Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
Publisher: WILEY
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A rocket payload with a weight on earth of 2000 lb is landed on the moon where the acceleration due to the moon’s gravity gm ≈ gn/6. Find the mass of the payload on the earth and the moon and the payload’s moon weight.
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Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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