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Section 2.8 Design Examples 107
FIGURE 2.45 (a) This rocket-propelled sled set a world land speed record for a railed vehicle at
6,453 mph (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Heather Newcomb). (b) A schematic of an accelerometer
mounted on the rocket sled.
Since
cfx
W 5 - 2 y = F(t),
dt
is the engine force, we have
My + by + ky = -jfF(t),
or
.. , b . k HO
V 7 i V 7 H V = . (2.131)
M AT M,
