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  2. 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 ...

  3. Characteristic velocity - Wikipedia

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    Specific impulse and effective exhaust velocity are dependent on the nozzle design unlike the characteristic velocity, explaining why C-star is an important value when comparing different propulsion system efficiencies. c* can be useful when comparing actual combustion performance to theoretical performance in order to determine how completely ...

  4. Equations of motion - Wikipedia

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    There are two main descriptions of motion: dynamics and kinematics.Dynamics is general, since the momenta, forces and energy of the particles are taken into account. In this instance, sometimes the term dynamics refers to the differential equations that the system satisfies (e.g., Newton's second law or Euler–Lagrange equations), and sometimes to the solutions to those equations.

  5. Orbital speed - Wikipedia

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    In gravitationally bound systems, the orbital speed of an astronomical body or object (e.g. planet, moon, artificial satellite, spacecraft, or star) is the speed at which it orbits around either the barycenter (the combined center of mass) or, if one body is much more massive than the other bodies of the system combined, its speed relative to the center of mass of the most massive body.

  6. Dunkerley's method - Wikipedia

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    The whirling frequency of a symmetric cross section of a given length between two points is given by: = where: E = Young's modulus, I = second moment of area, m = mass of the shaft, L = length of the shaft between points.

  7. Gurney equations - Wikipedia

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    The Gurney equations relate the following quantities: C - The mass of the explosive charge M - The mass of the accelerated shell or sheet of material (usually metal). The shell or sheet is often referred to as the flyer, or flyer plate. V or V m - Velocity of accelerated flyer after explosive detonation

  8. Torricelli's law - Wikipedia

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    The velocity of the surface can by related to the outflow velocity by the continuity equation =, where is the orifice's cross section and is the (cylindrical) vessel's cross section. Renaming v 2 {\displaystyle v_{2}} to v A {\displaystyle v_{A}} (A like Aperture) gives:

  9. Electrical mobility - Wikipedia

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    In other words, the electrical mobility of the particle is defined as the ratio of the drift velocity to the magnitude of the electric field: =. For example, the mobility of the sodium ion (Na + ) in water at 25 °C is 5.19 × 10 −8 m 2 /(V·s) . [ 1 ]