Equal-rate rocket burning and accretion

ID: equal-rate-rocket-burning-and-accretion

If stationary mass arrives at the same constant time rate as fuel is ejected, total rocket mass stays fixed. The rocket equation with stationary mass accretion is then . For initial rest, speed approaches the relative exhaust speed exponentially with relaxation time . This is the regular equal-rate limit of the unequal-rate mass-power formula.

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