A spaceship with a thruster - one body, one force

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2004-06-29

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0406150v1

Am J Phys., Vol 73, No. 6, June 2005, pg 500-506

Physics

Physics Education

8 pages, 12 figures. Submitted to the American Journal of Physics. After it is published, it will be found at http://scitation

Scientific paper

10.1119/1.1858451

A spaceship with one thruster producing a constant magnitude force is analyzed for various initial conditions. This elementary problem, with one object acted upon by one force, has value as a challenge to one's physical intuition and in demonstrating the benefits and limitations of dimensional analysis. In addition, the problem can serve to introduce a student to special functions, provide a mechanical model for Fresnel integrals and the associated Cornu spiral, or be used as an example in a numerical methods course. The problem has some interesting and perhaps unexpected features.

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