Path: Propulsion/MultiStage
% Payload and structural mass ratios for parallel stages. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: [e, p, m00, m01] = EPPS( npp, ms0, ms1, m02, mp0, mp1, v0, v1 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ npp (1,1) Fraction of 1st stage fuel burned in parallel with (1,1) 0th stage ms0 (1,1) Structural mass of 0th stage ms1 (1,1) Structural mass of 1st stage m02 (1,1) Payload of 1st stage mp0 (1,1) Propellant used during 0th stage burn mp1 (1,1) Total propellant in the 1st stage v0 (1,1) Exhaust velocity of 0th stage v1 (1,1) Exhaust velocity of 1st stage ------- Outputs ------- e (1,1) Stage structural ratios p (1,1) Stage payload ratios m00 (1,1) Total vehicle mass m01 (1,1) Mass of 1st stage after separation --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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