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A Note on the Drag of Wing-Body Combinations in Linearised Supersonic Flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

L. E. Fraenkel
L. E. Fraenkel*
Affiliation:
Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College
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Summary

In this note Ward's “area-transfer rule” is modified in order to make it more suitable for configurations with fuselages or nacelles which are neither slender nor smooth (although they are assumed to have small profile slope). The body source strength of Ward's analysis, which is appropriate only for smooth, slender bodies, is replaced by a source strength which is valid more generally. However, the drag contributions of the body multi-sources and of the interference field are still neglected, so that the theory is tentative rather than rigorous.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , August 1958 , pp. 305 - 312
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1958

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