Rocket equation with stationary mass accretion

ID: rocket-equation-with-stationary-mass-accretion

For a rocket equation with exhaust mass rate and incoming stationary mass rate , mass balance is . A short-interval momentum conservation calculation gives . Constant time rates , give , unlike a constant accretion rate per distance, whose incoming mass rate is proportional to speed. For unequal rates and initial rest, .

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