Question

explain how rocket works​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Before the Engine Fires:

Let's take our system as "rocket + fuel". For simplicity, suppose that the rocket is at rest, somewhere in space, where no outside forces will exert impulses on our system. Therefore, "rocket plus fuel" is an isolated system and the Law of Conservation of Momentum applies. Since both the rocket and the fuel are at rest, their individual momenta are zero, and so the total momentum of the system is zero.



After the Engine Fires:

When the rocket's engine fires, it pushes fuel out of the end of the rocket. Suddenly, part of the fuel has momentum, mv, toward the left as shown in the diagram.

Since the total momentum of the system was zero before the rocket fired, it must still be zero. This means that the rocket must have an equal momentum to the right:

procket = -pfuel

The negative sign means that the two momentum vectors are in opposite directions (and therefore cancel). Even though the momentum of the rocket and the momentum of the fuel are the same size, their velocities are not the same size. Since the fuel has a small mass, it gets a larger velocity. Since the rocket has a large mass, it gets a smaller velocity.

Mrocketvrocket = -mfuelVfuel

Answer 2

Rockets work on the principle of Conservation of Linear Momentum and Newtons Third Law of Motion. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. When liquid/ gas is pushed out of the rocket, the rocket gets pushed forward. An object will always try to conserve its momentum or remain in its state of rest so when there is a force that pushes the liquid/ gas out it pushes back to maintain its state of rest.

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