This simulates a 1-d Rocket Launch in a region where the gravitational field strength (g) is constant.
The parameters are
- Empty rocket mass (fixed at 10 000 kg)
- Mass of fuel
- Total initial mass (calculated)
- Exhaust speed of gases relative to rocket
- Rate of fuel consumption (fixed at 250 kg/s)
- Gravitational field strength (initially 9.8 N/kg)
You may change fuel mass, exhaust speed, and g
by typing new values into the input boxes at the bottom of
this page and clicking Launch
Problem adapted by Vern Lindberg (RIT), 2003, from Evelyn Patterson, USAFA, using Wolfgang Christian's Physlets