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- From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts)
- Subject: Re: Acceleration
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- -From: gene@wucs1.wustl.edu (_Floor_)
- -Subject: Re: Acceleration
- -Date: 28 Dec 92 18:10:24 GMT
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- -In article <1hkr76INNji2@mirror.digex.com> prb@access.digex.com (Pat) writes:
- -] A probe has high momentum hitting atmosphere. it gets a high acceleration,
- -] on a small mass. not a lot of force, exerted through several miles of
- -] atmosphere, for a few minutes.
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- -Small force? I think they said the probe would feel an acceleration of 350 g's.
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- -It's receiving a force 350 times that of Earth's gravity at the surface of
- -the Earth. That's quite a bit of force if you ask most people.
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- - Gene Van Buren, Kzoo Crew(Floor), Washington U. in St. Lou - #1 in Volleyball
-
- Acceleration and force are not the same thing. In this case, acceleration
- is force *per unit mass*. If you can keep the mass down on any given
- component, then the force isn't too great, even under high acceleration.
- Just design the system so that each component can support at least 350 times
- its own (Earth) weight[1]. Of course you need a safety factor and allowance
- for buffeting, so you might want to design the probe to withstand 500 G or
- more. This is still far below the requirements of the electronics in artillery
- shells.
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- [1] - Bearing in mind the expected direction of the force, and the influence
- that the components have on one another.
-
- John Roberts
- roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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