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|    Re: Rocket acceleration question    |
|    16 Sep 05 23:53:55    |
      From: nospam@nospam.no.retro.com              > Hello,       > I have a small problem which I initially thought would be fairly easy to       > work out.       > Given a rocket or mass M ejecting as its exhaust a mass stream at a rate m,       > and energy is imparted into this mass at a rate (power) of P, is it possible       > to calculate the acceleration of the rocket? Or is it necessary to to have       > the ejection velocity of the mass?       > Is it also possible to derive the specific impulse of the fuel from this       > information?       >       > Thank you ~               P=(1/2).m.((g0.Isp)^2) g0= 9.81 m/s2        M.acceleration = m.g0.Isp (in vacuum, no gravity)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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