"On the use and abuse of Newton's second law for variable mass problems" | Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press |
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When the mass varies due to accretion or ablation, [an alternate equation explicitly accounting for the changing mass] should be used | Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy |
Any single force is only one aspect of a mutual interaction between two bodies.
Hannah, J, Hillier, M J, Applied Mechanics, p221, Pitman Paperbacks, 1971• I Bernard Cohen Peter M | |
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Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press | I]t is essential to deal with the same set of particles throughout the time interval[ |