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Hypersonic minimum drag forebodies with blunt leading edges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2016

J. Pike
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The minimum pressure drag of blunt forebodies in hypersonic flow is investigated using Newton’s Impact Theory. It is shown how the minimum drag shape varies with the body slenderness and the amount of blunting. As the blunting increases the drag approaches that of the minimum drag axisymmetric body.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 117 , Issue 1191 , May 2013, pp. 553 - 557
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2013 

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