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| − | A Helen is a unit of measurement based on Helen of Troy. She was known as "the face that launched a thousand ships", therefore 1 milliHelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship. | + | A '''Helen''' is a unit of measurement based on Helen of Troy. |
| + | She was known as "the face that launched a thousand ships", therefore 1 milliHelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship. | ||
| + | A negative quantity of Helen is the power to beach ships. | ||
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| + | == Derivation == | ||
| + | Using SI units, for the average sailboat with a mass of 4012.0 kg, and launching it to a speed of 1 m/s. | ||
| + | If a fleet has one thousand of these average sailboats, that is a total mass of 4.012*10^6 kg. | ||
| + | If the fleet accelerates to a sailing speed of 6 knots over the course of 1 hour, | ||
| + | which is an acceleration of 8.57*10^-4 meters per second per second to reach a top speed of 3.08 m/s, | ||
| + | that is a force of 3.44 kilo-newtons. | ||
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| + | [https://www.lifeofsailing.com/post/how-much-does-a-sailboat-weigh] | ||
| + | [https://improvesailing.com/questions/average-sailboat-speed] | ||
[[category:units of measurement]] | [[category:units of measurement]] | ||
Revision as of 17:28, 6 November 2022
A Helen is a unit of measurement based on Helen of Troy. She was known as "the face that launched a thousand ships", therefore 1 milliHelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch a single ship. A negative quantity of Helen is the power to beach ships.
Derivation
Using SI units, for the average sailboat with a mass of 4012.0 kg, and launching it to a speed of 1 m/s. If a fleet has one thousand of these average sailboats, that is a total mass of 4.012*10^6 kg. If the fleet accelerates to a sailing speed of 6 knots over the course of 1 hour, which is an acceleration of 8.57*10^-4 meters per second per second to reach a top speed of 3.08 m/s, that is a force of 3.44 kilo-newtons.