Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.0 Background -- 1.1 Meteorites-Nature's (Re-)Entry Bodies -- 1.2 Artifacts-Manmade Re-Entry Bodies -- 1.3 Overview -- References -- Chapter 2. Atmospheric Model -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Standard Atmospheres -- 2.3 Atmospheric Description -- 2.4 Physical Foundations of an Atmospheric Model -- 2.5 Derived Atmospheric Quantities -- 2.6 Exponential Atmosphere -- 2.7 Planetary Atmospheres -- References -- Chapter 3. Earth's Form and Gravitational Field -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Geoid and Reference Ellipsoid -- 3.3 Geocentric Position Vector -- 3.4 Deflection of the Vertical -- 3.5 Earth's Radius -- 3.6 Earth's Gravitational Potential -- 3.7 Gravitational Field in an Inertial Frame -- 3.8 Gravitational Anomalies and Deflection of the Vertical -- 3.9 Longitudinal Dependencies -- 3.10 Gravity Gradient -- References -- Chapter 4. Axis Transformations -- 4.1 Background -- 4.2 Directional Cosine Matrix -- 4.3 Updating the DCM -- 4.4 Euler Angles -- 4.5 Updating Euler Angles -- 4.6 Axis/Angle Parameters -- 4.7 Updating the Axis/Angle Parameters -- 4.8 Euler Four-Parameter Method (Quaternions) -- 4.9 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5. Force and Moment Equations -- 5.1 Newton's Second Law of Motion -- 5.2 Vector Differentiation -- 5.3 Force Equations -- 5.4 Moment Equations -- 5.5 Calculation of the Moments and Products of Inertia -- References -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6. Keplerian Motion -- 6.1 Equations of Motion -- 6.2 Impact Equations -- 6.3 Time of Flight -- 6.4 Error Analysis -- 6.5 Oblateness Effects -- 6.6 Earth Rotation Effects -- 6.7 Deployment Attitudes -- 6.8 Summary -- References -- Chapter 7. Re-Entry Vehicle Particle Mechanics -- 7.1 Re-Entry Physics -- 7.2 Equations of Planar Motion -- 7.3 Re-Entry Case Studies.

7.4 Some Nondimensional Representations -- 7.5 Heat Transfer and Dynamics -- References -- Chapter 8. Decoys and the Identification of Re-Entry Vehicles -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Estimators -- 8.3 Decoy Effectiveness -- References -- Chapter 9. Maneuvering Re-Entry Vehicles: Particle Motion -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Drag Polar -- 9.3 MaRV State Equations -- 9.4 Diveline Guidance -- 9.5 Determining the Projected Interception Point -- 9.6 Interceptor Guidance Equations -- 9.7 Interceptor State Equations -- 9.8 Simulation Results -- 9.9 Other Guidance Laws and Summary -- References -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10. Angular Motion During the Exoatmospheric (Keplerian) Phase -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Re-Entry Vehicle Deployment -- 10.3 Analytical Treatment of Torque-Free Motion -- 10.4 Torque-Free Motion-Poinsot Construction -- 10.5 Relative Motion -- References -- Chapter 11. Flowfield Description -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Flowfield Determination -- 11.3 Fluid Flow Governing Equations -- 11.4 Definition of Fluid: Microscopic and Macroscopic Structure of Gases -- 11.5 Flow Regimes -- 11.6 Free Molecular Flow Regime: Kn>>1 -- 11.7 Continuum Flow Regime: Kn>1 -- 11.9 Impact Methods -- 11.10 Transition Flow Regime -- 11.11 Numerical Example -- 11.12 Summary -- References -- Chapter 12. Angular Motion During Re-Entry -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Planar Motion -- 12.3 Static Stability -- 12.4 Phugoid and Spiral Motion -- 12.5 Aerodynamic Force and Moments in a Body Frame -- 12.6 Rolling Moment -- 12.7 Pitching Moment Equations in an Exponential Atmosphere -- References -- Chapter 13. Error Analysis -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Circular Error Probable -- 13.3 Covariance Propagation and Monte Carlo Simulations -- 13.4 State Estimation -- 13.5 State Acquisition -- 13.6 Fixed Coefficient Filtering -- References.

Chapter 14. Inertial Guidance -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Implementations -- 14.3 Instruments (Sensors) -- 14.4 Instrument Error Analysis -- 14.5 Strapdown Algorithms -- 14.6 System Error Analysis -- 14.7 Summary -- References -- Appendix A: Atmosphere Model -- Appendix B: Gravitational Model of the Earth -- Appendix C: Direction Cosine Matrix for Euler Angles -- Appendix D: Re-Entry Trajectory with Diveline Guidance -- Appendix E: Solution Formalism for First- and Second-Order Linear Ordinary Differential Equations -- E.1 First-Order Differential Equations -- E.2 Second-Order Differential Equations -- Appendix F: Gravity Gradient Moments -- Appendix G: Radar Error Model -- Appendix H: Establishment of Axis Systems and Directional Cosine Matrices -- H. 1 Transformations Among Inertial, Navigation, Earth, Geocentric, and Target Frames -- H. 2 Transformations Among Body, Local, and Velocity Frames -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.