The physics of perfect rockets
| Autor: | Robert H. Gowdy |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
business.product_category business.industry Antimatter rocket General Physics and Astronomy ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS Rocket propellant Propulsion Kinetic energy GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS Acceleration Rocket ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Aerospace engineering business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Physics. 63:229-232 |
| ISSN: | 1943-2909 0002-9505 |
| DOI: | 10.1119/1.17929 |
| Popis: | The most efficient way to operate a rocket is to increase its exhaust velocity as it accelerates. When this increase is done properly, the final kinetic energy of the rocket is maximized. It is shown that the resulting ‘‘perfect rocket’’ is far simpler to analyze than the traditional constant‐thrust rocket and provides an excellent application of the material taught in all first semester noncalculus physics courses. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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