Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien
Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien
Space Propulsion - IAP/TU Wien
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<strong>Space</strong> <strong>Propulsion</strong><br />
Gravitational trajectories<br />
h = H / m = r × V = rV sinφ<br />
= const specific angular momentum = const<br />
( V sinφ. dt) r<br />
d θ = /<br />
1 1<br />
dA ≅ r.<br />
.<br />
2 2<br />
( rdθ ) = rV sinφ<br />
dt<br />
dθ<br />
V sinφ<br />
= =<br />
dt r<br />
h<br />
2<br />
r<br />
dA<br />
dt<br />
=<br />
1<br />
2<br />
rV sinφ<br />
=<br />
h<br />
2<br />
= const<br />
2 nd Kepler‘s law: areal<br />
velocity is constant<br />
Plane trajectories and constant areal velocity follow from<br />
central force requirement only; force field must not be<br />
1/r 2 and not even conservative