burnout velocity
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burnout velocity
[′bərn‚au̇t və′läs·əd·ē] (aerospace engineering)
The velocity of a rocket at the time when depletion of the fuel or oxidant occurs. Also known as all-burnt velocity; burnt velocity.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
burnout velocity
The maximum velocity achieved by a rocket or missile at the termination of burning of propellant. The rocket or missile starts decelerating from this point.
An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved
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Note that even with a
burnout velocity of 6 km/second but without significantly enhanced agility, the operational area for the surrogate remains relatively close to the threat launch area and again provides very little cross-range capability (fig.
Although a supersonic fighter may be traveling only 0.3 km/sec, launching the interceptor missile at an altitude above 90 percent of the atmosphere has the effect of reducing aerodynamic drag on the missile and may add over 1 km/sec to the interceptor's
burnout velocity.
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