Thrust

Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newton's Second and Third Law. When a system expels or accelerates mass in one direction the accelerated mass will cause a proportional but opposite force on that system.

Related Topics:
Force - Newton - Accelerates - Mass

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Mathematically this means that the total force experienced by a system accelerating a mass m, is equal and opposite to the mass m times the acceleration a experienced by that mass:

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:F = ?m·a

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