Name

CL_stumpS — Stumpff function S(z)

Calling Sequence

   s = CL_stumpS(z)
   
   

Description

  • evaluates the Stumpff function S(z) according to the following equation :
  • Last update : 14/02/2007

Parameters

z:

input argument (1xN)

s:

value of S(z) (1xN)

Authors

CNES - DCT/SB

Bibliography

1 Orbital Mechanics for engineering students, H D Curtis, Chapter 3 and Appendix D.4

2 Modern astrodynamics Fundamentals and perturbation methods, V Bond and M Allman, Chapter 6.2

See also

CL_stumpC

Examples

z=0:1:500;
s=CL_stumpS(z);
plot(z,s);