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Introductory Attitude Dynamics /

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From the preface: "The present text deals with attitude dynamics and is devoted to satellites of finite size. It begins with a discussion of the inertia moment tensor, Euler's law, Euler's angles, Euler's equations, and Euler's frequencies. After that a thorough treatment of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rimrott, F. P. J.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1989.
Series:Mechanical engineering series.
Subjects:
Engineering.
Mechanics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Gyroscope
  • Center of Gravity
  • Libration
  • Stability of Satellite Attitude in a Central Force Field
  • Torquefree Gyros
  • Torquefree Axisymmetric Gyros
  • Deformable Axisymmetric Gyros
  • Secular Attitude Drift of a Torquefree Dissipative Axisymmetric Gyro
  • Despin
  • Torque About Body-Fixed Axes of an Axisymmetric Gyro
  • Rigid Gyrostats
  • Torquefree Dissipative Axisymmetric Gyrostats
  • Appendices A
  • F
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index.