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Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

D. J. Farrar
D. J. Farrar*
Affiliation:
Bristol Aircraft Ltd.
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The main factors determining the shape of a supersonic aeroplane or missile are aerodynamic in origin. However, as always, a compromise with structural considerations must be achieved, zero wing thickness for supersonic aircraft being just as unattainable as infinite aspect ratio for subsonic ones.

This compromise is more far-reaching in the supersonic aircraft because of the much greater importance of aeroelasticity.

In addition, there are entirely new problems which arise from the high structural temperatures attained in supersonic flight.

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Supersonic Flight
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 60 , Issue 551 , November 1956 , pp. 712 - 720
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1956

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