How much fuel plus oxidizer is required

Assignment Help Physics

Reference no: EM13314312

A rocket for use in deep space is to be capable of boosting a total load (payload plus the rocket frame and engine) of 3.15 metric tons to a speed of 10 000 m/s.

(a) It has an engine and fuel designed to produce an exhaust speed of 2 500 m/s. How much fuel plus oxidizer is required?

metric tons

(b) If a different fuel and engine design could give an exhaust speed of 7 500 m/s, what amount of fuel and oxidizer would be required for the same task?

metric tons

Reference no: EM13314312

Questions Cloud

The tremetol is a metabolic poison found in white snake root : Tremetol is a metabolic poison found in white snake root. Cows that eat white snake root have high trematol levels in their milk which can poison humans who drink the milk.

What is the percentage error in each of the estimates : Consider high pressure steam at 400 degrees C and v =0.01567 m^3/kg. Obtain estimates of the pressure using (a) the van der Waals equation (b) the redlich-kwong equation. The actual pressure is 150 bar.

Determine the height of the building : An airplane wing is designed so that the speed of the air across the top of the wing is 259 m/s when the speed of the air below the wing is 193 m/s. determine the height of the building

Define 4-isobutyl-3,4-dimethyl-5-sec-butyloctane : Which compounds in problem are isomers? a)2-methylpropane b)2,4-dimethylpentane c)2,2-dimethylpentane d)4-ethyl-2-methylhexane e)2,3-dichloro-4-t-butylheptane f)4-ethyl-7-isopropyl-2,4,8-trimethyldecane g)4-isobutyl-3,4-dimethyl-5-sec-butyloctane..

How much fuel plus oxidizer is required : A rocket for use in deep space is to be capable of boosting a total load (payload plus the rocket frame and engine) of 3.15 metric tons to a speed of 10 000 m/s. How much fuel plus oxidizer is required

Determine the molar specific volume of the air : Atmospheric air is at 101 kPa (abs) and 25 degrees C. Determine (a) the density of the air (b) the molar specific volume of the air. Work out problem completely please. I already have the answers a) 1.18 kg/m^3 b) 24.5 m^3/kmol

Analyze advantages and disadvantages of erp implementations : Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of ERP implementations as a method of reuse?

Explain gluconeogenesis and the citric acid cycle : Which one of the following substrates is found in both gluconeogenesis and the citric acid cycle? Answer A. isocitrate B. pyruvate C. phosphoenolpyruvate D. oxaloacetate

Case study - biobag facts : Just write one page. choose a country in europe to entry (and select mode of try) and explain why you choose this country.

User Account

All Pages