to the restricted problem in the extended phase space. A chapter treats the problem of two bodies in a rotating coordinate system and treats periodic orbits in the restricted problem. Another chapter focuses on the comparison of the lunar and interplanetary orbits in the Soviet and American literature. The concluding chapter is devoted to modifications of the restricted problem, such as the elliptic, three-dimensional, and Hill’s problem. This book is an invaluable source for astronomers, engineers, and mathematicians.

Orbital Mechanics

Orbital Mechanics
Author: Tom Logsdon
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1997-10-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780471146360

Ein lebendiger Abriß der Theorie der Umlaufbahnen, geschrieben von einem Spezialisten, der für Computersimulationen und Systemanalysen der Saturn-V-Rakete, des Projektes Skylab und vieler anderer Projekte zuständig war. Die Diskussion umfaßt auch unkonventionelle Ansätze und Paradoxa. Schwerpunkte liegen unter anderem auf Raketenantrieben, Optimierung des Verhältnisses zwischen Nutzlast und Treibstoffverbrauch und der Wechselwirkung zwischen Raumfahrzeugen und Raumobjekten. (11/97)