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Chapter 6 Problem 6.98

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Two small liquid-propellant rocket motors are mounted at the tips of a helicopter rotor to augment power under emergency conditions. The diameter of the helicopter rotor is 7 m, and it rotates at 1 rev/s. The air enters at the tip speed of the rotor, and exhaust gases exit at SOO m/s with respect to the rocket motor. The intake area of each motor is 20 cm2 , and the air density is 1.2 kg/m3 . Calculate the power provided by the rocket motors. Neglect the mass rate of Aow of fuel in this calculation.

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Title Engineering Fluid Mechanics 10 
Author Donald F. Elger, Barbara C. Williams Clayton T. Crowe, John A. Roberson
ISBN 9781118164297

Two small liquid-propellant rocket motors are mounted at the tips of a helicopter rotor

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