PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Kinetic energy calculation
View Single Post
Old 9th Jun 2013, 11:34
  #42 (permalink)  
awblain
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Pasadena
Posts: 633
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Power on arrest

Right, Natstrackalpha,

The wire not only has to absorb the kinetic energy, but also has to do work against the running engines.

The aircraft moves ~100m to stop (?), and has ~10 tons (?) of thrust, so the work done is ~10MJ: a modest, but not insignificant, correction.

You might not get a degree, but that's definitely worth some coursework credit.
awblain is offline