Application of wing-body theory to drag reduction at low supersonic speeds
Description:
Report presenting a method for extending to higher Mach numbers the region of low drag attainable for wing-body combinations by the use of the transonic area rule. To a good approximation, the drag depends only on the longitudinal distributions of area and moments of area about the vertical plane of symmetry parallel to the free-stream direction. The experimental results confirm the theory in that the zero-lift wave drag of a wing-body configuration over a range of low supersonic Mach numbers.
Date:
January 28, 1955
Creator:
Baldwin, Barrett S., Jr. & Dickey, Robert R.
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