PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - A380 engine failure - Qantas
View Single Post
Old 6th Nov 2010, 01:42
  #24 (permalink)  
lomapaseo
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida
Posts: 4,569
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
I take it that the specific impulse would be measured in some reasonable unit like Newton metres, or foot pounds?

Or maybe, it's more like a KE thing?

Or is it a Joules thing? It's been a while since last I was in Mr Stirlings physics class.
Yes to the above, just pick your favorite measurement sytem.

For the more common expression you might try

KE= 1/2 * Polar moment of inertia * rotational speed squared.

If I told you 1 million or 10 million foot-lbs would it make any difference?

It's sure to go through anything on the airplane that gets in its way
lomapaseo is offline