Python - Ideal/Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation
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Python - Ideal/Tsiolkovsky Rocket Equation



print ("This program will calculate the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation..") import math ### Formula for calculating the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation: # MaxChangeInVelocity = (EffectiveExhaustVelocity) * NaturalLog(InitialTotalMass)/(FinalTotalMass) # math.log(x): Return the natural logarithm of x (to base e). # Example: NaturalLogOfX = math.log(x) ########################################### # Enter the EffectiveExhaustVelocity, InitialTotalMass, FinalTotalMass # def SolveForMaxChangeInVelocity(): print ("Solving for the lead angle.") # Enter the Effective Exhaust Velocity EffectiveExhaustVelocity = float(input("Enter the Effective Exhaust Velocity: ") ) # Enter the Initial Total Mass InitialTotalMass = float(input("Enter the Initial Total Mass: ") ) # Enter the Final Total Mass FinalTotalMass = float(input("Enter the Final Total Mass: ") ) # Calculate the fraction FractionCalculated = (InitialTotalMass/FinalTotalMass) print("The fraction is: ", FractionCalculated) # Find the natural log NaturalLogOfFraction = math.log(FractionCalculated) print("The natural log of the faction is: ", NaturalLogOfFraction) # Calculate the maximum change in velocity MaxChangeInVelocity = EffectiveExhaustVelocity * NaturalLogOfFraction print("The maximum change in velocity is: ", MaxChangeInVelocity) ContinueCalculations = "y" # Check to see if the user wants to continue to calculate the maximum change in velocity while (ContinueCalculations=="y"): SolveForMaxChangeInVelocity() ContinueCalculations = input("Would like to do another calculation for the maxmimum change in velocity? (y/n): ") print("==================================") print ("Thank you to www.fxsolver.com for assistance with this formula.")