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A Note on the Wave Drag of “Exposed” Rectangular Wings*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

L. M. Sheppard
L. M. Sheppard*
Affiliation:
Weapons Research Establishment, Salisbury, South Australia
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This Note Gives a simple relationship between the zero-lift wave drag of the wing of a rectangular wing and body combination and the wave drag of the portion of the gross wing blanketed by the body, both evaluated as if isolated (i.e. ignoring the interference of other parts of the combination). The result is valid only when the tip Mach cones of the wing lie downstream of the blanketed wing. Detailed results are given for the case of wings with double-wedge section, the maximum thickness being at mid-chord.

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Technical Notes
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 62 , Issue 568 , April 1958 , pp. 306 - 307
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1958

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Footnotes

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The work described in this note was carried out while the author was at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, and appeared as RAE Tech. Note Aero 2494.

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