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% Converts structural and payload ratios into masses. 1 2 3 4 ... payload -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: [m0, mf] = EP2M( e, p, mpayload ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ e (1,:) Stage structural ratios p (1,:) Stage payload ratios mpayload (1,1) Payload mass ------- Outputs ------- m0 (1,:) Total mass of each stage (including everything above) mf (1,:) Final mass of each stage (including everything above) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: Wiesel, W. E., Spaceflight Dynamics, McGraw-Hill, 1988, pp. 199-202. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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