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  2. Escape velocity - Wikipedia

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    For example, as the Earth's rotational velocity is 465 m/s at the equator, a rocket launched tangentially from the Earth's equator to the east requires an initial velocity of about 10.735 km/s relative to the moving surface at the point of launch to escape whereas a rocket launched tangentially from the Earth's equator to the west requires an ...

  3. Tsiolkovsky rocket equation - Wikipedia

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    A rocket's required mass ratio as a function of effective exhaust velocity ratio. The classical rocket equation, or ideal rocket equation is a mathematical equation that describes the motion of vehicles that follow the basic principle of a rocket: a device that can apply acceleration to itself using thrust by expelling part of its mass with high velocity and can thereby move due to the ...

  4. Specific impulse - Wikipedia

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    "In actual rocket nozzles, the exhaust velocity is not really uniform over the entire exit cross section and such velocity profiles are difficult to measure accurately. A uniform axial velocity, v e, is assumed for all calculations which employ one-dimensional problem descriptions. This effective exhaust velocity represents an average or mass ...

  5. Exit velocity - Wikipedia

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    In baseball statistics, exit velocity (EV) is the estimated speed at which a batted ball is travelling as it is coming off the player's bat. Batters generally aim for a higher exit velocity in order to give opposing fielders less time to react and attempt a defensive play; however, many batters are still able to accrue hits without a high exit ...

  6. Thrust - Wikipedia

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    The proportionality constant varies, and can be solved for a uniform flow, where is the incoming air velocity, is the velocity at the actuator disc, and is the final exit velocity: d m d t = ρ A v {\displaystyle {\frac {\mathrm {d} m}{\mathrm {d} t}}=\rho A{v}}

  7. Spacecraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    A space vehicle's flight is determined by application of Newton's second law of motion: =, where F is the vector sum of all forces exerted on the vehicle, m is its current mass, and a is the acceleration vector, the instantaneous rate of change of velocity (v), which in turn is the instantaneous rate of change of displacement.

  8. Characteristic velocity - Wikipedia

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    Characteristic velocity or , or C-star is a measure of the combustion performance of a rocket engine independent of nozzle performance, and is used to compare different propellants and propulsion systems. c* should not be confused with c, which is the effective exhaust velocity related to the specific impulse by: =. Specific impulse and ...

  9. Coilgun - Wikipedia

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    An approximate result for the exit velocity of a projectile having been accelerated by a single-stage coilgun can be obtained by the equation [17] = m being the mass of the projectile, defined as kg V being the volume of the projectile, defined as m 3