I]t is essential to deal with the same set of particles throughout the time interval[ | I Bernard Cohen Peter M |
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Hannah, J, Hillier, M J, Applied Mechanics, p221, Pitman Paperbacks, 1971• Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University | Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy |
] Consequently, the mass of the system can not change during the time of interest.
26Any single force is only one aspect of a mutual interaction between two bodies | 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 | "On the use and abuse of Newton's second law for variable mass problems" |