Find minimum required steam-catapult piston volume


A steam-driven piston/cylinder is used to catapult jets from aircraft carriers. Assume that the steam pressure is 1550 kPa on average and that the F/A-18 Hornet's mass is 24500 kg. The jet must be accelerated from zero to 32 m/s in 1.7 s and you can assume that the engines of the F/A-18 supply 65% of the take-off power. What is the minimum required steam-catapult piston volume to supply the other part of the necessary energy?

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