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Note on the Numerical Evaluation of the Wave Drag of Smooth Slender Bodies Using Optimum Area Distributions for Minimum Wave Drag

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

E. Eminton  and
W. T. Lord
E. Eminton
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment
W. T. Lord
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment
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The linearised theory value of the wave drag D at zero lift of a smooth slender body of arbitrary cross-sectional shape was shown by Ward to be given by

where S (x), 0 ⩽ x ⩽ 1, is the cross-sectional area distribution of the body and q is the kinetic pressure. The development of this result has aroused interest in two problems: the derivation of the optimum area distribution for minimum wave drag under certain specified conditions and the numerical evaluation of the wave drag of a specified area distribution. These apparently distinct problems have hitherto been treated separately, but it is shown here how an attempt to solve the first problem has led to a practical method of solving the second.

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Technical Notes
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 60 , Issue 541 , January 1956 , pp. 61 - 63
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1956

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