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    A thrust curve, sometimes known as a "performance curve" or "thrust profile" is a graph of the thrust of an engine or motor, (usually a rocket) with respect...
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  • Each rocket has a characteristic thrust-to-weight curve, or acceleration curve, not just a scalar quantity. The thrust-to-weight ratio of an engine is...
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    configurations are often used depending on the application and desired thrust curve: Circular bore simulation C-slot simulation Moon burner simulation 5-point...
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  • configurations are often used depending on the application and desired thrust curve: Circular bore simulation C-Slot simulation Moon burner simulation 5-point...
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  • known as the "back of the power curve" or "behind the power curve" (sometimes "back of the drag curve") where more thrust is required to sustain flight...
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  • the original BATES motor) through the burn, generating a flat-topped thrust curve (neutral burn) to minimize propellant characterization costs and simplify...
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  • In engineering, performance curve may refer to: Load testing curve, in software testing. Thrust curve, in rocketry. This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    sacrifice,[citation needed] or refer to a single edged cutting or "cut and thrust" sword with a similarly shaped blade. The term derives from the Greek word...
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    RIAA equalization (redirect from RIAA curve)
    damage that would otherwise arise during playback. The RIAA equalization curve was intended to operate as a de facto global industry standard for records...
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  • 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2012-10-22. "Estes Model Rocket Engines, Engine Time/Thrust Curves" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2012-10-22...
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  • of mass, moment of inertia, thruster positions, thrust vectors, thrust curves, specific impulse, thrust centroid offsets, and fuel consumption. In astronautics...
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    Payload fairing Rocket engine Apogee kick motor Dual-thrust Rocket turbine engine Thrust curve Boeing Indian Space Research Organisation Lockheed Martin...
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    classifications by region and historical era Swordsmanship Thrusting swords (Edgeless) Curved swords (Single-edge) Straight swords (Double-edge) Europe...
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    Turbofan (section Thrust)
    engine produces thrust through a combination of these two portions working together. Engines that use more jet thrust relative to fan thrust are known as...
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  • IBM has used a vitality curve program called Personal Business Commitments (PBC) since before 2006. For IBM, the main thrust of the strategy is to reduce...
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    subtle curve of a shashka blade puts the weapon midway between a typically curved sabre and a straight sword, effective for both cutting and thrusting. The...
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  • manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword tends to have...
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  • (French: [ˈsabʁ], or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic...
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  • with forward-curving blade for slashing Makhaira: Greek one-handed, single-edged shortsword or knife for cutting (primary) and thrusting Pugio: Roman...
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    '}{\phi '}}\right)\,\end{aligned}}} for positive values of J, slope of the curve is negative and vice versa. In the plot of pressure-flow rate the line separating...
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    isarithm) of a function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value, so that the curve joins points of equal value. It is a plane...
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    well. Unlike the xiphos, which is a thrusting weapon, the kopis was a hacking weapon in the form of a thick, curved single edged iron sword. In Athenian...
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    end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the...
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    which resulted in the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. The engine delivers thrust in the 35,000 lbf (156 kN) class and was designed for sustained supersonic...
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    the south. To the north strata changed gradually throughout the thrust and a gradual curve developed around the Wyoming salient and to the south around the...
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    the most notable of which is BPS.space. The impulse (area under the thrust-time curve) of a model motor is used to determine its class. Motors are divided...
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    are arched in shape and deliver a strong outward thrust must comply with the form of the catenary curve in order not to collapse. This does not imply that...
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    the thrust of the mass above, transferring it from stone to stone to the springer's bottom face (impost), which is horizontal and passes the thrust on...
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    dramatically curved Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre. With the introduction of the 1822 patterns, the British Army adopted a series of "cut and thrust" swords...
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  • A jet engine performs by converting fuel into thrust. How well it performs is an indication of what proportion of its fuel goes to waste. It transfers...
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