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Properties of low-aspect-ratio pointed wings at speeds below and above the speed of sound

Description: "Low-aspect-ratio wings having pointed plan forms are treated on the assumption that the flow potentials in planes at right angles to the long axis of the airfoils are similar to the corresponding two-dimensional potentials. For the limiting case of small angles of attack and low aspect ratios the theory brings out the following significant properties: (1) The lift of a slender, pointed airfoil moving in the direction of its long axis depends on the increase in width of the sections in a downst… more
Date: May 11, 1945
Creator: Jones, Robert T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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