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Kuch bhi shuru karne se pehle, wo symbols jo hum baar baar use karte hain:

Saari chaar speeds sirf do tools se aati hain, jinpar hum pura page rely karte hain:


The scenario matrix

Har Hohmann problem in cells mein se ek (ya blend) hai. Neeche ke examples sab ko hit karte hain. Diagram shared geometry dikhata hai — har cell apna start circle (blue), target circle (green), transfer ellipse (dashed orange) aur do red burn points pick karta hai, toh iske paas refer karte rehna.

Cell Kya special hai Example
A · Standard raise , dono burns prograde, ordinary numbers Ex 1
B · Small raise sirf thoda ; dono tiny aur almost equal Ex 2
C · Large raise / "which burn bigger" flip bahut bada ; check karo burn 1 ya burn 2 dominate karta hai Ex 3
D · Lowering (going inward) ; burns retrograde ho jaate hain (speed decreases) Ex 4
E · Degenerate koi transfer needed nahi; dena zaroori Ex 5
F · Limit escape-like; , Ex 6
G · Real-world word problem radii altitudes ke form mein di hain, pehle planet radius add karo Ex 7
H · Exam twist transfer time (Ex 8a), ya given aur backward solve karo (Ex 8b) Ex 8

Pehle yeh figure padho. Blue circle orbit 1 hai, green circle orbit 2 hai, dashed orange oval transfer ellipse hai jo blue ko uske near point (periapsis, right, jahan rehta hai) par touch karta hai aur green ko uske far point (apoapsis, left, jahan rehta hai) par. Do red dots exactly wahan hain jahan engine fire karta hai — aur kahin nahi. Blue aur green arrows aur ko planet se focus par measure karte hain. Neeche har cell bas yahi picture hai alag-alag radii ke saath.

Figure — Hohmann Δv calculation — both maneuvers

Cell A — the standard raise

Neeche ka figure dekho — yahi exact case hai. Right wala red dot (periapsis, par) jahan jump karta hai tak; left wala red dot (apoapsis, par) jahan jump karta hai tak. Labelled speeds dikhate hain ki burn 1 bada kyun hai.

Figure — Hohmann Δv calculation — both maneuvers

Step 1 — transfer ka semi-major axis. Yeh step kyun? Vis-viva ko chahiye; ellipse (periapsis) se (apoapsis) tak span karta hai, isliye unka average hai.

Step 2 — par circular speed. Kyun? Yeh wo speed hai jis par hum start karte hain, circle 1 par ride karte hue.

Step 3 — periapsis par transfer speed (, ). Kyun? Yeh wo speed hai jo humein burn 1 ke baad ellipse par hone ke liye chahiye. Kyunki , ellipse yahan circle se fast hai.

Step 4 — burn 1. Is tarah subtract kyun? Dono velocities same direction (prograde) point karti hain, aur , isliye — badi minus chhoti.

Step 5 — par circular speed. Kyun? Yeh wo speed hai jis par humein end up karna hai circle 2 par ride karne ke liye, isliye burn 2 mein ellipse ki apoapsis speed se compare karna zaroori hai.

Step 6 — apoapsis par transfer speed (, ). Kyun? Ellipse apne far point par slower hota hai, isliye yeh se kam hai — humein speed up karna hoga.

Step 7 — burn 2 aur total. kyun aur add kyun? Apoapsis par , isliye (badi minus chhoti, ek prograde speed-up). Hum dono add karte hain kyunki wo alag points par alag impulses hain, ki definition ke mutabiq.

Verify: Dono burns positive ✔ (raise ke liye expected prograde). — forecast payoff: gehri burn zyada kaam karti hai (yeh Oberth effect ka seed hai). Units: ✔.


Cell B — the small raise

Step 1 — . km. Kyun? same averaging rule — transfer ellipse periapsis se apoapsis tak span karta hai.

Step 2 — chaar speeds. Yeh formulae yahan kyun? Har burn ek circle speed ko same radius par ellipse speed se compare karta hai: circular speed use karta hai, ellipse speed ke saath vis-viva use karta hai. Isliye mein hai aur mein hai.

Step 3 — dono burns. Itne close kyun? Jab , ellipse barely eccentric hota hai, isliye periapsis aur apoapsis excesses almost mirror images hain.

Verify: (<2% ka fark), 50/50 forecast confirm karta hai. Sanity: total , 100 km station-keeping raise ke liye sahi ballpark ✔.


Cell C — the large raise & the "which burn is bigger" flip

Step 1 — . km. Average kyun? Transfer ellipse ab bhi periapsis aur apoapsis ko touch karta hai, isliye uska semi-major axis unka midpoint hai — rule kabhi nahi badlta, sirf numbers bade hote hain.

Step 2 — burn 1 (near-escape kick). Itna bada kyun, aur yeh subtraction kyun? huge hone par, periapsis speed escape speed km/s ke paas pahunch jaati hai. Kyunki , .

Step 3 — burn 2 (deep-space circularize). kyun? Door apoapsis par ellipse crawl karta hai (), isliye humein speed up karna hoga: , badi minus chhoti.

Verify: — burn 1 ab bhi jeetta hai, aur Ex 1 se bhi zyada lopsidedly. Lesson: raise ke liye, periapsis burn hamesha dominate karta hai jab badhta hai. (Yahi reason hai ki Bi-elliptic transfer bahut bade ratios ke liye Hohmann ko beat kar sakta hai — woh expensive kick ko split karta hai.) Units ✔.


Cell D — orbit lower karna (andar jaana)

Step 1 — . km. Kyun? transfer ellipse same shape ka hai jaise LEO→GEO — Hohmann symmetric hai; do radii ka average karna ab bhi semi-major axis deta hai.

Step 2 — speeds at (ab outer) start radius par. Yeh ellipse ki apoapsis speed kyun hai, aur yeh formulae kyun? Upar se start karke, hum ellipse par uske far point par drop karte hain, isliye yahan transfer speed slow apoapsis speed hai — vis-viva use karo , ke saath. Circular speed ab bhi use karta hai. Note: .

Step 3 — burn 1 magnitude. kyun? Yahan before speed hai aur after speed hai, ke saath. Definition se — phir badi minus chhoti, positive. Physically hum slow down karte hain (retrograde) andar drop karne ke liye.

Step 4 — low target radius par speeds. Kyun? Neeche pahunchte hue, hum ellipse ke near point (periapsis) par pahunchte hain, sabse fast, vis-viva ke through par; target circle speed hai. Note: .

Step 5 — burn 2 magnitude. kyun? Ab before speed (ellipse par) hai aur after (circle) hai, ke saath. Toh — badi minus chhoti, positive. Physically ek aur retrograde brake.

Verify: Total km/s — parent note ke LEO→GEO total (3.89 km/s) se identical ✔. Hohmann reversible hai: lower karna utna hi kharcha karta hai jitna raise karna, bas retrograde burns ke saath. Dono 's positive rahe kyunki humne hamesha badi-minus-chhoti likha, exactly jo demand karta hai. Burn sizes ki ordering bhi flip ho jaati hai (badi burn ab doosri hai).


Cell E — degenerate case

Pehle humein woh closed-form formula earn karni hogi jo yeh cell test karta hai. Burn 1 lo aur ke liye vis-viva expression substitute karo ke saath:

Yeh simplify kyun hota hai? factor karo, phir bahar nikalo. subtract karne par burn 1 ki factored form milti hai.

Ab same tarike se derive karo, step by step. Apoapsis speed (vis-viva at ) se shuru karo: Kyun? same substitution. Andar factor karo: , toh Phir , aur bahar nikalne par neeche boxed form milta hai.

Step 1 — . . Check kyun? "Ellipse" circle mein hi degenerate ho jaata hai.

Step 2 — abhi derive ki gayi factored formula mein plug karo.

Verify: ✔. Kahin bhi division-by-zero nahi ( finite aur nonzero hai). Formula degenerate boundary par well-behaved hai — ek acha correctness check.


Cell F — limit

Step 1 — burn 1 limit. mein, hone par ratio . Toh Kyun? escape speed hai; circular ke upar extra push hai.

Numerically: km/s.

Step 2 — burn 2 limit. mein, leading jabki bracket . Toh Kyun? Infinite radius par circular speed zero hai, aur ellipse ki apoapsis speed bhi zero hai, isliye kuch bhi burn karne ko nahi bacha.

Verify: km/s, ✔. Parent ke forecast box se exactly match karta hai. Isliye interplanetary escape burn essentially sirf "burn 1 to infinity" hai.


Cell G — real-world word problem (altitudes, radii nahi)

Step 1 — altitudes ko orbital radii mein convert karo. Yeh step kyun? Gravity mass ke center se distance par depend karta hai, isliye vis-viva mein har center-relative hai. bhool jaana #1 real-world error hai.

Step 2 — aur speeds. Yeh formulae kyun? Circular speeds use karte hain; ellipse speeds vis-viva use karte hain ke saath — exactly jaise har raise cell mein.

Step 3 — burns.

Verify: Small raise ⇒ tiny, nearly-equal burns (Cell B behavior se consistent) ✔. Agar tumne galti se altitudes (500 aur 800) use kiye hote, km/s — absurd, kisi bhi real orbit se fast — ek instant red flag ki tumne bhool gaye.


Cell H — the exam twists

Ex 8a — transfer time

Step 1 — transfer semi-major axis. km. Kyun? Period ko chahiye, aur transfer is ellipse ka aadha hai.

Step 2 — transfer ellipse ka full period (Kepler III). Yeh tool kyun? Specific orbital energy speed fix karta hai lekin timing nahi; Kepler's third law orbit size ko elapsed time mein convert karta hai.

Step 3 — full period evaluate karo.

Step 4 — Hohmann sirf half-ellipse use karta hai (periapsis → apoapsis). Half kyun, aur isliye form? Tum periapsis se apoapsis tak ride karte ho — exactly ellipse ka ek aadha loop — isliye coast time hai, jo ko mein badal deta hai: standard transfer-time formula .

Verify: h textbook LEO→GEO transfer time hai ✔. Units: ✔.

Ex 8b — given Δv se backward solve karo

Step 1 — factored form mein likho aur square root isolate karo. Kyun? sirf us ek square root ke andar appear karta hai, isliye hum pehle baaki sab kuch peel off karte hain.

Step 2 — numbers plug karo. km/s, toh Square kyun? Root hatane ke liye aur mein linear equation paane ke liye.

Step 3 — linear equation solve karo. Linear kyun? Denominator clear karne ke baad dono sides mein first-degree hain.

Verify: km — essentially GEO (42 164 km), forecast se match ✔. Forward-check: km/s ✔ (round-trip consistent).


Recall Kaunsa cell kaunsa hai? (self-test)

Sirf altitudes diye hone par, pehla step kya? ::: Planet radius add karo center-relative paane ke liye (Cell G). Orbit lower karna — burns prograde hain ya retrograde? ::: Retrograde (tum slow down karte ho), lekin magnitudes phir bhi positive hain (Cell D). par ? ::: , near-escape kick (Cell F). hone par ? ::: Exactly zero (Cell E). Raise ke liye kaunsa burn bada hai aur kya woh ke saath change hota hai? ::: Burn 1 (periapsis), aur woh aur zyada dominate karta hai jaise badhta hai (Cells A, C). Transfer time formula? ::: (ellipse period ka aadha) (Cell H). Given se nikalne ke liye? ::: Square root isolate karo, square karo, resulting linear equation solve karo (Cell H, Ex 8b).