Specfic Impulse Brain Waves

4,566 views · Published 30 January 2013 · 6:34 · Indexed 30 September 2026

Channel: purdueMET · 2013 · Education

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Specific Impulse is a measure of the efficiency of jet and rocket engines.  So why does it have units of seconds?  I show you where specific impulse comes from, what it means and why it has such funny units.  I also give some rough values for different kinds of engines.

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