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)

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_stumpS

Examples

z=0:1:500;
c=CL_stumpC(z);
plot(z,c);
a=gca();
a.data_bounds(4)=0.04;