Name
CL_stumpC — Stumpff function C(z)
Calling Sequence
c = CL_stumpC(z)
Description
-
evaluates the Stumpff function C(z) according to the following equation :

- Last update : 14/02/2007
Parameters
- z:
input argument (1xN)
- c:
value of C(z) (1xN)
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
Examples
z=0:1:500;
c=CL_stumpC(z);
plot(z,c);
a=gca();
a.data_bounds(4)=0.04;