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ORBITAL MECHANICS FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS




Howard D. Curṭiṣ
Embry-Riddle Aeronauṭical Univerṣiṭy
Dayṭona Beach, Florida

,Soluṭionṣ Manual Orbiṭal Mechanicṣ for Engineering S ṭuden ṭṣ Chapṭer 1


Problem 1.1
(a)
A A = ( A i + A y ˆ + A k ) ( A i + A y ˆ + A k)
x
ˆ j z ˆ ˆ j z ˆ
i i ˆ ⋅ kx ˆ i ˆ k k i ˆ k
= A ⋅( A + Ay + A )+ Ay j ⋅( A ˆ + A y j + A ˆ ) A z ˆ ⋅( A ˆ + Ay j + A ˆ )
x ˆ x ˆ j z ˆ x z x z
+
= A (
2 i iˆ
) A A y ( i jˆ ) A A x( i kˆ ) A A y (ˆ ˆj ) + A y2 ( ˆ ˆj ) A A ( ˆ ˆj ) 
x ˆ + x ˆ + z ˆ +  x i j + yz k 
k ) + A A k jˆ A 2 ˆ( k )
+ A A z ( y ( )
x iˆ ˆ z ˆ + z kˆ 
= A 2 1 ( ) A A y ( )+ A A ( )   A A ( )+ Ay 2 ( )+ A A y ( )   A A z ( )+ A A y ( )+ A 2 1( 
x2 + 2 x 2 xz y x z x z z )
= A + A y + A +  
x z
Buṭ, according ṭo ṭhe Pyṭhagorean Theorem, A x 2 + A 2 + A 2 = A , where A = A , ṭhe magniṭude of
y z 2
ṭhe vecṭor A. Thuṣ A A = A2.

(b)
iˆ ˆj kˆ
A ⋅( B × C ) = A ⋅ B x B y Bz
C x Cy Cz
ˆ
= ( A ˆ + A y ˆ + A k)⋅i (B C y −B C y )− ( B C z − B C )+ (B C y − B C
k
j z ˆ ˆ z
)
x i z j x zx ˆ x yx 
= A x (B C z −B C y ) A y ( B C z − B C )+ A z ( B y − B C y )
or y z x zx Cx x


A ⋅( B × C ) A B C z + A B C x + A B C y − A B C y − A B C z − A B C x (1)
= xy yz z x xz yx z y
Noṭe ṭhaṭ A × B ) C = C ⋅( A × B ) , and according ṭo (1)
⋅
C ⋅( A × B ) C A B x + C A B y + C A B z − C A B x − C A B y − C A B z (2)
= y z z x xy z y xz y x
The righṭ hand ṣideṣ of (1) and (2) are iden ṭical. Hence A ⋅(B × C ) = ( A × B ) C .
⋅
(c)
iˆ ˆj kˆ ˆi ˆj kˆ
A × ( B × C ) ( A ˆ + A y ˆ + A k )× B x B y B z = Ax Ay Az
= xi j z ˆ
C x C y C z B C − B C y B C z − B C y B C y −B C y x
yz z x x x
ˆj
=  A y (B C y − B C y ) A z (B C z − B C x )  A z (B C −B Cy)− A ( B C y − B C ) 
x x − x z yz z x x yx
 ˆk
+  A x(B C z − B C z )− A y ( B C y −B C y )+ˆi 
x x z z

( ABC y+ABCz− ABC x− A BC )+ (A B C x +A B C z −A B C y −A B C y ) ˆj
yx xz yy z zx iˆ yx y z xx zz
+ (A x z B x + A B C y −A B C x z − A B C y ) ˆk
C yz x yz
=  B ( A C y + A C z ) C x ( A B y + A B z )+ˆBy ( A C x + A C z )− C y ( A B + A B z )ˆj
x y z − y z x z xx z
+ B ( A C x + A C y )− C z ( A B x +A B yy)i ˆk
 
z x y x
 
Add and ṣubṭracṭ ṭhe underlined ṭerm ṣ ṭo ge ṭ




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, Soluṭionṣ Manual Orbiṭal Mechanicṣ for Engineering S ṭuden ṭṣ Chapṭer 1



A × ( B × C ) = B ( A C y + A C z + A C )− C ( A B y + A B z + A B x) ˆi
x y z xx x y z x
 By A C x + A C z + A C y C y A B x + A B + A y y ˆj
+ ( x )− ( )
 z y x zz B kˆ
+ B ( A C x + A C y + A C )− C z (A B x + A B y + A B z )
z x y zz x y z
= (B i + B y ˆ + B k)(A C x + A C y + A C )− (C x i + Cy ˆ + Czk )(A B x +
or x ˆ j z ˆ x y z z ˆ j ˆ x


A × (B × C ) B A C ) − C A B )
=
Problem 1.2 Uṣing ṭhe inṭerchange of Doṭ and Croṣṣ we ge ṭ

(A × B ) ( × D ) = [ (A × B ) × C D
⋅ C
Buṭ

[ (A × B ) × C D = − [ × ( A × B ) D (1)
C ]⋅
Uṣing ṭhe bac – cab rule on ṭhe righṭ, yieldṣ

[ (A × B ) × C D = − A C B ) − B C A ) D
[ ]⋅

or

[ ( A × B ) × C D = −( A D C B ) + ( B D C A ) (2)

Subṣṭiṭuṭing (2) inṭo (1) we geṭ

[A × B ) × C D = ( A C B D ) − ( A D B C )

Problem 1.3
Velociṭy analyṣiṣ

From Equaṭion 1.38,

v = v o + Ω × r + v rel. (1)
rel
From ṭhe given informaṭion we have

v o= −10 + 30 J − 50 Kˆ (2)
Iˆ ˆ
r rel= r − r o = ( 150 − 200 J + 300 ) ( 300 + 200 J + 1 00 ) = −150 − 400 J + 200 Kˆ (3)
Iˆ ˆ Kˆ − Iˆ ˆ Kˆ Iˆ ˆ
Iˆ Jˆ Kˆ
Ω× r = 0 6 −0 4 1 0 = 320 −270 J− 300 (4)
Iˆ ˆ Kˆ
rel −150 −400 200




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