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On the Initial Structure of the Interaction between Wings and Bodies at Supersonic Speeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

K. Stewartson
K. Stewartson*
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Department of Mathematics, University College, London
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Summary

Using the methods of the linearised theory of supersonic flow, the shape of the pressure curve (or the potential curve) on the root chord of a wing, extending symmetrically from a fuselage of circular cylindrical cross-section, and near its leading edge is calculated in the following three cases: (a) the wing has a rounded leading edge and is non-lifting, (b) the wing is a flat plate at incidence with a supersonic leading edge, (c) the same as (b) except that the leading edge is subsonic. In all cases the fuselage is non-lifting and the plan form of the wing is a half delta. The results in (a) and (b) can be expressed in terms of elementary functions; the results in (b) and (c) are tabulated.

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Research Article
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Aeronautical Quarterly , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , May 1968 , pp. 135 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society. 1968

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